The music industry--at least on the software side---operates much like General Motors and Ford did until the arrival of Datsun(now Nissan), Toyota and Honda. Until this time innovation was defined by the addition of nylon seat covers. If is was not for the Japanese our cars would still have fins.
The music industry will not innovate as the investment in a new format will not be worthwhile until the hardware can catch up and they can convince the public to invest in yet another copy of our favorite albums in yet another format. Hey, I already own the Crosby, Stills and Nash debut album in vinyl, cassette and in CD and one really big reason I don't buy into SACD is just because I really don't want to buy it again.
You are correct in that there are a bi-zillion small improvements in CDs, much like in, for instance Photoshop software but our hardware can't support it.
Perhaps Steven Jobs will further explore this but I really doubt it. So what I have done is to invest in the best hardware upsampling system that I can which is the Audio Aero Mark II CD player. Now I am told by many here that I respect that the new kid on the block is EMM and this one is even better.
The music industry will not innovate as the investment in a new format will not be worthwhile until the hardware can catch up and they can convince the public to invest in yet another copy of our favorite albums in yet another format. Hey, I already own the Crosby, Stills and Nash debut album in vinyl, cassette and in CD and one really big reason I don't buy into SACD is just because I really don't want to buy it again.
You are correct in that there are a bi-zillion small improvements in CDs, much like in, for instance Photoshop software but our hardware can't support it.
Perhaps Steven Jobs will further explore this but I really doubt it. So what I have done is to invest in the best hardware upsampling system that I can which is the Audio Aero Mark II CD player. Now I am told by many here that I respect that the new kid on the block is EMM and this one is even better.