Ist Paul Okenfold an old WWF wrestler? lo l From: Af <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of That One Guy /sarcasm <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Reply-To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 6:38 PM To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - is the music CD dead?
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 Gino Villarini President Metro Office Park #18 Suite 304 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968 [cid:aeronet-logo_310cfc3e-6691-4f69-bd49-b37b834b9238.png] On Jan 8, 2017 4:19 PM, "Bill Prince" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> 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? ï¿1Ž2 Amazon pretty much killed off the brick-and-mortar record stores, but now I find that even Amazon doesnï¿1Ž2t seem too interested in carrying CDs.ï¿1Ž2 They may have recent releases, but otherwise what you get is other sellers on the Amazon storefront.ï¿1Ž2 And these other sellers are predominantly in the UK, followed by Japan and Germany.ï¿1Ž2 Which leads me to believe people in those countries still buy CDs, maybe at actual record stores.ï¿1Ž2 So is this a cultural difference?ï¿1Ž2 Or is the trend just hitting Europe and Japan a little later than here? ï¿1Ž2 One thing I miss are the EP singles, not the 2 songs on 7 inch vinyl, more like 4-5 songs on a CD.ï¿1Ž2 Often these were exclusive for Borders or Barnes & Noble, or sent out to record stores to promote an upcoming album.ï¿1Ž2 Often they had bonus tracks or live performances that never made it to the albums.ï¿1Ž2 I still see a few of these for Barnes & Noble but from sellers in the UK, leading me toï¿1Ž2 believe that even Barnes & Noble sells more music at their UK stores than here. ï¿1Ž2 How long before physical media for content distribution is totally dead?ï¿1Ž2 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).ï¿1Ž2 I suspect music CDs may not be long for this world, even though vinyl has made a comeback ï¿1Ž2 how strange.ï¿1Ž2 Will they stop releasing movies on Blu-Ray?ï¿1Ž2 Will they work out DRM so you can buy movies via electronic download, or will all video be streamed from the cloud? ï¿1Ž2 Maybe what Iï¿1Ž2m missing is that most people today are never without their phones, so thatï¿1Ž2s the only logical place to have their music.ï¿1Ž2 Iï¿1Ž2m probably a dinosaur, sticking a CD in the stereo, or grabbing a handful to play in the car.
