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What will ‘HiFi’ look like in 2050
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Oh! I would have to live to be 100 to see that. But my tube amplifiers will still serve me then. So much for my prediction. 
I also will listen to Messiaen - this is timeless music.
I also will listen to Messiaen - this is timeless music.
JSmith
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It's possible the speakers and maybe even the microphones will be gone;
Sending Sound Right Into Your Brain Might Reinvent Music
Sound, as the vibration of air, may go the way of vinyl.
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Music can be reconstructed from human auditory cortex activity using nonlinear decoding models
Using combined regression-based decoding models and encoding analyses, this study successfully reconstructed a Pink Floyd song from recorded neural activity, revealing involvement of the superior temporal gyrus in information processing during music perception, and making an important step...
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My prediction is that there will be an increasing divide between "traditionalists" and "modernists" ... i.e. what subjectivists and objectivists are increasingly becoming. One side will continue to use ancient technology in the belief that it sounds better. Turntables, valve amps, expensive speaker cables, etc. The other will embrace whatever new tech that is proven to improve performance. DSP has already come down in price, but remains a barrier due to the learning curve required. I predict that DSP will make big strides in useability and will be integrated into more electronics. Materials science (and therefore nearly all speaker drivers) appears to remain static - IF there is a major improvement in magnets or a room temperature superconductor, there will be a major change in drivers - they could become smaller, have less inertia, etc.
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That’s is really interesting !It's possible the speakers and maybe even the microphones will be gone;
Sending Sound Right Into Your Brain Might Reinvent Music
Sound, as the vibration of air, may go the way of vinyl.
This is worth watching;
Music can be reconstructed from human auditory cortex activity using nonlinear decoding models
Using combined regression-based decoding models and encoding analyses, this study successfully reconstructed a Pink Floyd song from recorded neural activity, revealing involvement of the superior temporal gyrus in information processing during music perception, and making an important step...journals.plos.org
JSmith
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If that were true, I would be a split personality, because I live out and enjoy all these sides. In addition, I would be a perfectionist, minimalist and avant-gardist, as I describe myself. And that's not all, because I'm in the middle of real and diverse life.
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That would be something quite different from the experience of a concert or the perception of nature. Well, I decline with thanks.
LOL Bad comparison, imo. BTW: It remains exciting how things will go with vinyl. It's not finished yet.
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JayGilb
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Snake oil will continue to increase due to the widening of the gap between those who understand the technology and those who do not.
JSmith
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I'd imagine more room equalization and more channels to create a more realistic listening experience will be a major push. Apart from sounding more like being in live concert/club/etc., it will require buying all new equipment and music. What's not to like?
OTOH, perhaps people will give up on music reproduction entirely and will have robot musicians with real instruments in their living rooms. The market for Stradivarius instruments will be through the roof!
OTOH, perhaps people will give up on music reproduction entirely and will have robot musicians with real instruments in their living rooms. The market for Stradivarius instruments will be through the roof!
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I’m hoping that audio health will continue to advance and we’ll all be able to enjoy the entire frequency range long into our old age. Might stop some of us older listeners trying to bend the equipment to our deficiencies.
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I don't know that recording of the end of time. And I can't find it in Amazon Music. Is it quadraphonic?Oh! I would have to live to be 100 to see that. But my tube amplifiers will still serve me then. So much for my prediction.
I also will listen to Messiaen - this is timeless music.
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CDs will be extremely hip.
How would you know? Feeding the brain directly should deliver the same experience as live music. Remember the Matrix ...
ATC will still be making the exact same loudspeakers.
Keith
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You are a very good observer. I think that's good!
The LP is actually recorded in the SQ matrix encoded Quadrophonic process. I even had a matching Quadro system with turntable once when it was a new fashion. But this Messieaen LP only came into my hands a few years ago. It is stereo compatible.
Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi – 1 C 065-99 711 Q, EMI Electrola – 1 C 065-99 711 Q
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Quadraphonic
Land: Germany
Veröffentlicht: 1978
Genre: Classical
Stil: Contemporary
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