Drumolator
Super Member
Thanks! Peace and goodwill.
I'm not a digital media guy, I much prefer analog.
That said, I tried streaming, as others I don't pay for it so not the best, and as much as I'm not a digital guy I prefer CD's (especially SACD) over streaming. Digital media is only a convenience thing for me, a lot like the radio used to be before it became all advertising all the time. With the lack of interest I'm not about to sit there "teaching" the site my preferences. So I recently picked up a Sony ES line 400 disc carousel player for a song ($63 on eBay). Funny because I only have a few dozen CD"s, again, not a digital guy. With that sad, I use this way more than I ever used Pandora, it "only" plays what I put into it so no stinkers.
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Hey Pandora, since when did rap become classic rock?
I don't understand why Amazon and Google won't offer cd quality flac downloads. Must be a tiny market.
This doesn't seem to stop HDTracks which is pretty much all FLAC and AIFF. There must be something more to it. Probably too small of a niche market to justify the added cost/complexity of dealing with amassing and distributing hi-rez audio.Copy protection. Digital rights. What ever you want to call it. FLAC files can be freely copied with no accountability. MP3 and other formats are watermarked or have some form of DRM embedded in them.
Along with a host of other download sites that support Redbook and high resolution flavors.This doesn't seem to stop HDTracks which is pretty much all FLAC and AIFF.
And yet, the cost of manufacturing, carrying inventory and distributing the media is most certainly more than maintaining a central data storage with download capability.Probably too small of a niche market to justify the added cost/complexity of dealing with amassing and distributing hi-rez audio.
Streaming is great until BOTH of your so called network hard drives fail within 2 days of each other as happened to me last May taking not only the 560GB of music away but also my family photos, self employed LLC data, 15 years of investments, taxes, etc. I still dont even know everything that was lost but I know that many if not most of the years of liver concerts, rare old jazz and blues albums, pictures of ancestors are probably gone forever. Now I backup on two NAS AND to the cloud. Hopefully, that will outwit the digital gods who screwed me. I also have rebought some of the msuic and will continue to do so as having a copy in hand is now preferred. I bought into the so called convenience factor even though the quality was not the same. I can tell you it is not convenient when it is lost. Its heartbreaking.
For quite awhile now, CD's have been relegated to the car for me.
CD's will be around for me, AT LEAST until cars don't have CD players any longer (I drive 10 year old vehicles, typically, so that'll be awhile yet for me).
You might want to look into using "Classic" iPods synced to an iTunes server to take your entire CD collection with you "on the road." Many cars have built-in ALL DIGITAL iPod interfaces that allow very flexible high fidelity playback of vast libraries of ripped CDs. You can get the iPod and retrofit it with non-volatile storage for about $100.
And a couple people posted earlier how they are opening new CD plants in the DC area this year
My parents still have a Classic iPod they'd let me have if I wanted it. I just can't stand iTunes.
I spent 19 years working at CD pressing plants. A load of fun. I'd still be there, if my plant hadn't moved outside the U.S.