In Reply to: It's not that people are fed up of physical formats posted by Nefertiti on November 10, 2006 at 01:44:39:
The Hi Rez formats weren't profitable enough for the big companies due to "consumer indifference" among those that buy CDs (or LPs for that matter). It is unclear that the folks who buy CDs/LPs will embrace either digital downloads or the "keep it on a hard drive" approach. The MP3 crowd is NOT THE SAME as the audiophile crowd. Liner notes and artwork DO MATTER. Also, I think the attractiveness of a "home music library" (as with physical books, to your point) cannot be underestimated. There is something very fundamental in the human psyche with regard to the "collector mentality". "A Gentle Madness" as one book title calls it!:-) Personally, I like to "handle the media"...peruse the library, pull out recordings and read their exact contents, contemplate my options, put the recording in the player, settle in and crack the liner notes (a "little book"). Hey, it could just be me -- but I don't thinks so.
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Follow Ups
- I think you are right... - SE 07:58:36 11/10/06 (13)
- oh, I have some bad news for you.... - Sordidman 08:09:28 11/10/06 (12)
- Re: oh, I have some bad news for you.... - es347 09:52:50 11/12/06 (0)
- Re: oh, I have some bad news for you.... - tullman 09:25:48 11/12/06 (0)
- So, I guess you disagree. n/t - SE 08:44:58 11/10/06 (9)
- Re: So, I guess you disagree. n/t - Sour Milk Moon 05:55:16 11/11/06 (0)
- Yes, but I'm also stating facts. HiRez is not a profitable media -t - Sordidman 09:15:21 11/10/06 (7)
- Would you please post the cost analysis that proves your "facts?" Thanks (nt) - racerguy 17:39:33 11/11/06 (4)
- LOL, - that was really funny RG.... -t - Sordidman 10:10:42 11/13/06 (3)
- So you don't have any data to support your "facts." Thanks for clarifying - racerguy 11:00:28 11/13/06 (2)
- NO! "SACD sales fell 39.6 percent," - Sordidman 09:36:56 11/14/06 (1)
- "Data" is not worth anything - racerguy 12:49:30 11/16/06 (0)
- The first sentence I wrote was... - SE 09:17:00 11/10/06 (1)
- Sorry, - I missed that.......... apologies -t - Sordidman 09:24:17 11/10/06 (0)