most digital music is highly compressed and loses alot of sound quality if you're playing your music through a high end system...so as long as there are high sound quality enthusiasts that benefit from some kind of format that doesn't invlove large amounts of compression that come from mp3 players then CD's...or at least super audio CD's will probably still remain...if somewhat in limited numbers
I hope CDs and Hi-Fis stay around forever. I like to have the CD, CD Case and whatever booklets come with it. Physical back up too, not just backed up on to computer...
Well records are still around and we see bands releasing record versions of their albums, so don't think CDs will vanish for a longggggggggg time.
Saying that, I still use a mp3 player mostly for it's a lot easier for me instead of playing around with the cds/cases.
im sure, in the future, they will make programs even easier to operate.
I like the Cd aspect for exploration. Going to the local eXchange or used cd/dvd store is very much fun. I feel, almost as if im at a flea market, searching for that ONE piece of gold lol
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I lost my almost High Fidelity-esque ''must have limited edition fold out CD'' attitude a while ago, round about the time when I got a really good soundsystem for my laptop which along with iTunes made my stereo system, and thus CDs, obsolete. I still like buying albums now and again, but it's only stuff I like a lot and feel the need to possess a physical copy of rather than downloaded mp3s. I've gone from four or five (CDs purchased) a month, to one or two every other month.
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It's been a year since I last bought a CD. Now that I have my brand new laptop, I'll be getting my music store in my library and eventually get one of those MP3's that can store up to 3,000 songs. Two years from now, I doubt my music will be coming from a store.
Which reminds me...here in the States Tower Record was a very succesful music store (for many years) with lots of locations. They went out of business more than a year ago. It's clearly a sign of the times. CD sales are startin to decrease in the market. So, it's happening right before our eyes.
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Why the **** would anyone want to get digital downloads anyway? I prefer buying an album with a CD cover and that little booklet with the lyrics. I don't wish to have to download frigging songs from the bloody internet and pay for them. Whoever heard of paying for songs? Geez...most stores here don't even stock CD singles anymore, everyone just downloads them...
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Mar 18th, 2008 06:11 PM
Thanks Passione
