Thanks for this discussion. I am beginning to love my CDs even more :-) I wish more non-classical music was available. Don't care for Blu-Ray as of now....but hey, who has been to the future yet?
DEMAND DSD
If you haven't experienced well recorded Direct Stream Digital SACDs on a top-notch player, you are missing the boat!
"You can't collect a download. There's no physical attachment to a download; the sense of ownership is less clear. ... Surprisingly, our digital sales [SACDs] are doing just as well as our vinyl sales right now. Music Direct can hardly sell regular CDs at all—the customers just don't want regular CDs anymore." - Jim Davis (owner of Music Direct), Stereophile, October 2010 issue
"You can't collect a download. There's no physical attachment to a download; the sense of ownership is less clear. ... Surprisingly, our digital sales [SACDs] are doing just as well as our vinyl sales right now. Music Direct can hardly sell regular CDs at all—the customers just don't want regular CDs anymore." - Jim Davis (owner of Music Direct), Stereophile, October 2010 issue