The CD vs. Everything Else

[dewline]

Food for my thoughts, anyway...

http://thequietus.com/articles/24710-cd-revival-vinyl-revival-cheap-cds-compact-discs

Comments

[thewayne]

For me, I do not stream because in my car we do not have reliable cellular signal and probably never will -- too mountainous the terrain up here. At home I almost never stream. I want a physical copy of my music. That's about all there is to it. I don't want LPs because my hearing is somewhat shot and I can't hear the alleged difference, plus I don't want the space commitment to (A) the collection, (ii) having to set up a turntable, and (3) having to deal with the inconvenience of, in Tom Petty's words, 'coming to the part in the album where we'll have to get up and turn over the album, or cassette.'

My preferred purchasing route is buying used CDs in Phoenix or off Amazon. If I buy music off iTunes, I convert it to MP3 and delete the AIFF. Double bonus with Amazon if I buy the CD and I can download the MP3s and enjoy it immediately, but I can wait.

[dewline]

Agreed. For our own personal wants/needs, the CD is just about good enough as it is.

[matrixmann]

Didn't read the whole article, only browsed briefly through it...

Errr, I don't wanna say I'm very surprised of this, since the "used"-market seems to flow relatively well, but still it's like a little news to hear that.
In the age where all are obsessed with carying their favorite music on simply their cell-phones, as part of laziness, it appears like something not so calculated with 'cause - when is the time you ever see someone buy a new CD?
Certain clientele of certain music categories still do, as, for example, they're in a much more advanced age and dealing with all the download technical crap may quickly appear too complicated them, compared to just handling a CD.
But for most modern and steady genre sectors - actually you're happy, if you're a fan of it, if that sector still offers you an offline-version to hear its music that comes free of this "market research what you'd be willing to buy too maybe"-crap.

Just this is a very good reason to hoard CDs - because they're usable offline and nobody can study your preferations according to which songs you listened to how often.
(Another is that, just like when the change from vinyl to cassette and CD happened, not all contents are carried over to the new media - due to small original amounts of copies or license issues in the present.)

Ah, sorry if I'm rambling as a passing traveller... No harm meant.