The CD longevity is very finite compared to vinyl.
Vinyl kept proper will play forever CD will go bad in 20...25 years
Vinyl kept proper will play forever CD will go bad in 20...25 years
The demise of the music CD inevitable?
Hi,
Back on campus, my senior year. Everywhere I look, its all earbuds and cell phones streaming audio. None of my friends would even consider purchasing a CD! I as well almost completely stopped purchasing CD's now that I have lossless streaming from TIDAL. It seems that SQ is not an issue anymore for this generation, its content that is most important and there is no loss of it out there in the streaming world.
Back on campus, my senior year. Everywhere I look, its all earbuds and cell phones streaming audio. None of my friends would even consider purchasing a CD! I as well almost completely stopped purchasing CD's now that I have lossless streaming from TIDAL. It seems that SQ is not an issue anymore for this generation, its content that is most important and there is no loss of it out there in the streaming world.
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I’ve owned many digital discs as well including released in 80’s and still sell them online and at the store. Ones released in 80’s get the most return requests because they can’t be played on one’s player. I don’t sell CDs with marks or scratches, but still they skip and can’t be played on quite large number of CD players which means their life is over. I don’t care for what reason, but it’s over. My 80’s records still rock. A vs B or A-B or A><B whichever you prefer simple math shoves S to complex science ’bahind’. The reason why I refuse to sell imperfect CDs is again return requests due to the small scratch that claimed to be a culprit of not playing a specific song! Hey the long story short: Small scratch on CD can make certain players to skip. Small scratch on LP not even noticable and plays through with no surface noise at all. So forget the vinyl junkie terms, it's all real and it's all known very well about very very finite life of CD. |
I've got your point George, but I don't even come close dealing with scratched CDs and still they get returned in particular 80's CDs that skip on certain players. The buyer usually claims that the rest of CDs he's got do not skip. Therefore I removed all 80's CDs from the online sale. 1992 or newer.. |
mahler12374 posts09-13-2016 11:35amHad my 27 year old Nephew over and owns 0 CDs. Streaming or a few iTunes downloads is all he listens. My kids are a few years older than him, used to buy CDs, but now You Tube seems to satisfy them. I do think CDs will ultimately become a niche product most likely to be bought by old farts like myselfSame I heard about records, but... |