Posted on 03/24/2010 5:20:49 AM PDT by ShadowAce
Get real. The kids aren't buying them, they are downloading them free.
I’m sorry - but as photographers having had 2 external hard drives crash and 1 we’re not able to open at the moment has made me LOVE CD’s. I like having that initial back up for the master copy of our pics.
Only to be lost when you iPod dies, or your hard drive fails. CD's are nearly permanent, and you can easily catalog them. They are independent of the device on which you play your music. Play them in the car, on the music system, anywhere. You own them, and you can do with them as you wish. They can be copied and used on other devices such as iPod or MP3 players.
I'll stick with wax, thank you.
Apple iTunes is generating more than a billion dollars of downloads each year.
December 26th, I went back for the sales, and the store was rearranged with the CD's in the main racks and the vinyl in the back...will never forget it.
Flash is getting cheap, and small. I saw a 4 GB thumb drive that was mostly USB plug and no body. That’s 4CDs in WAV, or maybe 10 in mp3, or 5 with videos.
Wasn’t there a band that did a release on a flash drive, came with a nifty holder?
CDs are great for backup but I think they are not long for the entertainment world, just becasues people dl rather than buy.
or 45’s and “albums”.......
Keep em. Someday your computers will crash and your other digital media will erode to bits.
And the worst thing about the 8-track is that it wants to change tracks, cbong, right in the middle of the drum solo of In A Gadda Da Vida.
The 8-track player in my 1973 Buick still works fine. Why change?
I still have the family 78s.
I’m 45.
Yes, most of the music I listen to comes out of the computer...or off a USB drive into the Home Theatah System (which I call a “stereo”, to my younger relatives’ chagrin).
Nothing like having a largely environment-resistant dedicated copy of something.
Still have books, too. No Kindles here.
On the other hand....
I carry my PDA to church— because it contains two Bibles in the size of a Gideons’ New Testament; and the internet has replaced magazines and newspapers.
I like the convenience of MP3s but understand that compressing the files means some loss of sound quality, which may be only theoretical or what dogs can hear. Thanks in advance for any responses; I’m not an expert so I may just appreciate the info without replying.
PS Vinyl was great, until the first scratch on the record. I can still hear the clicks and pops in some songs in my mind . . .
” I like having that initial back up for the master copy of our pics.”
USB memory sticks have taken over that function.
The cost per gb keeps going down.
I have two or three of them that I can carry in my pocket, and have never filled any of them.
I can not remember when I last used a CD.
I have yet to go diskless in my music collection and I am ready to go digital. When I buy music I want to own it for life, so I have been reluctant to buy into the proprietary iPod.
What alternatives are there to the iPod? I’m picky about quality so I want the highest sampling rate possible in my digital music.
Which format is best and which players will play it?
Which formats are not proprietary and will allow me to transfer my collection to new formats and devices as they arrive in the future?
I refuse to buy a collection of music that is tied to a particular playback vendor. If I decide that vendor is ripping me off I want to be able to take my collection to a different playback vendor.
Help! Need suggestions.
ping
I’ve still got some 8 tracks in the basement- waiting for the comeback...
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