"Eiron" wrote in message
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Rob wrote:
Don Pearce wrote:
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In the past the classical listener was always the early adopter,
driving the technology forwards. That situation existed up to and
including the CD. But the classical listener is generally a little
more intelligent and canny than other music followers, and since the
trend moved away from increasing quality, he has refused to follow.
The early adopters now are generally children listening to highly
compressed pop.


Where on earth do you get hold of the notion that people (men?) who
listen to classical music are 'more intelligent and canny' than other
music genre followers?!

Baroque and Renaissance music is the thing.
The 'dumbing down' started in the late eighteenth century. :-)


Excellent, Eiron, excellent:-)))