Britney, blame those damn MP3s
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Do you have a problem enjoying today's music? Blame the MP3, says the recording industry. Apparently the ubiquity of iPods (and their low-quality headphones) means many producers are using the MP3 as their reference platform. Since the digital music files often cut out a lot of high frequencies in order to minimize file size, bands are releasing albums that sound increasingly wretched.