Audiophiles are going to be a valuable niche market. I recently threw all my cds and dvds away for the sake of space, it's faster half the time to download a movie or album than to find it on the shelf. I did keep a could Paul oakenfold cds for the cars until we cycle vehicles, since even stock radios come with an input or Bluetooth now
On Jan 8, 2017 4:19 PM, "Bill Prince" <part15...@gmail.com> wrote: > It may be dead, but then it might come back too; just like vinyl. OTOH, > maybe we are finding we want "music", but we don't really want to "listen". > People with good ears can tell the difference between MP3, CD, hi-res audio > (24-bit and/or flac), and vinyl. I can sometimes tell the difference, but > most of the time I'm not concentrating on the music. Most of the time, I'm > just looking for the mood. > > This sums it up nicely: https://www.theguardian.com/ > technology/2014/aug/21/mp3-cd-24-bit-audio-music-hi-res > > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > On 1/8/2017 1:14 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > Those of you outside the US or with friends and relatives there, is this > just a US thing, that all music is either in the cloud and streamed, or > electronically downloaded to an iPhone/iPod like device? > > � > > Amazon pretty much killed off the brick-and-mortar record stores, but now > I find that even Amazon doesn�t seem too interested in carrying CDs.� > They may have recent releases, but otherwise what you get is other sellers > on the Amazon storefront.� And these other sellers are predominantly in > the UK, followed by Japan and Germany.� Which leads me to believe people > in those countries still buy CDs, maybe at actual record stores.� So is > this a cultural difference?� Or is the trend just hitting Europe and > Japan a little later than here? > > � > > One thing I miss are the EP singles, not the 2 songs on 7 inch vinyl, more > like 4-5 songs on a CD.� Often these were exclusive for Borders or Barnes > & Noble, or sent out to record stores to promote an upcoming album.� > Often they had bonus tracks or live performances that never made it to the > albums.� I still see a few of these for Barnes & Noble but from sellers > in the UK, leading me to� believe that even Barnes & Noble sells more > music at their UK stores than here. > > � > > How long before physical media for content distribution is totally > dead?� Already pretty much true for software and games, plus software > seems to be going to the subscription model (like Office 365 and Adobe > Creative Cloud).� I suspect music CDs may not be long for this world, > even though vinyl has made a comeback � how strange.� Will they stop > releasing movies on Blu-Ray?� Will they work out DRM so you can buy > movies via electronic download, or will all video be streamed from the > cloud? > > � > > Maybe what I�m missing is that most people today are never without their > phones, so that�s the only logical place to have their music.� I�m > probably a dinosaur, sticking a CD in the stereo, or grabbing a handful to > play in the car. > > >
