When Hi-Fi Meets the IPod
An unlikely confrontation is taking shape, where the seemingly unstoppable iPod is meeting with an immovable object — the audiophile’s love of good old-fashioned vinyl.
It’s not yet a dust-up of Mothra-versus-Godzilla proportions. But this showdown between the competing — some might say incommensurable — demands of hi-fi audio and portability is beginning to trickle down into the mainstream, with potentially disruptive consequences for online music services such as Apple’s iTunes Music Store, and the music industry at large.