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In Reply to: RE: Are CD Players Even Relevant Anymore? posted by jaydacus on September 10, 2016 at 07:42:35
I've picked up a lot of great CDs cheap from "cutting edge, discs are for Ludites" folks like you.
Thanks!
Best regards, Ralph
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have recently been dropping to half that price as stock increases at many places.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
I've had great luck buying used CDs from Amazon. They have all been in the condition they claim. All of them. Some for as low as a penny plus shipping and handling.I keep my CDs in alphabetical order, so I can play a CD in a few seconds more than a digital file. Spotify is a great way to check out albums in my system for free, then I can buy the ones I really like on CD. Plus I can set Spotify to play for hours of uninterrupted music when we entertain or when I watch football. It's like having a server without having to spend hours ripping CDs.
I may be a Luddite, but I use streaming to enhance my musical enjoyment. Audio is my oyster. :-)
Best regards, Ralph
Edits: 09/12/16
discs are for Ludites" folks like you.
discs remain the primary source for music available today. I buy lots of content used quite inexpensively and really couldn't care less about the condition of the jewel case.
Then I choose to immediately rip and store the content in a central library accessible by all my systems via streaming devices.
Brand new CDs can usually be purchased for less than a CD quality download, if it exists. If the record labels would just offer a lossless 16/44 download in a standard format (FLAC, AIFF, WAV) for the same or less than what the CD sells for on Amazon, they would make me happier and make more money.
...they would make me happier and make more money.
The cost of manufacturing, distributing, carrying inventory and writing off dead stock significant. Apple, Amazon, et. al. learned to avoid all of that years ago.
" If the record labels would just offer a lossless 16/44 download in a standard format (FLAC, AIFF, WAV) for the same or less than what the CD sells for on Amazon, they would make me happier and make more money."
It would make me happy too. But the major record companies don't want to add overhead by servicing and running a retail operation. Those that do offer downloads mostly appear keep it simple by offering a restricted catalogue and MP3.
I think that the record companies are realising that digital distribution offers them a way of getting rid of their manufacturing and physical distribution arms. Digital distribution can be outsourced to partner companies. That leaves the record companies with head office functions only ( A&R, marketing, copyright management and legal services). But income can remain similar with lower overheads. Nice (for them).
One other difficulty with record companies running the store is that the consumer has to know which label which artist appears on to get to the transaction. In the early days of digital distribution ideas were floated of forming industry gateways to aggregate access to all of the industry's online catalogue. This was abandoned when it was realised that it could result in anti-trust litigation.
can be seamlessly played in sequence with either higher or lower rez titles.
I still print out all of my email.
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