The Sonic Joy of Decompression

Have MP3s caused you to forget what music really sounds like? Do you find you only listen to music while on a bus, your earbuds failing to drown out the squeaking brakes, honking horns, cranky engine, and too-loud fellow commuters? Do you forget why you once actually paid money for music? Or, for you record-company execs, has piracy got you down, and do you long for that bygone era when people actually bought your stuff?

Answers to these questions -- and more -- in one brilliant column by Nick Farrell. (No audiophile prereq required.)