The future of physical media

[Vintage Pete]

Originally Posted by chessman

Maks, views are:

1) I want to own it, not rent it;

2) I want both the physical media experience and the home server experience (my choice depending on mood); and

3) I want the degree of choice that physical media (LP's and CD's) offer. Sometimes you want to hear the whole album.

Just my 2 cents.

+1

Pete

[djwhog]

Originally Posted by Masterlu

I agree with 1, 2, & 3

Add me to this camp too!

And how do you download sacd 5.1 and blu-ra dvd-a etc?

Please someone tell me

[bart]

Originally Posted by djwhog

Add me to this camp too!

And how do you download sacd 5.1 and blu-ra dvd-a etc?

Please someone tell me

Good point Dave.
Me too, I like my physical media.
I use digital to work in the garden and jogging...

[Still-One]

Originally Posted by djwhog

Add me to this camp too!

And how do you download sacd 5.1 and blu-ra dvd-a etc?

Please someone tell me

Check out Computeraudiophile. They have just updated their site with the latest methods for ripping your own DVD's and Blu Rays. As usual for that site, very detailed.

JIm

[McPlanar]

Originally Posted by chessman

Maks, my views are:

1) I want to own it, not rent it;

2) I want both the physical media experience and the home server experience (my choice depending on mood); and

3) I want the degree of choice that physical media (LP's and CD's) offer. Sometimes you want to hear the whole album.

Just my 2 cents.

Originally Posted by Dj_AmTraX

I still buy CDs and rip it to hard drive.

[Maks]

Surely we are the exception, not the rule. I don't think the average person has the setups that we have or the same passion. For the casual person, mp3s or some streamed sources where they never own the music is fine. That's what makes me wonder about where physical media will be in the future. I'd guess if anything, vinyl pressings will increase over the next 10 years while CD sales would decline. The failure of the large music chain stores has kind of proven that and even places like Best Buy have greatly reduced floor space for CDs these days. However, the independent shops here in Chicago have flourished and the floor space to vinyl far outweighs the space dedicated to CDs.

[80B]

Music will end up being in three main media:
1) MP3s for 90% of the music
2) Hi Res downloads
3) Vinyl

Physical CDs, SACDs etc. will take less and less share; I consider streaming more like radio, especially as it becomes deliverable via more and more portable devices.

Gents, we're not average when it comes to this stuff - it's a reason I consider myself lucky to be able to listen to tubes & vinyl in this day and age. Kids today don't think much in terms of physical media. It's the same for me as books - I love 'em and have held off buying a tablet, but expect to do so later this year, and book buying will become a rarity for me. I still buy CDs, but have no problem with hi res downloads, and of all my music have a tiny fraction as iTunes-purchased MP3s in my library, mostly of one-hit wonders from the 60s & 70s for which I'd never waste money on the entire CD.

[Elberoth]

Originally Posted by Dj_AmTraX

I still buy CDs and rip it to hard drive.

+1 ... just got a dozen od CDs from Amazon on friday.

Originally Posted by Elberoth

+1 ... just got a dozen od CDs from Amazon on friday.

And I am getting sacds at great prices these days.

[bodiezaffa]

I'm still a cd guy. Every time I think of moving to newer formats, I read some article on how unstable and in flux the technology still is

Furthmore, today's CDs are pretty good- sometimes even rivaling some of my sacd in sound quality.