How iTunes can appease the music industry

[phanofwclark]

I just thought about this, and it kinda makes sense (to me at least...). iTunes should offer songs in surround sound for a higher price (2 dollars, maybe even 2.50). Think about it. The music industry starts offering songs in 5- 6- or maybe even 7- (and in the future, for full THX, 24-) channel surround sound, and so Apple can, in my opinion, legitimately raise their prices and have an acceptable reason. Jobs, maybe, is happy because he has a permissible reason to raise prices, and the music industry gets to make some more money.

There may be flaws in this, but i certainly wouldn't mind spending a little more money (hopefully not another 1.50, but .50 to even 1 $ wouldn't be too bad) to get surround sound, high quality downloads from the iTMS.

 

[nbs2]

Is the music industry willing to record at that high a level? And besides, to really enjoy it, you would need to listen to your music on your computer, through your stereo, using USB/Firewire speakers or some fancy new Airport Express.

My listening is skewed 95/5 in favor of my iPod over PB. And when I use my PB, it is through the headphones or the built in speakers. Maybe one half of one percent of my listening is through the stereo. What do I care if the music has 50 channels?

I'm not everybody, but I just wonder how many people are like me.

 

[chucknorris]

If you need any proof that the public couldn't really care less about such a proposition, may I remind you that iTunes are encoded in 128 kbps AAC?

Audiophiles did not buy 600 million songs. Audiophiles probably didn't even buy a million of those.

Surround sound songs at a higher price would not be an acceptable compromise for either party.