ralphpnj;614891 Wrote: > Once again audiophiles are getting hit in their wallet. HDTracks > announced this week that high resolution downloads of the remastered > Abkco Rolling Stones recordings are now available. Prices: $19.98 for > 24bit/88.2kHz and $29.98 for 24bit/176kHz with a 10% discount being > offered. Do the math $19.98 minus $2.00 discount comes to $17.98, which > is the price HDTracks currently charges for their 24bit/88.2kHz > downloads. Once the 10% discount expires HDTracks will have, in effect, > raised their prices by $2.00 Ouch! > > And this is 40+ year old records which have released countless times > over the years. > > HDTracks makes in very clear that for most, if not all, companies > selling products to audiophiles, be it equipment or music, audiophile = > cash cow.
No surprise. Markets charge what people are willing to pay. If their sales drop off following the price increase, maybe they'll reconsider. However, the endless reissues for the Beatles, Stones and other acts fascinate me as I really don't understand. I transferred my original LPs to digital some years back. Can't say I've listened to either more than a handful of times in the past 5 years. If I'm wistfully trying to recapture my misspent youth, it usually doesn't take more than a song or two, and I don't find it needs to sound any different than it did in 1966. ;-) To each their own. -- mlsstl ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mlsstl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9598 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86017 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
