Holy crap I haven't listened to Oakenfold since 2001. Just looked him up and he's still making stuff. He was really the first huge breakout worldwide star from that genre.
On Jan 8, 2017 4:38 PM, "That One Guy /sarcasm" <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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/te >> chnology/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. >> >> >>
