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Are the highest-possible technical specs necessarily the best choice for every aesthetic purpose? I think this is less a trend of "hipster nonsense" and more of a sign of maturity from electronic music evolution as a whole - showing awareness of the symbiotic relationship between hardware and software, the medium and the message, a "back to its roots" part of the cycle that's definitely necessary given the current state of the art of recording sound IMO.