Audio has been around since, I suppose, the spoken language. The difference now is distribution and availability. Audiobooks, podcasts, smart phones, voice controlled home speaker systems, connected cars, and who knows what will come next.
Maybe it's a personal preference but I'm into the atmosphere. [ https://youtu.be/IInkT6n-NiM ]
A celebration of beginnings. The first chapter of a book is something so profound, so important, and so special that we need to celebrate.
I'm an audio guy. I like headphones in, walk in the woods with Pepper, and lay those decibels on me. But it's not always...