[slewofboots]

Look at it this way:
The ratio of stupid people to smart people stays the same, but there are more total people. Hence, there are more stupid people than ever before.
Assuming these are the people who think iPods and other .mp3 players sound good and since these people also buy CDs the sound engineers were told by recording industry executives to change recording techniques to market to the .mp3 player listeners instead of the audiophiles. Just proves that greed is the root of all evil as usual.