Until there are commercially available music downloads with audio quality at least equivalent to CD's (which Apple, et al assuredly are not)and at a cost reasonably equivalent to CD's (which HD Tracks, et al most assuredly are not), neither CD's nor CDP's will be dead. If you use computer audio, you either have to rip a CD --which someone had to have purchased -- or download from an original sales source, which is expensive for good audio quality. This is the reality.
If the record companies had any brains, they would be selling direct downloads at CD quality bitrates, instead of letting Apple, Amazon, steal their profits.
Neal
If the record companies had any brains, they would be selling direct downloads at CD quality bitrates, instead of letting Apple, Amazon, steal their profits.
Neal