No more CDs...

PeteMcK · 10th November 2011, 12:26 AM

...soon we'll be able to say 'CDs sounded better than downloads'...

CD-format to be abandoned by major labels by the end of 2012 - Industrial Music Facebook news at SIDE-LINE.COM

rob g · 10th November 2011, 12:56 AM

Or "Streaming on the move!!, you don't know you're born! None of your cloud computing in my day, oh no. I'm old enough to remember when the internet was actually so slow you had to download music to a noisy disc based storage machine called a harddrive that sat inside your own computer that you kept in your own home!"

Market forces and Disc sales will determine if CD is abandoned.

Francec · 10th November 2011, 01:54 AM

If downloads mean MP3 becomes the standard, I stop listening to new music.

djQUAN · 10th November 2011, 02:06 AM

new music is compressed to death (loudness wars) so the lower quality Mp3 wouldn't matter since we won't be listening to the new crap anyways.

adason · 10th November 2011, 02:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeteMcK

...soon we'll be able to say 'CDs sounded better than downloads'...

CD-format to be abandoned by major labels by the end of 2012 - Industrial Music Facebook news at SIDE-LINE.COM

that's ok, world is going to end anyway...

kaos · 10th November 2011, 04:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adason

that's ok, world is going to end anyway...

Asteroid missed. Guess we could always follow Italy into the ground.

Andrew Eckhardt · 10th November 2011, 04:46 AM

On one hand this is very bad news, but can you not already download WAV files?

It wouldn't really matter so long as you could get a bit for bit copy of the release in at least 16bit resolution.

DSP_Geek · 10th November 2011, 04:56 AM

This item from a single blog has been all over the Net without a single confirmation or denial from record companies. The premise smells like sensationalism designed to drive advertising traffic to the site, so as we've read elsewhere on the Wibbly Web, don't feed the trolls.

Enzo · 10th November 2011, 05:55 AM

Not the asteroid, the Maya calendar thing, December 2012. Who are we to question the wisdom and arcane knowledge of an extinct civilization?

lduarte1973 · 10th November 2011, 11:47 AM

there is already enought bandwidth to download wav. files 16/44.1khz so no problem.

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10th November 2011, 12:56 AM	#2
rob g diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2011	Or "Streaming on the move!!, you don't know you're born! None of your cloud computing in my day, oh no. I'm old enough to remember when the internet was actually so slow you had to download music to a noisy disc based storage machine called a harddrive that sat inside your own computer that you kept in your own home!" Market forces and Disc sales will determine if CD is abandoned.

10th November 2011, 01:54 AM	#3
Francec Banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Port Melbourne, Australia	If downloads mean MP3 becomes the standard, I stop listening to new music.

10th November 2011, 02:06 AM	#4
djQUAN diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: manila	new music is compressed to death (loudness wars) so the lower quality Mp3 wouldn't matter since we won't be listening to the new crap anyways.

10th November 2011, 04:46 AM	#7
Andrew Eckhardt diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: PA	On one hand this is very bad news, but can you not already download WAV files? It wouldn't really matter so long as you could get a bit for bit copy of the release in at least 16bit resolution.

10th November 2011, 04:56 AM	#8
DSP_Geek diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Santa Cruz, California	This item from a single blog has been all over the Net without a single confirmation or denial from record companies. The premise smells like sensationalism designed to drive advertising traffic to the site, so as we've read elsewhere on the Wibbly Web, don't feed the trolls.

10th November 2011, 05:55 AM	#9
Enzo diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lansing, Michigan	Not the asteroid, the Maya calendar thing, December 2012. Who are we to question the wisdom and arcane knowledge of an extinct civilization?

10th November 2011, 11:47 AM	#10
lduarte1973 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Lisbon	there is already enought bandwidth to download wav. files 16/44.1khz so no problem.