Do we really need anything greater than 24/96? Opinions?

It’s actually that young people have been used to the distortion and noise their entire lives. They don’t know the difference. 

atdavid

Has anyone ever noticed that it is mainly old people that complain about CDs and digital. Young people don't experience listening fatigue with it.

I've never noticed that and can only wonder what led you to that conclusion. Most people don't care much about sound quality and younger people - based on attendance at audio shows and presence in dealer showrooms - seem as a group to be especially disinterested. But those young people who do care about sound quality seem to be the ones driving the vinyl resurgence, further casting doubt on your claim.

Maybe old brains just get information overload listening to digital?

Information overload? From listening to a CD? Not likely.

... and if listening to a CD could induce "information overload," just imagine what might happen at a live concert!

atdavid, it would appear, has bottomed out. 

They are listening to vinyl on cheap systems. It is purely a nostalgia thing. They actually do care about sound, but they are driven by convenience. They are every bit as interested in music as older people are, they just have different tastes than the generation before them .... just like almost every other generation.  My kids listen to digital music for hours on end. They never complain about listening fatigue. That would never occur to them, no more than someone driving for hours complains about listening fatigue from their car stereo.


They not only don't "dislike" dynamically compressed music, they seem to prefer it. Look at what sells. Look at the music that is played in clubs which seems to lack any variance in volume.

Live concert would not inherently be dynamically compressed. That would all depend on the artist. It will be loud though. I must say as I get older, less and less of my age-peers are interested in going to concerts.