[Fiji Hill]

I don’t think anybody today would be too amazed at the sound quality of that 1958 “state-of-the-art” stereo equipment playing 45 and LP records of the day. And certainly nobody would trade his or her iPod for that system

How about what's played over the Ipod as opposed to what's played on the phonograph? In a heartbeat, I would trade Bruno Mars, Justin Bieber or Snoop Doggy Dogg--or any of the pop stars of 2012--for The Interludes, Valerie Carr or the Bay Bops, from 1958. I contend that even Barbara & the Boys is far superior to any 21st century pop act.

[TexasKamaAina]

How about what's played over the Ipod as opposed to what's played on the phonograph?

Exactly right. I've often wondered at the disparity between progress in communications technology and the content it delivers - which seems to regress.