@mapman
Maybe you are right. I can't say. But I DO know that there is a t least one generation that listen to Mp3's and think they sound good. Some musicians I have played music with, think 128mbps is CD quality. Since the vinyl resurgence, 've seen a lot of people say that a VG record sounds fine. I can't tell you how many times I see people listening to music on their phone's pin head size speaker. When offered a Bluetooth speaker, they say, Nah, it's fine.
So I often wonder what modern society believes good sound is? I've seen too many of the above actions to trust they do. Obviously there are exceptions in both equipment and people.