It’s Almost 2010 And CDs Are Not Dead Yet?

7:00AM November 10, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

I’ve started to buy vinyl records again. It’s not because of the sound. It’s the touch and the pretty pictures. Obviously, vinyl is not why CDs are dying. Zoom-zoom in, digital boys and girls.

What surprises me about these facts and figures — apart from iTunes skyrocketing again after the introduction of variable pricing — is the fact that CDs are not completely dead yet. They are clearly going down, but I had this mental image in which all of those round mirrors were destroyed, melting like Dali clocks in a desert of indifference. [Mint]

Comments

  • Matt

    November 10, 2009 at 1:27 PM

    I hope that CD’s never disappear, I buy music to
    1. Support the artist
    2. Have loss less quality of music (audiophile is me yes)
    3. I like the artworks, the lyrics inside CD, and picture

    Might be like the Vynl

    • Stefan

      November 10, 2009 at 4:31 PM

      Agreed, I’m not a vinyl person :P mainly because i wasn’t even born when they came out but i prefer CD’s… :O is that showing how uncool i am xD

  • LJ

    November 10, 2009 at 9:33 PM

    We need a new format. Something with the quality of SACD’s and Vinyl, and the size of something like a memory card. This will get rid of the reasons to get vinyl (Quality Sound) and the reasons to get cd’s (Almost as good sound but in a more convenient smaller format).

    But maybe one day memory will be so cheap and internet speeds will be so fast that the compressed digital format will die, being replaced with an ultra high quality version regardless of it’s file size.

    This is the ultimate solution.

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