Sound-Off !

Back in the day, sound reception was a high priority.  Prime importance was given to bringing the finest of sound systems into the home.  High-fidelity, stereo, fine tuned audio replication was sought after and there were the speaker systems to prove it.  But you would never know it now;  despite phenomenol  advances in technology, all the i-pods and i-pads and Face-times and Skypes and laptops  punish our sense of  hearing with tinny,  screechy sound reproductions that are reminiscent of the early Edison recordings.  Maybe we can't have it all, but could we at least alleviate the torturous assault on our ears.   (It can't just be me, can it?)