A survey by CEA shows that Audio equipment and content enhance consumers' lives ...
CEA's latest audio study -- "The Evolution of Audio: Is Anyone Listening?" -- found that 67% of consumers say they believe audio is an important part of their life and almost half (48%) report they are always listening to some form of audio content. Overall audio consumption -- whether music (73%), television shows, news or information sources (68%) -- is a large part of consumers' day-to-day lifestyle. But the study found that consumers appear to be listening less than they were three years ago. The percentage of consumers reporting daily consumption of music has fallen to 73% from 91% while TV show audio listening has dropped to 68% from 81% since 2005.
(Source:Consumer Electronics Association Jan 22nd 2009)