Very cool post and right on. Personally, I'm sick of the boom, boom, boom. I'm goin' back to black.
On edit, to be perfectly honest, I really believe that 99% of music lovers have never really heard a good stereo. I mean a really good stereo. They cost a lot of money and therefore most people cheap out on the $600 unit that sounds really tinny and weak at normal listening levels. Here come the subs to accentuate the bass...really only complicating the issue. I'm not trying to be a snob, but goddamn, great sounding music costs a few bucks.