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Once bandwidth is no longer an issue (digital storage is already so cheap it's non-limiting), and physical media are no longer relevant, a primary opportunity for marketplace differentiation and incremental revenue for creators and distributors of recorded music is to present a tiered pricing system tied to file resolution. ITunes has already established 99¢ as the going rate for a compressed file and are already offering higher-quality iterations at a higher price. This signals the future. I predict that, in order to gain a competitive edge or higher margins, digital music retailers will begin to offer high-resolution files in addition to "CD-quality" and MP3 quality files. Consumers who have come to understand the concept of high-definition via television now have a basis on which to understand "high-definition" music. Many won't care. Some will. And it's those who do care that will fuel a resurgence of interest in audiophile-quality playback equipment. Look for stand-alone USB DACs to be the hot device of the next 5–10 years.