My question is; how can anyone stand the compressed sound of an MP3/ipod? Artists spend tons of money to record in 96K or even 192K and it's turned to cr*p on one of those things. I have heard everyone from Phil Ramone to Hans Zimmer say the world of quality recording is in serious trouble. I work in the digital console world and even live guys are seeing the effects of this. The MP3/ipod generation does not know quality sound. They think the compressed sound of an MP3 is good!