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Goodbye CD's

Seems that Borders by me is unloading all their cd's..They claim they are just not selling...Im sure this is just the beginning of the end in the retail stores for cd's...can it long before cd's are gone completely? Many Ive spoken with including some dealers have mentioned this and said "the writing is on the wall" for cd playback..

I have been on the fence about going to a file data system for music, and have been eyeing a Squeezebox duet and setting up my hard drive to take the plunge..maybe now its that time??

Or..maybe just Im just a geezer in my heart of hearts and should just look for old and new Vinyl to keep me going...hmmm..I could be very happy with a mainly vinyl set up ;-)
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brownsfan
1,508 posts
 
I heard on the radio yesterday that Archive's CD sales were up 30% last year. I'm guessing CD sales on classical will have some staying power, since classical sales in the US and Europe are still holding up well.

On the other hand, it appears that little sister is moving to MP3 to play her fuzzy warbles.

aball
2,018 posts
 
The same thing was said about vinyl in the 1980s.

Meanwhile, I sure wish CD prices would come down!!

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chazro
635 posts
 
Currently I have 5 CD's coming to me from various mail-order sevices. I rec'd a 40% discount coupon from Borders so I went in yesterday to pick up the new Pat Metheny (Amazing!!) and was surprised to see the CD section severely reduced, and the racks they did have were 1/2 empty! The writing's on the wall, retail CD sales is gasping it's last breaths right now. Now if the mail-order services start to slip, THAN we've got a problem!!
nilthepill
842 posts
 
Can't wait till my neighborhood Borders start to unload...
jaybo
4,478 posts
 
ironically, borders is taking a different approach with music, as opposed to their strategy with books. when tower closed they didn't seize the opportunity to position themselves as 'the' destination retailer for catalogue music. they decided instead to follow the bath of best buy and target, which anyone knows, won't attract any halfway serious music buyer with some time and money on a regular basis. it may be they have a distain for the industry, or perhaps they don't believe in music like they do in the written word.
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