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Places like rarewaves and importcds are kinda taking over as well. My guess is best buy might be hurting for floor space to push more high margin household automation gadgets aka nsa listening devices disguised as a lutron dimmer.
I used to love going to Best Buy to load up on CDs. MP3s are cool and all for the convenience factor, but there was something fun about going to a record shop and just browsing around.
And the quality is still better. 320kbps MP3's are pretty good, hard to notice loss of quality in the car or on earbuds but on my home stereo it's still easy to tell the drop in quality. I still don't understand why FLAC hasn't become the standard for online music today. There are no bandwidth or storage limitations anymore. Apple sells hi-def video files that are orders of magnitude larger than music tracks but still refuses to sell lossless music. It makes no sense.
So, the concept of owning a physical piece of plastic that has music on it, is about to end. Sure, vinyl records and CDs will be made also in future. But you wont find those from local convenience stores, supermarkets or gas stations anymore. You have to find a specialist record store - physical one or an e-commerce site - to buy one.
First, the grammar in this article may have given me eczema. Second, who buys CDs at a gas station?
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[–] [deleted] 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
[–] killercanuck ago
Places like rarewaves and importcds are kinda taking over as well. My guess is best buy might be hurting for floor space to push more high margin household automation gadgets aka nsa listening devices disguised as a lutron dimmer.
[–] BlockMe 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Vinyl. I'm again buying vinyl. My 40 year old turntable still works. No DRM.
[–] 11816871? [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
CD's don't have DRM either. They will eventually fail due to laser rot I think where vinyl won't.
[–] BlockMe 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Oh, they tried putting DRM on CDs. I have a bunch of those. I think one from Sony even installed a root kit.
[–] 0rion 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I used to love going to Best Buy to load up on CDs. MP3s are cool and all for the convenience factor, but there was something fun about going to a record shop and just browsing around.
[–] 11812394? [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Agreed. I still buy everything on CD then I rip it. There's just something about owning the physical media...
[–] Myrv 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
And the quality is still better. 320kbps MP3's are pretty good, hard to notice loss of quality in the car or on earbuds but on my home stereo it's still easy to tell the drop in quality. I still don't understand why FLAC hasn't become the standard for online music today. There are no bandwidth or storage limitations anymore. Apple sells hi-def video files that are orders of magnitude larger than music tracks but still refuses to sell lossless music. It makes no sense.
[–] jokersmild 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
CDs? You mean they were still selling CDs? Like the 90's or something?
[–] Paranoidroid 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
First, the grammar in this article may have given me eczema. Second, who buys CDs at a gas station?
[–] 11814422? [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago