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post #1 of 169
11/5/11 at 12:06am
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post #2 of 169
11/5/11 at 1:27am
I've been expectimg this. I think Big Music would like to go to subscription services.

Which is why I've been buying lots of used CDs.

Besides, I've gotten to the point (at 39) where new music has lost appeal. Maybe I'm turning into an old grouch, but very little recent stuff seems worth listening to. Or maybe new music has gotten awful. I don't know. But I'm content with popular music from 1995 or so back through the rest of the 20th century and have been spending more time with classical.
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post #3 of 169
11/5/11 at 1:41am
I guess I'm done buying music then. I won't pay for a lossy format. If lossless replaces lossy for digital sales, then I suppose I wouldn't mind so much.
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post #4 of 169
11/5/11 at 2:59am

Stopped reading after "major label" since i don't buy major label, heck there are albums that come out on vinyl for the "kulto" crowd still.

 

It's kind of ironic, i get rid of legacy anything on my computers and make sure to stay updated, but no thanks when it comes to digital distribution (barring some insane Steam sale)

 

Lookylooky what i found, wasn't DD going to squash the "pointless" Blu-ray?


Edited by Astrozombie - 11/5/11 at 3:01am
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post #5 of 169
11/5/11 at 3:14am

I hope movie scores and game music will still be available on disc.  

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post #6 of 169
11/5/11 at 5:07am
Well, can't say we didn't see it coming. I buy downloads if the cd is so long out of print that the prices for a disc far outweigh the benefits of owning it, when I can still legally buy it for so much less. smily_headphones1.gif Econ 101 - when given a choice, the people will choose.
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post #7 of 169
11/5/11 at 5:25am

Seems fair. I haven't bought a CD in years. I do not have space to store them, and buying FLAC's is so much more convenient for me at least.

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post #8 of 169
11/5/11 at 8:27am

I buy a couple dozen new CDs every month and usually quite a few used ones too.  Most of what I listen to isn't available as downloads so I won't be too happy about CDs going away.

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post #9 of 169
11/5/11 at 8:34am

Time to stock up on some CDs I've been wanting.

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post #10 of 169
11/5/11 at 8:38am

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Originally Posted by scompton View Post

I buy a couple dozen new CDs every month and usually quite a few used ones too.  Most of what I listen to isn't available as downloads so I won't be too happy about CDs going away.

X2...

 

The largest problem with most CDs I buy is loudness. I tend to ignore CDs after a while if the music is to tiring to listen to due to the loudness war. Strangely enough some unexpected albums do not suffer from loudness. Thankfully good DJs still exist. 
 

 

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post #11 of 169
11/5/11 at 11:04am
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Originally Posted by Astrozombie View Post

Stopped reading after "major label" since i don't buy major label, heck there are albums that come out on vinyl for the "kulto" crowd still.

 



Very true...didn't think about that. Maybe I should be a bit more worried if I liked, say, Pitbull. But I don't.

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post #12 of 169
11/5/11 at 11:42am
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Very true...didn't think about that. Maybe I should be a bit more worried if I liked, say, Pitbull. But I don't.


To be honest, people who are fans of mainstream music most likely wouldn't know the difference between .mp3 and .flac.

 

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post #13 of 169
11/5/11 at 1:35pm

Can't say I'm all too heart broken.

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post #14 of 169
11/5/11 at 3:38pm

 

"The end of the CD format, all music will be purchased on iTunes"

 

 

hahahaha give me a break...

 

 

Top comment:

 

"Simon Olivier 1 comment collapsed CollapseExpand

This article is badly written, under-represents any real hard facts, and then finishes with a ridiculous blanket generalisation (regarding print media) that is well beyond the remit of the article.

Bad journalism that should be read with amusement and taken with a strong pinch of salt."

 

 

^Yeah pretty much that.

 

 

I know Bill Gates said around 10 or 15 years ago that CD's will only last for so long and be replaced with something else, and it was a laughable comment at the time, but now it's happening with SD cards and USB, which I'm cool with, SD cards instead of blu-ray? Why not!... as long as it comes with nice packaging and a booklet.

 

Moving all books and music to online purchases will never happen, ever, imho.

 

The first article starts with "First Vinyl, Now..."

 

What do they mean... "first vinyl"? Vinyl production right now is the highest it's ever been in the last 20 years or so isn't it?

 

 


Edited by kiteki - 11/5/11 at 3:46pm
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post #15 of 169
11/5/11 at 3:46pm

I would never buy digital music especially when there are music sources such as youtube and others. CDs would be the only thing I would pay for my music. Are music CDs becoming extinct? This is a joke. A bad one.

 

 

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