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Future of CD's - Hard drive based music

The big change/future I have found is the use of all digital music - I havent used my CD player since christmas - I got a Mac Mini and ripped all my CDs to the harddrive lossless formated and got a decent DAC - I Ripped only the songs I liked and I now have over 4 days worth of music I enjoy - no more getting up changing CD's,I can instantly play any song from my entire library of favorites. I use my Sony Hi-def TV as the monitor so I can web browse while listening to music. The sound quality is as good as CD's as far as I can tell - I wonder how long it will be before lossless songs are offered online - this will completely kill the need for CD's for me.
thymanst
kublakhan
717 posts
 
I haven't used a cd player for more than a year and I can't imagine going back. The only downside is the time it takes to rip your cds. I burned about 700 discs and although it was worth the effort, i think i took a few years off my life from the aggravation.
rcprince
3,070 posts
 
On the download item, take a look at the thread from yesterday by Audioengr (Steve at Empirical Audio), about a site where you can download 24/96 material. The day is coming.
jaybo
4,478 posts
 
even today over 80% of all music sales are still the redbbook cd. of the digitally delivered portion, most is not an entire album, but bought by track. just consumer choices...nothing more. as a collector of cd's and vinyl, its as much about the 'touch' as the tune.....the things you collect reflect who you are.
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