Cd's to make a come back in the future?

While I totally get the allure of vinyl and analog I cant imagine their being a nostalgia for CD now that better digital formats are available. What’s next, collecting MP3 files?

Physical media as a mainstream commodity was killed by streaming and downloads. CD has few redeeming qualities anyhow. 

Technology moves on and convenience has slipped in. I mean we now have cars that brake when needed without driver input, cars that drive on their own. Motor cycle's that are self balancing, air bag jackets (don't think we will see Harley riders wearing one though), Where's the fun gone? 
I am (very quietly and thank a god for separate credit cards,lol) stocking up on cd's to have for now and the future. I can easily buy at least 50 cd's from various thrift stores local to me in a day. A few years back a dear friend of mine was recovering from cancer, so as a treat I paid for her to an all expenses paid trip to the US with the small proviso that I could use her additional suitcase allowance. Luckily the luggage bag scanners paid no attention to the approx 6000+ cd's (minus cases) we had between us in our suitcases.lol
I do not know anyone  who owns any cd's that is not an audiophile. I know very few audiophiles personally. When I went to audition some Magnepan's even the salesman played a CDR of music. 

+ 1 Redbook CD. People have no idea,, generally speaking, just how much information is waiting there in the nano-scale spiral of data waiting to be unleashed on an unsuspecting world. Getting from point A to point B is a gauntlet of obstacles. People have jumped ship and gone to streaming or servers, one assumes because they got tired of the hassle. Please, anyone who thinks Redbook right out of the box is the greatest thing since chunky  peanut butte, no angry emails.

Plus, how may of us take a time-capsule tour when we go through friends' or spouse's cd collections that haven't been updated since the late 90's?

Many new car models are produced without CD players.

Also, the concept of streaming and "on demand" music, especially for the under-27 generation, is an expectation, not a novelty.

That said, whether you stream Tidal or Deezer or Spotify or Quboz or whatever, you're simply renting the music. Once your subscription goes, so does your music. However, with generous data plans and ever-changing playlists and the paucity of album sales, I can't see the album-format ever really making a huge comeback, especially among cd's, and especially amongst a listening public whose appreciation of 320 kbs is just as real as ours is for lossless.

I think the CD _has_ left us.  Except for audiophiles, when was the last time you saw someone use a CD?  Maybe someone driving a car that was 10 or more years old?

I'm 42; when I fell for the audio hobby eight year ago, I dove into digital since 100% of my music collection was CDs.  (Much respect to my vinyl brethren.)  I've since ripped them all to flac on a hard drive.  But streaming from Qobuz and Tidal sounds _better_ than the local flacs.

So I only stream, but I keep the hard drive, and its backups -- okay, and a few hundred CD in the attic -- in case of wartime.

I'd love to see the public realize that CDs sound better than mp3 streams, but those interested in physical media (for its very real virtues) are gonna spin records.

uber makes a great point in that they have never really left us. As far as them ever being really popular again, I think it depends on the advancements that are made with DAC sound quality. That said, there has been notable advancement in that area over the last 5 years or so, it could happen. On the other hand due to streaming, it probably has as much chance as disco or the hula hoop to ever being popular again. Who knows. 

CDs need to fade away before they can stage a comeback.
They are nowhere near the “ extinction “ level that vinyl was at.
I do not see them ever reaching the same state that vinyl did or  indeed ever reaching the same status as vinyl has.

If this can happen, why not a CD comeback?

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/23/cassette-tape-music-revival-retro-chic-rewind

My cd collection is probably only valuable musically to me. I mean how much could I get for 300 goth cd's or 200 opera's? 
I've been verbally threatened  from going weekend thrift store pilgrimage shopping..........
Only time will tell.......

Just be sure you have plenty of provisions. 😬

I am sure this has all been said before with vinyl.
However the big difference is I do not think there will ever be any nostalgia attached to CDs.

And not many are going to achieve the almost cult status of numerous vinyl audiophile recordings.


I do not think will make a comeback simply because they have not really disappeared to any extent as vinyl did.

Heck I still play a lot of CDs in the car.

I don't know.  The future is hard to predict.  There are so many of them around that you'd think that someone will think that it's cool to have physical media and an antique cd player to play them on. 

On the other hand, digital is progressing steadily and the sound quality of streamed music might be so good that no one would want to bother with cds.  I'm not sure I'll be around if they do make a comeback.