I saw a cartoon on one of the audiophile sites on Facebook the other day that reminded me of something that I’ve been thinking about our industry for a long time: As a technology sector, we’re a largely undiscovered wonder and glory. We’ve been able to accomplish fabulous things! We can, using only two or more channels of information, come very close to duplicating the experience of live music played within a venue of practically any size, by and with virtually any number of performers.