An end to CD Review ...

[Flosshilde]

to be replaced by Memory Stick Review?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/apr/17/complete-bach-edition-usb-review

[pastoralguy]

Hmmm. Well, so long as they keep Andrew McGregor who is one the best broadcasters EVER!

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Hmm! I bought the Hanssler Bach Edition on CD for £99.
The manufacturers really do want us to accept downloads, so that they can do as little as possible.

Nevertheless, it's an interesting idea for complete editions.

[jayne lee wilson]

I bought the stunning new Hyperion Don Quixote (Koln-Gurzenich/Power/Gerhardt/Stenz) as a 24/44.1 file download from Hyperion for £5.60. The CD would be around £14 and include a Till Eulenspiegel I don't want. So, better than CD-quality for less than half the cost... it makes great sense if you can adapt to it; and if you're running out of CD storage space (again)... what's not to like?

[Bryn]

Hmm! I bought the Hanssler Bach Edition on CD for £99. ...

In which case you most likely bought the same b.m.s. set, made available in the U.K. contrary to their licence conditions, as I did. I hope you feel as guilty about that as I do.

[I eventually managed to get a copy of the CDROM too.]

[Stunsworth]

Hmm! I bought the Hanssler Bach Edition on CD for £99.
The manufacturers really do want us to accept downloads, so that they can do as little as possible

I have to confess I've not played a CD, other than to rip its contents, for 3 or 4 years.

As mentioned elsewhere Hyperion downloads are very attractively priced.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

In which case you most likely bought the same b.m.s. set, made available in the U.K. contrary to their licence conditions, as I did. I hope you feel as guilty about that as I do.

[I eventually managed to get a copy of the CDROM too.]

Yes, I remember you saying. We both had duplicates and omissions, I recall.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

what's not to like?

It has its points, but I can play my CDs in the car, in the kitchen radio CD player, on my hi-fi, on my DVD recorder, on my Blu-ray player, on all my computers, on my portable DVD player, on my son's X-Box, and even ripped to my iPod. As for storage space, the wall is high and long.

[Bryn]

Yes, I remember you saying. We both had duplicates and omissions, I recall.

Ah yes. Senior moment and all that. I recall now.

[richardfinegold]

I bought the stunning new Hyperion Don Quixote (Koln-Gurzenich/Power/Gerhardt/Stenz) as a 24/44.1 file download from Hyperion for £5.60. The CD would be around £14 and include a Till Eulenspiegel I don't want. So, better than CD-quality for less than half the cost... it makes great sense if you can adapt to it; and if you're running out of CD storage space (again)... what's not to like?

That's the key, if you can adapt. I've purchased downloads, but the technical issues drive me batty. Players that recognize one format but not another, dropouts, stoppages between tracks, and the most frustrating of all, times when no sound emits for no apparent reason. At least with physical media one doesn't have to worry about hard drive crashes and the need to continually make back up drives.
As long as those of us that prefer polycarbonate discs (or lps, or reel to reel, etc) are still allowed to access our music that way, and are not forced to accept downloading as the only means of purchasing music, then we can all be happy.

[MrBear]

I would really like to take advantage of the higher quality downloads but don't see how I can do this without investing thousands in new equipment. Also the hassle of downloading unpacking converting burning etc and then the ephemeral nature of what you end up with I like buying a physical product the booklet notes and libreto on paper. I am intrigued how high quality downloads are then listend to with out loads of spurious noise from the equipment used to stream download and all play them

[amateur51]

I would really like to take advantage of the higher quality downloads but don't see how I can do this without investing thousands in new equipment. Also the hassle of downloading unpacking converting burning etc and then the ephemeral nature of what you end up with I like buying a physical product the booklet notes and libreto on paper. I am intrigued how high quality downloads are then listend to with out loads of spurious noise from the equipment used to stream download and all play them

The very least you'd need is an uninterrupted high-speed broadband connection, surely - no hiccuping when the fridge kicks in and such like

[pastoralguy]

As long as those of us that prefer polycarbonate discs (or lps, or reel to reel, etc) are still allowed to access our music that way, and are not forced to accept downloading as the only means of purchasing music, then we can all be happy.

I was a very early convert to the CD medium (thanks to a tax rebate from H M's inspector for taxes!) and was glad to see the back of Lps but I know a lot of people who felt that the record companies bullied them into CDs by reducing then stopping the production of Lps. I suspect the same thing may happen to CDs.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I was a very early convert to the CD medium (thanks to a tax rebate from H M's inspector for taxes!) and was glad to see the back of Lps but I know a lot of people who felt that the record companies bullied them into CDs by reducing then stopping the production of Lps. I suspect the same thing may happen to CDs.

I too was an early convert, buying a player and my first CD on the day of the UK launch. Up to then, I avoided tape cassettes, preferring LPs and open reel tapes.
Bullying by the manufacturers is nothing new. I remember the day when EMI announced hat they would no longer produce mono LPs. My father was almost spitting blood. For a while, they became known as Big Brother EMI. Nowadays, the companies do it more by "talking up" downloads. That sometimes works, but it doesn't seem to be doing a great deal for 3D television.

[amateur51]

I too was an early convert, buying a player and my first CD on the day of the UK launch. Up to then, I avoided tape cassettes, preferring LPs and open reel tapes.
Bullying by the manufacturers is nothing new. I remember the day when EMI announced hat they would no longer produce mono LPs. My father was almost spitting blood. For a while, they became known as Big Brother EMI. Nowadays, the companies do it more by "talking up" downloads. That sometimes works, but it doesn't seem to be doing a great deal for 3D television.

What is this threepenny telly of which you speak, Alpie?