2. misc-audio
  3. 148846-90127

What a sad world we now live in.......

What a sad world.....

Had to go to our local Wal-Mart for something for the wife and thought would check out CD,s while here.

Could not find them so asked where to be told they had decided to stop selling them in-store.

In fact the whole electronics section looked bare and desolate.

Pretty sure a sign of the buy online times we now live in.
128x128uberwaltz
teo_audio
2,197 posts
 
I’ve been known to use an inverter off the cigarette lighter to get a 120vac line... and put a premium mid-grade/boom box mini system in the back seat.  (like a Sony APM mini system)

and then use the premium cassette deck in it....

Have to reach into the back seat to swap the cassette..
j_stereo
130 posts
 
uberwaltz - I agree with you. Although I am not a fan of WalMart it is sad to see that nearly everywhere they have stopped selling CD's. The only good news is, that because the general public doesn't want them any more, you can buy used (most like new) CD's for next to nothing. In the summer I stop by yard sales and I don't know how many hundreds of nice CD's off all music genres are for sale for $ 0.50 each or $1.00 each.  Usually they are like brand new and some are even in the sealed package.
drmemory62
37 posts
 
Guess it's time to break out the old Highway HI-FI and install it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKYz4yVDQm8
nonoise's avatar
nonoise
10,823 posts
 
I still miss the days when one could go to Barnes & Noble. I could spend hours going through their CDs at their listening stations. It's one thing to be able to go online and listen to a 40 sec sample and scroll down to see half a dozen "also bought by" recommendations that amount to a waste once you've tried them, and having dozens of CDs right at your fingertips. 

Something would always catch your eye and next thing you know, you're deep into another genre of music. It's the way I'm wired and used to. I might be a digital guy when it comes to format, but I'm an analog guy when it comes to the senses: having them all work in conjunction to arrive at a destination. Seeing, touching and listening.

And like uberwaltz has pointed out, the CD format has a lot of life left in it. Just check out the reviews of the latest stereo show and CDs are back in a big way. That, and they sound as good, if not better, and with less hassle, than streaming.

All the best,
Nonoise
david_ten
5,480 posts
 
1999 ~ 939 million physical CD shipments in the U.S.
2000 ~ 942 million physical CD shipments in the U.S.

2017 ~ 88 million physical CD shipments in the U.S.
2018 ~ 52 million physical CD shipments in the U.S.

[courtesy statista.com]

the CD format has a lot of life left in it

Where's the life??? I do not remember the last time I physically saw someone (a real life non-audiophile human) spinning a disc (Mobile/Portable or at home).

Is no one 'sad' for the tens of billions of polycarbonate plastic CD cases and mixed material polycarbonate, aluminium, etc. CDs (both with low recycling potential) out in the world wilds?
More to discover