The End Of Music Snobbery
(ArtsJournal Music)

The much-discussed `death of the snob` in the internet era explains part of the shift on display. Even though some High Fidelity-style shops catering to vinyl collectors have survived the extinction of big-box retailers, streaming and downloads have chipped away at the super-listener´s pretexts for arrogance: special knowledge (entire discographies are now explorable with a […]