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What will become of my beloved CDs?

I have nearly 2000 CDs (DVDA, SACD, etc) and am very fond of them, or at least the music that is on them. However, it seems that music distribution is going to someday soon be totally on-line through downloads (True? When?). So, when most all of the music on my CDs is available in higher-quality on-line downloads (with artwork, I'm sure), what will become of my CDs? Will they be the shiny-silver equivalent to 8-Track tapes? Or, will they become a novelty and collectable? Should I seel them ASAP?? Any economists here???
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glupson
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craigl59,

That Bob Dylan is my whole pre-recorded MiniDisc library. I have a few more that someone else recorded for me, but have not had a MiniDisc player until a few years ago when I did not really need it anymore. I bought a portable Sharp player just to hear what was on those MiniDiscs.

Speaking of moderately-failed SONY attempts, a friend of mine has their aftermarket car unit with SACD.

At the same time, and still speaking of similarly-fated formats, I find pleasure in reminding every member of Audiogon that first, and maybe even only, universal SACD/DVD-Audio car player was made by.....BOSE. It was standard in 612 (Scaglietti).
craigl59
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glupson:

Speaking of Bose, I also have a pair of fairly new 901s in the garage and I'm not getting rid of them, either. They are the most hated speaker in the world while, at the same time, having the longest production run. I know many classical musicians (and especially composers) that love them.

Just like Sony, it is a mystery to me why Bose won't update the 901s with computer technology and EQ and produce a state of the art result with their holographic soundstage capabilities. Wrote to them and suggested a specific plan; they said they'd get back to me (3 years ago).

glupson
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craigl59,

"So, this last week, bought some new Sony CD releases made after they moved to the high-res PCM format. They are incredibly accurate for orchestral textures and far superior to any of the SACDs I have gotten."

You could not wait to break this news for another few days? Prompted by this thread, I decided to buy a new and hopefully my last CD player and, while I would be at it, let it be a SACD player, too. I was thinking about getting it soon, kind of like...tomorrow. If I can find it somewhere, that is.
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stringreen
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....and life goes on....
glupson
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craigl59,

Your garage seems to be an interesting place. Any wind-up record players there?


Bose people probably have no time to respond to you. They are perfecting their headphones and Bluetooth speakers and use all those computers for that. Which reminds me that I have a SONY Bluetooth speaker that is great. Better than Bose. Not Krell, but for the hotel room just what the doctor prescribed.
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