All these MP3 players, including a new iPod - and none of them is any good at playing classical music.

Is this actually behind the drop in classics in the record shops?

Really, someone ought to find a way of classifying music tracks without calling them all "songs"...

"What song are you listening to?"
"Oh, it's the third movement of the Pathetique"
"Who's the artist?"

No answer possible, is there. Do you want the composer, the conductor, the name of the orchestra, or the leader of the orchestra?