Linn spell the death of the CD?

[bleachershane]

High-end audio maker Linn declares death of the CD player | Technology | guardian.co.uk

"The CD player is dead. So says Linn Products, the high-end audio specialist based in Glasgow which for 20 years has been making .. CD players.

The reason: its audiophile customers have moved, with alacrity, to hard drive-based systems - its DS "streaming players" - that allow them to encode their entire CD collection in order to play any track at will."


DISCUSS!!! Is it or to the death of the CD player?

[cocolino]

No doubt about that CD as source for music is already dead.
Even harddrive based music systems are only an intermediate step.
The future is flash memory.

CD will only maybe serve as carrying bag from the music store, if such thing still exist in the future.

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[nigelwright7557]

Originally Posted by bleachershane

High-end audio maker Linn declares death of the CD player | Technology | guardian.co.uk

"The CD player is dead. So says Linn Products, the high-end audio specialist based in Glasgow which for 20 years has been making .. CD players.

The reason: its audiophile customers have moved, with alacrity, to hard drive-based systems - its DS "streaming players" - that allow them to encode their entire CD collection in order to play any track at will."


DISCUSS!!! Is it or to the death of the CD player?

Discos have been doing this for years.
Its much easier to choose a track from a list on a PC than search through dozens of CD's for a track.

Of course the powers that be realised this and now charge £250 a year for discos for the pleasure of copying music to hard drives on laptops. Its called Pro dub.

[john curl]

Yea!

[Iain McNeill]

They are also moving towards hi resolution downloads. I was thinking of giving Linn gift certificates for xmas.

[bleachershane]

Personally I think I'll be listening to and purchasing CDs for many years to come as well as buying and tinkering with CD players!

I'm not opposed to the hard drive/lossless source idea but it will be MANY years before these Linn (and other high end esoteric brands wares) come down to my price range. Plus the fact that I like having a physical media to have and hold with artwork, things to look at and read you know instead of just scrolling through lists of artists and titles...

I certainly agree with the slow progression to high resolution digital... but just as CD audio is being abused by purveyors of the loudness war so can all other digital formats of the future...

[nigelwright7557]

Originally Posted by bleachershane

Personally I think I'll be listening to and purchasing CDs for many years to come as well as buying and tinkering with CD players!

I'm not opposed to the hard drive/lossless source idea but it will be MANY years before these Linn (and other high end esoteric brands wares) come down to my price range. Plus the fact that I like having a physical media to have and hold with artwork, things to look at and read you know instead of just scrolling through lists of artists and titles...

I certainly agree with the slow progression to high resolution digital... but just as CD audio is being abused by purveyors of the loudness war so can all other digital formats of the future...

Having no cd's is fine until your hard drive dies.
The same goes for downloading music, one broken hard drive and the lot is gone.
I still run a cd only disco.

[adason]

"The CD player is dead"

So is record player, yet we still listen to the records...
(cartridges and turntables being still in production)
So is FM radio, yet we still listen to lots of radio stations...
(at least 20 here in DC area)
So is reel-to-reel, so is cassette player, so is DAT, so is mini disc, yet they are still being used here and there (I still use reel-to-reel)...do I need to continue?
New media is born here and there, yet world goes on...
CDs will be around for some time. No matter what Linn says or not.

When I select classical music CD to play, I care who is the artist, who is the conductor, besides the composer. Even what label recorded it and when. I want to read the cover, words, see the pictures associated with it.

I bet there will many new formats in the future, who knows what the future of audio will be.

[jackinnj]

Originally Posted by adason

"The CD player is dead"

So is record player.

So is Nietzsche.

I will be anachronistically listening to CD's until man sets foot once more on the moon.

...and last night I listened to "Turandot" on LP w Franco Corelli on my LP-12...go figure.