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I think that we have already lived through the bottom of the barrel for digital and things are on the upswing. The quality of converters across the board is improving (compare the new industry standard of Pro Tools HD to the Mix system with 888's).
Compressions schemes are improving in quality and at the same time internet hookup speeds are improving. The days of very low bit rate mp3's transmitted through dial up modems are numbered. Thank Goodness!
Don't get disenchanted that people are degrading your careful recordings with mp3. Production "texture" can still be heard and appreciated through bad compression schemes (even with mp3 one can tell a project done with tube gear to 2" vs something done direct to digital, and one can tell a good mix from a bad mix). Furthermore, in a few more years our music will be re-encoded with much better schemes. It's still worthwhile to do things at the highest level and the cosumers will eventually catch up.
Peace,
Zep
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