Buying CDs. Why?

[Stunsworth]

And what please is an iPad?

It's a device that smart Alecs pretend not to have heard of.

[MrGongGong]

It's a device that smart Alecs pretend not to have heard of.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeA5xU2YjXk

[Nick Armstrong]

It's a device that smart Alecs pretend not to have heard of.

Saucer of milk for Mr S !!

[MrGongGong]

Never heard of him

[vinteuil]

smart Alec.

... never heard of him

[neiltingley]

?! CD is binary data.

[neiltingley]

Simple. Squeezebox server and squeezelite. I use this. Runs on and old PC, plugs into my DAC via USB. Not a technical challenge.

[MrGongGong]

?! CD is binary data.

No it is not
A CD contains data
A CD is a plastic object

The data and the object are not the same thing at all

[neiltingley]

Squeezebox server (logitech media server) has a very nice ipad app for "control" and there are android apps too.

[Phileas]

...wouldn't give long odds on the iPad's survival amid beer, wine, cheese, olives...

I think an iPad would be fine in that environment. It's easy to wipe clean.

Seriously though, grappling with an iPad doesn't sound anywhere near as much fun as dragging out a once-treasured, long-unplayed disc...

We'll, you won't really know until you've tried.

[Karafan]

My 'properly' options were filled years ago, I'm afraid. I have five piles by my elbow right now, which I can't be bothered to count, but at a quick check average 29" high from the floor, so certainly 100+ each.

Oh, Don, the feeling of kinship has never been stronger!!

[MrGongGong]

I am curious as to why people are buying CDs

So do you know now ?

[Ferretfancy]

Out of interest, I wandered into Gramex this afternoon, and there was a young lady there asking for advice. She wanted to know where to go to buy what she called a gramophone, as a gift for a friend. She claimed quite genuinely that her friend wanted to be able to play LPs, but she herself had never seen one!
The owner pointed to a heap on the floor !

[amateur51]

Out of interest, I wandered into Gramex this afternoon, and there was a young lady there asking for advice. She wanted to know where to go to buy what she called a gramophone, as a gift for a friend. She claimed quite genuinely that her friend wanted to be able to play LPs, but she herself had never seen one!
The owner pointed to a heap on the floor !

But was she offered a cheery cuppa as well?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I am curious as to why people are buying CDs

Probably because no amount of hype will convince thinking people to download stuff just to make it easier and cheaper for those who try to control our spending.