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In Reply to: RE: CD players going the way of the 8 track posted by jaydacus on June 18, 2012 at 16:47:08

CD players may be dying in the low end, but there's still a market for high end players.

The CD is more likely to go they way of vinyl and become a niche market. The CD has an advantage no other previous format has ever had, CDs can be played on any type of digital disc drive (Blue ray, DVD, CD-rom) so devices that can play them should be available for a long time.

Your 8-track analogy doesn't hold water given how quickly both tapes and players disappeared from the market. The 8-track went away because it was so inferior sonically and reliability-wise, it was not replaced by a more convenient format. I know, I used to own 8-tracks back in the 70s.

>>Have hundreds or even thousands of albums on my PC ready to listen to without having to load, touch, or worry about something skipping is something that I cannot put a price on.<<

I find having a CD/LP as back up to be something I can't put a price on. PCs and back up drives can fail you know. Besides, I don't find the convenience advantage of computer based systems over CDss to be so significant. My CDs are alphabetized and I can find what I'm looking for pretty quick, not as quickly as with an computer/server/I-Pod, but close enough. And if I can't decide what to listen to, no computer will speed that process up. And I treat my CDs well so skipping isn't an issue.
Best regards, Ralph

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