Compact Disc as a format

Cd's will stick for some time and I still think computer based audio is not quite ready for prime time. Too many twists and turns and changes and steps and pieces and confusion and improvements and cd's still sound better. At least great cd players sound better to my ears.

The sky is falling, the sky is falling.......

Things change! Thanks to the internet, nothing is really dead it's becomes "Collectible" and will cost more.

I agree with Elizabeth, though I would say that burning stuff to a CD is more like copying to a cassette, so I think that CDs will end up being more like cassettes ultimately.

I agree with Grannyring and I still like the simplicity of grabbing a disc, putting it in a player and selecting what I want to hear. I have two great sounding players that both do hi-rez so any download I want can simply be copied to DVD and played like any other disc.

The declining stock of CD's on the shelves at retail stores is a bummer and does reflect the preference of many for the convenience of the I-pod both for personal, portable listening, and also in vehicles, as well as the reluctance of the retail market to risk stocking the shelves with product that may not sell. Amazon is still going strong and, as with many other portable retail products, a more convenient and, considering gas prices, less costly method for listeners to purchase what they want to hear. The reviews on Amazon provide at least some level of feedback (unavailable at Best Buy) that us boomers used to get from the propriators at our local record stores.