And even mentioning K-Mart shows the times we are in.
Nothing wrong with the humble cassette tape either, I have hundreds of them and play them nearly as much as vinyl.
Agreed on Barnes & Noble and add Books A Million to that list too although I fear it is more to be "trendy" and attract some of the "hip" crowd than anything else.
But I will take it!
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Our local Target does indeed have a small selection of Vinyl, and the one I just visited in Wilmington did as well.
However our local WallyWorld has NO vinyl or CDS right now, so NO hard music media at all.
Now that is just my WalMart I am speaking of, have not done a nationwide survey... lol.
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Now that certainly constitutes sad...... |
Maccamera.
Take deep breaths and say " ommmm"
over and over until you feel better.
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Feel better now Coltrane?
Lol.
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Lowrider.
Nope been here in the USA since 2000 my friend.
I escaped the UK!
Actually they are probably as happy about it as I am.... lol.
But that is a good point as to differing mentalities in different countries, including buying habits and listening habits.
Heck I know one of my old friends back in the UK still watches VHS movies as he had a huge collection of them and bought 3 or 4 top quality decks to keep playing them on.
I do not even see VHS movies for sale on flea markets here any longer!
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I count myself as being truly blessed at this stage of life as I can find usually 5 to 6 hours A DAY to listen to my music and usually do.
Now honestly I am not that bothered whether WalMart or Best Buy or Target etc stop selling any type of music period!
From a sense of where I normally go to buy my media.
It just so happened I was in WalMart for another reason entirely when this unfolded.
But as a general downward spiral picture of todays culture and buying mentality it still saddens me, call me an old fart, not going to change my mind on that score.
Unfortunately the internet has made some of this shift towards online everything all too easy and commonplace.
Go watch a movie called "The City of Ember".
Yes I know all doom and gloom , misery guts I am.
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You are not that old, if you can still happily read CD inserts. Those letters are getting smaller by the year. Glupson I think it is more likely our eyes are getting weaker by the year! |
I just feel badly for the artists who are now so poorly compensated for their craft. Streaming pay very little. Interesting take, does anybody have any actual figures showing say royalty paid for streaming vs physical media sales? |
Great contribution there, thanks so much! |
However to return to the main topic.
While I realise that CD sales likely made up less than 0.05% of Wal-Mart sales when you consider all the other junk they still carry it is still a little depressing at least to myself.
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Seriously I stream a lot and as Grannyring states there is just masses of new to us music waiting to be discovered with just a few clicks. .... Very cool indeed and I have abused it considerably over the past few years!
But.....
At this stage would I be happy dumping all my physical media?
Heck no!
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I have absolutely no idea what an audiophile even is?
Listening to a VERY well recorded and produced CD right now.
Does that make me an Audiophile or an Audiophool?
Don't know and don't care...
Thank you.
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Agreed Thomas.
On average our thrift/charity ships are offloading them at silly prices of 50 cents to $1 each.
A lot of dross obviously but a lot of good stuff still.
They do not take up much room storage wise either...... |
3ezpayments.
Nope it is not a shocker but still to my mind it is sad reflection.
Yes I realise its business and it is a cutthroat market out there and understand the whole floor stock concept.
I guess although the writing has been on the wall for a while, to see it in action is another thing entirely.
Do not get me wrong the decline and possible demise of CD( mainstream at least) was inevitable in today's streaming age.
Does not mean I have to like it though ... Lol. |
Impressive stats David .... Or depressive depending on your viewpoint.
I am quite happy to help some of those billions of silver discs find a new home and life. |
And with all due respect just imho NOT going out and just ordering everything online and becoming a race of house hermits is part of what is wrong with the world today and present attitudes.
Sure there are times I will order stuff online but usually only because I know there is no store within reasonable distance that would stock what I wanted.
Other times I actually relish going out and buying stuff in stores, call me old school in that respect, that's fine its not for everyone I understand.
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Jesus H!
How did everybody miss the point here?
I am not sad that WalMart in itself had decided to stop selling cd,s but rather just the state of business surrounding in store sales on hard media has declined so badly that they no longer felt the need to stock them.
And to ALL the naysayers on playing cd,s you need to back up and try playing them through a decent transport and DAC and add The Gate to your system and then review your thoughts.
And as a FYI.
If anybody had bothered to check my virtual systems you would see I have just about every media playback covered ( apart from oddballs like DAT, MiniDisc, 8 track etc!)
So yes I stream.... A LOT! I also access music from my NAS.... A LOT!
But there is still something about hard media that is satisfying whether that be vinyl, cassette, R2R or CD/SACD.
Not interested in the slightest in any discussion or argument over which format is best, that is purile and not where I was going at all.
And heck yes, just bought another load of cd,s at $1 and 50 cents from the charity shops next door to WallyWorld.
Good luck people!
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WTH?
Self pity???
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Another perfect example of somebody not having had enough coffee before posting......
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