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acroyearthe concern over headphones & kids has been around since the walkman. i remember these exact same questions and concerns back in high school in the 80s.
rock guitarists playing in studio environments play their stuff at far higher levels than walkman-era portable devices could ever put out. kids with double-woofer bass amps in the backs of their cars pounding out rap music is more the volume level that Townshend was dealing with (although likely with less bass).
in fact, if i recall correctly, the FTC had already mandated max output limits in decibals for portable devices specifically to address this issue back in the 80s and its all so commonplace in engineering standards that nobody's thought about it. it only *seems* like its a new problem, but its always been there.
when they figure out how to put music directly into our heads bypassing our ears, the same types of questions are going to come up because they always do.
actually, i would suspect that if you looked at the percentages of kids under 18 with cassette walkmans back in 1985, with portable cd players in 1995, and with ipods or other mp3 devices in 2005, you'll find the exact same rate of purchasing and listening across the board
and whatever gets invented (because *somebody* will have to take down the ipod) in 2010 will have the exact same rate of market penetration by 2015. likely it'll be a WAN device that will allow you to listen to whatever's on your home computer system no matter where in the country you are, as long as you are near an 802.11(x) neighborhood, so all your music will be permanently in one place. technically, its feasable now, and already 802.11b transmitters and receivers are available for in-house use.
certainly such a device would sell for the safety factor (if it gets stolen or lost, simply restrict it from being a permitted device at your source) and the studios would love it 'cause it means they can keep a more tight count of the number of people who have paid for a song.
now, that has me running out of ideas for what might be the thing to come out in 2020 (to have the same market penetration by 2025).
rock guitarists playing in studio environments play their stuff at far higher levels than walkman-era portable devices could ever put out. kids with double-woofer bass amps in the backs of their cars pounding out rap music is more the volume level that Townshend was dealing with (although likely with less bass).
in fact, if i recall correctly, the FTC had already mandated max output limits in decibals for portable devices specifically to address this issue back in the 80s and its all so commonplace in engineering standards that nobody's thought about it. it only *seems* like its a new problem, but its always been there.
when they figure out how to put music directly into our heads bypassing our ears, the same types of questions are going to come up because they always do.
actually, i would suspect that if you looked at the percentages of kids under 18 with cassette walkmans back in 1985, with portable cd players in 1995, and with ipods or other mp3 devices in 2005, you'll find the exact same rate of purchasing and listening across the board
and whatever gets invented (because *somebody* will have to take down the ipod) in 2010 will have the exact same rate of market penetration by 2015. likely it'll be a WAN device that will allow you to listen to whatever's on your home computer system no matter where in the country you are, as long as you are near an 802.11(x) neighborhood, so all your music will be permanently in one place. technically, its feasable now, and already 802.11b transmitters and receivers are available for in-house use.
certainly such a device would sell for the safety factor (if it gets stolen or lost, simply restrict it from being a permitted device at your source) and the studios would love it 'cause it means they can keep a more tight count of the number of people who have paid for a song.
now, that has me running out of ideas for what might be the thing to come out in 2020 (to have the same market penetration by 2025).
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Date: 2006-04-01 05:46 am (UTC)And they worry about headphones?
And right now they have systems that tie your home library into the 'net, so you can listen to your stuff anywhere in the world you have 'net access, and a stereo. I imagine that totally portable systems using home storage can only be next. And soon.