CDs Making a Comeback?

[IamNoone]

CDs up, downloads down?: Latest data from the States suggests a revival for every physical format

"Proof if proof were needed that if you hang around for long enough you become ‘vintage’: After the vinyl revival and the cassette revival, CDs, it seems, are on the way back."

"physical things are nice. Tangible things are nice things, to have, to hold, to own."

 

[ShaunSA]

Nope

 

[PaulGherkin]

 

[IamNoone]

There are one or two artists who's CD's I would like to own again.

Music that can not be found here anymore. If not for the costs involved to import - mostly the shipping costs - I would have made the effort already instead of resorting to the high seas.

 

[gregmcc]

Who downloads music? Everything is streamed now.

Looked at my music folder with all my mp3's on last week and thought it's about time I trashed the 2TB's as never use it anymore.

 

[PaulGherkin]

Who downloads music? Everything is streamed now.

Looked at my music folder with all my mp3's on last week and thought it's about time I trashed the 2TB's as never use it anymore.

I use Spotify, for 99.9% of my music, the 1% that Spotify doesn't have (for stupid reasons) I have FLAC files on a file server. MP3 is lossy and I can hear it.

 

[bwana]

Who downloads music? Everything is streamed now.

Looked at my music folder with all my mp3's on last week and thought it's about time I trashed the 2TB's as never use it anymore.

But did you actually do it?

 

[IamNoone]

Who downloads music? Everything is streamed now.

Looked at my music folder with all my mp3's on last week and thought it's about time I trashed the 2TB's as never use it anymore.

I have Spotify but it only features 1 album of Garth Brooks from 1995. He has had alot more great songs since.

I currently use a VPN to use Amazon Music free but it is not always possible to use it and the cost to go full version is not yet worth it to me.

 

[Bernoldus Niemand]

No thanks. I won't be able to listen to a CD on my wrist.

 

[IamNoone]

But did you actually do it?

I moved all but few albums and artists to archive.

 

[IamNoone]

No thanks. I won't be able to listen to a CD on my wrist.

Sound quality on my watch is not worth it. I don't even use it for calls.

 

[B-1]

Are they even still making them? I thought I saw most manufacturers end CD production lines?

 

[TheMightyQuin]

I have Spotify but it only features 1 album of Garth Brooks from 1995. He has had alot more great songs since.

 

[Bernoldus Niemand]

Sound quality on my watch is not worth it. I don't even use it for calls.

Mine is 256 kbps AAC. Sounds good. Even my old Huawei watch was 320 kbps mp3. Just very slow to upload the songs.

 

[TheMightyQuin]

Mine is 256 kbps AAC. Sounds good. Even my old Huawei watch was 320 kbps mp3. Just very slow to upload the songs.

Why would you ever listen to music on your watch??

 

[IamNoone]

Are they even still making them? I thought I saw most manufacturers end CD production lines?

In the states yes. Locally, I have not seen a physical music store in a long time, not even Cash Crusaders have them anymore.

The wife has a huge CD collection going back to her school days. Alot we have ripped but there are still 100's to go through... But it's not worth the effort, she streams on YouTube and Spotify anyway.

She burns CD's for the car now and then as her car does not have Bluetooth or USB.

 

[Bernoldus Niemand]

Why would you ever listen to music on your watch??

Ask every person in every gym all over the world?

 

[IamNoone]

Ask every person in every gym all over the world?

A bit overstated. Besides there are earphones that works and sounds better.

 

[TheMightyQuin]

Ask every person in every gym all over the world?

"every " person in "every" gym all over the world, used pods or over-the-ear headphones when they gym.

 

[rh1]

I used to buy SA artist cds back in the day. But when the US artist bragging about their wads of cash, I would not hesitate to get my friends to burn me a cd, since they did not need my money.

I now stream from Youtube music via the family plan.