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.
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I am an audiophile and have a front license plate that says so 🙂  I only stream. Well 90% stream and 1000 ripped CDs.  All the new music I listen to is streamed.  In fact I have never listened to this much new music and its all due to streaming! All kinds of new music a click or two away. Audiophile paradise I say. 
I have absolutely no idea what an audiophile even is?

Listening to a VERY well recorded and produced CD right now.

Does that make me an Audiophile or an Audiophool?

Don't know and don't care...

Thank you.

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Seriously I stream a lot and as Grannyring states there is just masses of new to us music waiting to be discovered with just a few clicks. .... Very cool indeed and I have abused it considerably over the past few years!


But.....

At this stage would I be happy dumping all my physical media?

Heck no!

And if THAT makes me an Audiophool then so be it.
However to return to the main topic.

While I realise that CD sales likely made up less than 0.05% of Wal-Mart sales when you consider all the other junk they still carry it is still a little depressing at least to myself.

Oh well, maybe just my jaded perspective.
Gee Bill, You're not the type to have mid-life crisis. I hope you haven't traded in your bike for a fixie'! (big cycle fan here:) I'm very happy with records and took some time to warm to CDs,  but am now very happy with both, but expecting to not investigate further media sources. The fact that you are happy with that say's something!!