Goodbye CD's


Seems that Borders by me is unloading all their cd's..They claim they are just not selling...Im sure this is just the beginning of the end in the retail stores for cd's...can it long before cd's are gone completely? Many Ive spoken with including some dealers have mentioned this and said "the writing is on the wall" for cd playback..

I have been on the fence about going to a file data system for music, and have been eyeing a Squeezebox duet and setting up my hard drive to take the plunge..maybe now its that time??

Or..maybe just Im just a geezer in my heart of hearts and should just look for old and new Vinyl to keep me going...hmmm..I could be very happy with a mainly vinyl set up ;-)
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I can't remember the last time I bought a cd in a store. I once or twice bought one in Best Buys but typically buy 100 or so on the internet. I could care less whether local music stores go the way of local audio dealers.

Gmood1, thanks for a nice thorough posting. I do think that high definition downloads will ultimately satisfy those who cannot stand MP3s. The is even some rumbling about 192/24 downloads, although I hate to think of how long such downloads might take. I have heard some 192/24 performances on a server; it would be worth the time to get them on my server.
Tboooe, I have a TuneBank RAID 5 with two drives external to the two in it with one not in my home. Nevertheless, every once in a while I have gotten new versions of discs or even ways why I might treat the cds and rip them again.