I guess it depends when you really got into music. The 80's was fantastic for it's Indie scene, No Wave, DIY Punk, 'Grunge', early Techno, Plunderphonics (Christian Marclay, Negativland, John Oswald etc)... I could go on!

I think it's actually got more to do with the problem that the 80's was more about the music, the politics, the scene, than the production, so it's not the kind of thing Audiophiles go on about. Shame really, 'cos they're definitely losing out!!