Your points seem logical, make "common sense" and seem to be borne out by evidence that can be seen on the heads of people all around us. It makes sense I suppose that, with the reduced economic fortunes of the current generation, they'd see to get improved sound in the arena where they listen to music the most, and that's on their heads. This will probably mean that the audiophile of futre will NOT have a dedicated 2 channel system as he or she rarely shares their music with others outsdie of a boomin' system car. I suspect as you surmise they'll spend their money on better digital storage, DAC's, headphone pre-amps, mulitplatform interfaces and improved cans.

Only makes sense.

Worf