In Reply to: bad checksum... posted by JoeKool on June 18, 2012 at 20:09:36:
Actually they do carry turntables. My local electronics store has 3 turntables to choose from, but only 1 CD player. A month ago they had 2 CD players.
Most people that think CD's will just hang around like LPs did are missing a critical point. Nothing can or will ever replace LPs. It doesn't even matter how you feel about vinyl. Love it, hate it, don't care, it doesn't matter. Nothing can replace it. CDs are different. They are being replaced. The first blow was the 128kb/s MP3. Think recording your records to 8 track tape. Then higher bit rates became more common. Think cassettes. Better, but still not a suitable replacement. Then came lossless files formats(.wav, flac, etc.) and better ripping techniques like using Exact Audio Copy and more accurate drives. Now we are talking 2 track tapes or even transfer to high resolution digital staying with the vinyl replacement analogy. In the case of vinyl, this would still not be good enough. Tapes add hiss and some of the vinyl magic gets lost in the transfer to digital. If you want the vinyl sound, you still need vinyl to get it.
CDs are different though. With lossless files created on good drives using good software and or files that were created from studio masters with no CD even in the chain, we are getting really close. Now for the final nail in the coffin of physical media. DACs that sound as good as or better than similarly price useless plastic spinners. Why inert insert a shiny piece of plastic into your source when you can get the same or better sound without it? CDs won't stick around like vinyl did because they can and are being replaced.
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Follow Ups
- RE: bad checksum... - jaydacus 22:35:44 06/18/12 (2)
- RE: bad checksum... - JoeKool 14:37:32 06/19/12 (0)
- are you sure that you want to say the above? Really? -t - Sordidman 10:00:48 06/19/12 (0)