Quoting Art Dudley from Listening #78 (June 2009)
I often worry that my approach to domestic audio is thoroughly, irreconcilably, and altogether unhappily out of whack with everyone else's. In my case, however, aging has made the problem worse, not better.
First: It seems that, the older I get, the less tolerance I have for conspicuous consumption.
Second: I firmly believe that home music systems should exist for all the people who live in the homes that have them. The fantasy paradigm that has dominated our hobby for so long
Audiobook on vinyl. I just found out about this through the Stereophile twitter page, FYI. Which breaks news just a wee bit faster than Michael Fremer.
The hurricane is coming, the fire's running down the mountain, the dust storm approaches—if you had to leave in a hurry and could only grab one thing from your audio system, what would it be?
http://www.ted.com/talks/pranav_mistry_the_thrilling_potential_of_sixthsense_technology.html
Things will not seem all that unique until you get about 1/3-1/2 way through. Then it will begin to 'come home' as to what he is proposing and he has actualized for everyday use. Simplification and perfection of this sort of technology, if pursued, cannot be more an 5 years away.