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Ken Kessler, surely one of the best writers in the audio world, has posted a glorious rant ( Has Music All Been Downhill Since 1969?) in the PS Audio on-line magazine Copper #37. Kessler's position is that the HiFi (audiophile) sales are related to the quality of popular music. He claims that the decades long decline of all things audiophile is related to the poor quality of today's music when compared to the golden years of the 1960s. He goes on to make valid points about the onset of digital downloads, iPods and other diversions which detract from sales but the central point is that there is very little good music when compared to the past. I strongly recommend you read the full article. Example: "How can it be that television drama – Game of Thrones, Blacklist, Orphan Black, Peaky Blinders, Breaking Bad, Ballers, Better Call Saul, Preacher, Arrow, ad infinitum – has never been better, but popular music is so mindless, samey, and/or unoriginal? Did the Beatles and their progeny and contemporaries simply do it all, leaving nothing for anyone else?" Well that is a good question. I remember when the Beatles hit the US. I have been waiting for over 50 years for the same thrill I got hearing "I wanna hold your haaand" over the radio (tube?) in my 1949 Dodge. Alas, either those thrills are reserved for the young or no one can do it now.