I have no idea how this is going to impact the world of digital music.
Smart businesspeople will certainly capitalize. So, too, will smart consumers.
[Wait, we're going to have to pay more?]
Whatever happens, I do hope that people, in general, will grow to care more about sound quality, but not so much that they forget the really important things like:
The Mets pounding the Cardinals, 6-1 on opening day at Busch Stadium, and, consequently, spoiling the Cards' pre-game festivities, or even the grand opening of the new Whole Foods on Houston, offering more varieties of mint chocolate chip ice cream than any girl could possibly dream of, in addition to a kiosk where you can churn your own peanut butter.
