Preferences for CDs, Downloading or Streaming

[gurnemanz]

[QUOTE=Bryn;810814]It will also be difficult to play CDs once all the others follow OPPO and stop producing CD players. There are fewer and fewer manufacturers of them already.[/QUO.TE]

Marantz aren't giving up yet. I see they've just upgraded their 6006. It's called ........... 6007

[cloughie]

[QUOTE=gurnemanz;810821]

It will also be difficult to play CDs once all the others follow OPPO and stop producing CD players. There are fewer and fewer manufacturers of them already.[/QUO.TE]

Marantz aren't giving up yet. I see they've just upgraded their 6006. It's called ........... 6007

I hope it plays gapless!

[jayne lee wilson]

[QUOTE=gurnemanz;810821]

It will also be difficult to play CDs once all the others follow OPPO and stop producing CD players. There are fewer and fewer manufacturers of them already.[/QUO.TE]

Marantz aren't giving up yet. I see they've just upgraded their 6006. It's called ........... 6007

Cyrus and Cambridge still have a few, Arcam just the one SACD/CD player, but the now Austrian-owned Musical Fidelity have a wide selection....

[Richard Barrett]

I find Bandcamp to be a treasure trove of musical creativity which I'm happy to support as I feel that the musicians involved are at least getting something in return for all their efforts.

Thank you for signalling that particular virtue, HD. I think Bandcamp and things like it are the way of the future.

[LMcD]

It will also be difficult to play CDs once all the others follow OPPO and stop producing CD players. There are fewer and fewer manufacturers of them already.

If all those people who stop listening to CDs take their redundant players to their nearest charity shop, non-technologically-savvy old buffers like me can snap them up for a ridiculously low price, thus perpetuating our listening enjoyment and helping a good cause at the same time. I listen to/watch quite a lot of music on YouTube, and still have a lot of cassette tapes which I play quite often. I agree with others that there's definitely something about the look and feel of CDs, both individually and in serried ranks in former bookcases or wherever they're displayed.

[Pulcinella]

If all those people who stop listening to CDs take their redundant players to their nearest charity shop, non-technologically-savvy old buffers like me can snap them up for a ridiculously low price, thus perpetuating our listening enjoyment and helping a good cause at the same time. I listen to/watch quite a lot of music on YouTube, and still have a lot of cassette tapes which I play quite often. I agree with others that there's definitely something about the look and feel of CDs, both individually and in serried ranks in former bookcases or wherever they're displayed.

Maybe we need to arrange them in rainbow colour order, to look pretty behind us when we're on Zoom meetings, like people are doing with their books, apparently.

[Dave2002]

If all those people who stop listening to CDs take their redundant players to their nearest charity shop, non-technologically-savvy old buffers like me can snap them up for a ridiculously low price, thus perpetuating our listening enjoyment and helping a good cause at the same time. I listen to/watch quite a lot of music on YouTube, and still have a lot of cassette tapes which I play quite often. I agree with others that there's definitely something about the look and feel of CDs, both individually and in serried ranks in former bookcases or wherever they're displayed.

Snag - many charity shops don't take electric/electronic equipment. Anyway, they're not having mine!

If vinyl is making a comeback - and allegedly outselling CDs in some markets, I think CDs should be good for a while. Perhaps in 10-15 years time we'll all be hunting for old PCs in order to rip the remains of our CD collections. Mmmmm. Not a nice thought.

The car business is a pain too. I had to scrap a car recently - just about broke my heart, and the new one doesn't have a CD player, and I haven't figured out how to get music through it yet. Maybe I'll have to buy another second hand car just to get a CD player.

[Bryn]

Snag - many charity shops don't take electric/electronic equipment. Anyway, they're not having mine!

If vinyl is making a comeback - and allegedly outselling CDs in some markets, I think CDs should be good for a while. Perhaps in 10-15 years time we'll all be hunting for old PCs in order to rip the remains of our CD collections. Mmmmm. Not a nice thought.

The car business is a pain too. I had to scrap a car recently - just about broke my heart, and the new one doesn't have a CD player, and I haven't figured out how to get music through it yet. Maybe I'll have to buy another second hand car just to get a CD player.

Keep a weather eye on the availability of USB CD/DVD burners. They are plentiful and relatively cheap at the moment but . . .

At least CDs are far easier to back up than Vinyl or analogue tape are.

[LMcD]

I have unsophisticated ears and a brain to match, so the little Philips CD player/radio/cassette player which I bought for £12 is perfect for me in terms of listening pleasure and ease of operation! Both our TV sets also play CDs. Increasingly, I enjoy watching 'classical' music performances on YouTube and elsewhere on line, as it makes it easier for me - especially in the case of works requiring few performers- to work out why I'm hearing what I'm hearing.

[jayne lee wilson]

I did get a reply from Qobuz. They apologised and said they'd had other reports of some mysteriously greyed-out tracks on older recordings.... Hoped to find a solution soon.....but it remains a very small part of a very rewarding bigger picture.....

[Richard Barrett]

some mysteriously greyed-out tracks on older recordings

Not only older ones in my experience. I had assumed it was the result of the labels wanting people to buy the downloads.

[jayne lee wilson]

Not only older ones in my experience. I had assumed it was the result of the labels wanting people to buy the downloads.

I did mention that earlier... you often have to wait for the New Releases to be streamable....& I have no objection to that really.... as the Mafia would say, its just business....

[hmvman]

A bit late to this thread. It's still CDs for me at present and I don't do any streaming or downloading as, like some others, I enjoy owning the physical product. I still listen to my vinyl collection and occasionally acquire vinyl records second hand. (I also own shellac discs and cylinders and play them on vintage machines which I get a lot of fun out of.)

I often try out unknown music via YouTube and especially like the videos with the score running alongside the music.

[Bryn]

A bit late to this thread. It's still CDs for me at present and I don't do any streaming or downloading as, like some others, I enjoy owning the physical product. I still listen to my vinyl collection and occasionally acquire vinyl records second hand. (I also own shellac discs and cylinders and play them on vintage machines which I get a lot of fun out of.)

I often try out unknown music via YouTube and especially like the videos with the score running alongside the music.

Bear in mind that all you 'own' is a polycarbonate disc with a thin layer of metal and a further coating of lacquer and ink. The recording remains the property of the copyright holder, as is the case with downloads and streaming. I tend to store music downloads on various physical media, e.g. CD-R. DVD-R recordable Blu-Ray, hard disc, SSD, USB memory sticks . . .

[Richard Barrett]

I did mention that earlier... you often have to wait for the New Releases to be streamable....& I have no objection to that really.... as the Mafia would say, its just business....

Sorry, I missed that. Yes I know that about new releases. I was actually thinking of an example I came across recently which wasn't a new release or particularly "old" which had its first track greyed out for no apparent reason. Of course I don't remember what it was now!