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In Reply to: The Death of Music Sales posted by jedrider on January 26, 2015 at 13:07:02:
Hi, jedrider,
It's interesting that even sales of digital music downloads are dropping. But it makes sense. Now that we're beginning to see relatively high quality music from streaming services, why bother with vinyl, CDs, even digital files when you have access to a collection that dwarfs anything you could possibly purchase (or store) on your own?
For me it's mostly about the quality of the sound and a life-long familiarity with playing albums. I suppose that streaming music might be offered as complete albums, but my hunch (based on the article's I've read) is that it won't. People seem to want a stream of hits and favorites rather than listening to an album.
There may come a day when the sound quality of streaming music is comparable with vinyl, a good CD, or a hi-rez download and if/when that time comes I may decide to abandon my vinyl and CDs. But only if I can listen to an entire album of my choice. 'Til then, I'll continue to purchase vinyl and CDs and will be happily listening to my music collection while the rest of the world is being homogenized.
Regards,
Tom
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