[TalBlack]

Only “victrola” is older than Joes refrence. HiFi came after, Walkman came after, CD player came after, ipod came after and ALL are long gone.

[Olog-hai]

Still lots of CD players in cars.

[jeffersondem]

” HiFi came after, Walkman came after, CD player came after, ipod came after and ALL are long gone.”

Eight-track still going stronger however.

[YogicCowboy]

I still use CDs (my vinyl-playing hi-fi was stolen long ago):

1. MP3s are low-to-mid-fi. They are never hi-fi. An audiophile is unlikely to be content with them. (Some purists are not even content with an SACD or DVD-Audio, but insist on vinyl.) Very few downloads I have seen are available as WAV or FLAC.

2. One does not own a download. It is in effect a lease or rental. Rights to it can be revoked; one cannot necessarily bequeath it to an heir. If one wants to OWN the music, one needs to buy the HARD copy!

I am not giving up my tangible, superior music sources.