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Alex_UK
02-11-2009, 10:48
Interestingly, whilst Googling for a CD I ended up with a link to Amazon.com, where it appears in the States you can now get some media on a "burn on demand" basis - I think we've discussed the "demise of the CD" (or at least high(er) quality files) - and some of us wanting a hard copy - and this (on paper, at least, pardon the pun) would seem to offer the best of both worlds for those who don't want to download MP3/itunes files, but acknowledge that the world will probably go this way...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200326640&ie=UTF8

Wonder if this will spread outside the US?

:confused:

Rare Bird
02-11-2009, 10:51
I think it's discusting..& will someomne for crying out loud ban MP-3.

Alex_UK
02-11-2009, 10:56
I think it's discusting..& will someomne for crying out loud ban MP-3.

Nah, I's not discusting its disccutting ;) Sorry, another bad pun!

I agree, Andre, but I'd rather have burn-on-demand than nothing, which is what will happen, I suspect as most people (not hifi enthusiasts) care more about convenience over file size, and quantity (of files) over quality...

Rare Bird
02-11-2009, 11:12
It's going to get to the stage where record companies won't even bother pressing CD anymore all downloads on the pooter, they still want you cash all the same..Sorry but i want a product i can put in my library & burn off for myself..Till these people stop using MP-3 how can they get any intrest from someone with at least an ounce of Quality sence..FLAC don't take up that much more than MP-3 really do they! but as i said i for one won't entertain Burn on demand.

I'm reletivly lucky in the respect that my music tastes ended around 1973 so when i've bought the 3,000 or so titles on CD i have listed the world can blow up for me

:lolsign:

Alex_UK
02-11-2009, 11:25
I guess we are "lucky" as enthusiasts that lossless files on a pc/hard drive, and a decent quality DAC has the potential to sound at least as good as CD in many cases, and may even be better? :scratch:

But I for one love having the physical piece of software to call on at any time.

I also have a conspiracy theory... A good few years back (10+?) CD Text was introduced, and personally, I really like the CD player to display the Artist/Title information, but hardly any CDs use this facility. It really annoys me, to the point that in the car where quality isn't so important, I prefer to play MP3s recorded to my own CD-Rs (which my car's Boston Acoustic system can decipher) as it is much more friendly to be able to see the information - it can't be that hard (or cost anything) to add the CD Text data to a new CD pressing, so why don't they (often) do it?

My conspiracy theory is that that record companies are deliberately trying to make CD look like an old technology - "look, with MP3 you get all the artist/song information!" (with CDs, you just get the track number and duration... how boring...!)

DSJR
02-11-2009, 23:13
Music on CD has never been cheaper. LP's are once again profitable as a specialist "niche" item. I suspect that downloads and Burn-On-Demand are much cheaper than preparing the artwork etc and pressing up thousands of discs in one batch.......

The Grand Wazoo
02-11-2009, 23:21
Does anyone else remember the time (long after the release of CD) when we were told the reason CD's cost £15 as opposed to the £5 or £6 that lp's were was because they were a premium product?
Pure, perfect sound forever anyone?

Rare Bird
02-11-2009, 23:24
I guess we are "lucky" as enthusiasts that lossless files on a pc/hard drive, and a decent quality DAC has the potential to sound at least as good as CD in many cases, and may even be better? :scratch:

But I for one love having the physical piece of software to call on at any time.

I also have a conspiracy theory... A good few years back (10+?) CD Text was introduced, and personally, I really like the CD player to display the Artist/Title information, but hardly any CDs use this facility. It really annoys me, to the point that in the car where quality isn't so important, I prefer to play MP3s recorded to my own CD-Rs (which my car's Boston Acoustic system can decipher) as it is much more friendly to be able to see the information - it can't be that hard (or cost anything) to add the CD Text data to a new CD pressing, so why don't they (often) do it?



You can add text using nero for instance..I think it's only Sony music that add text, maybe wrong.My Sony CDP displays Text but the Micromega doesnt.

Rare Bird
02-11-2009, 23:26
Does anyone else remember the time (long after the release of CD) when we were told the reason CD's cost £15 as opposed to the £5 or £6 that lp's were was because they were a premium product?
Pure, perfect sound forever anyone?

Yep claims that you can stab em with screwdrives, put your fags out on em, scratch em till the cows come home you name it & will still play..

Spectral Morn
03-11-2009, 10:14
My new Avatar says it all......



Regards D S D L

Themis
03-11-2009, 10:15
Does anyone else remember the time (long after the release of CD) when we were told the reason CD's cost £15 as opposed to the £5 or £6 that lp's were was because they were a premium product?
Pure, perfect sound forever anyone?
I remember very well the advertisement hype :
- CDs were virtually indestructible. Last forever. (you bet!)
- You could make a copy as good as the original (nowadays, you are accused of piracy if you do that)
- They were easier to produce, stock or transport : so prices would quickly drop (still waiting for this : actual LPs are still the same price as CDs)

Tony Moore
03-11-2009, 10:21
Does anyone else remember the time (long after the release of CD) when we were told the reason CD's cost £15 as opposed to the £5 or £6 that lp's were was because they were a premium product?
Pure, perfect sound forever anyone?

Oohh yes. There was a little shop in Chester that started to sell CDs at £9.95 when they were mostly £13+ in the high street record shops. They did a roaring trade but were somehow removed from business (allegedly) for undercutting the big players. A sad loss at the time way before Amazon.

Then there was a national price fixing investigation I seem to remember that concluded that charging so much more for a CD than a record was fine. Newer technology, lower volumes, blah blah. (and this was at a time when they'd started giving CDs away free on the cover of mags) The same reasons they now give for how vinyl has leapfrogged in price over CD. :steam::steam:

Cheers,
Tony

Rare Bird
03-11-2009, 15:51
Not long after CD first came out i was about to leave the record shop i worked..If i remember we had just a handful of titles in the whole shop..Dire Straits 'Brothers In Arms' & Bruce Springsteen 'Born In The USA' were two i remember, maybe 'War Of The Worlds' aswell!!..Others were to order but we sold very few..little later on i bought my very first CDP, Mission 'DAD7000', Cost me a fortune but sounded great at the time.i remember being virtually on bread & water for a couple months till i paid for it..