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RE: I love CDs

I never thought about it that way, but the comparison to cassette tape really chrystalizes the concept that the audio CD was an innovation of convenience, not fidelity. And now the CD has been trumped on convenience by compressed digital and seems destined for obsolescence.

I bear the scarlet M of a company in the automotive infotainment business. If you need any further evidence, look at the instrument cluster of your car. Cassette players in automotive OEM systems were replaced by CD players. Now disc players are disappearing, replaced by iPod/USB ports. CDs had a good 25 year run, but the end is in sight.



Edits: 03/23/12

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