"David Looser" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote in message
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"David Looser" wrote in message
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I really don't see why - my views don't change...??

No, your views don't change, but your debating points are as insubstantial
as quicksand.


No idea what that means.


Sure, these days 'quality' items tend to be the 'hand crafted' low
production run or even one-off stuff.

Wrong! Those aren't "quality items" they are snob-appeal items.


All of them? You know this or are we just looking at another OSAF here..??



I'm afraid you are the only one up a gum-tree he I never mentioned
'better fidelity' - you did, read it again!

I know you didn't, you said "good". but since we talking about an object
whose only reason for existance is to deliver an audio signal it's
"goodness" is essentially it's ability to deliver a high fidelity audio
signal.


More guesswork. You are applying your own criteria to the music-buying
masses. One of the things that crops up frequently with vinyl noobies coming
away from MP3s is that they are tickled by being able to physically hold the
*music* while in the same breath CDs are described as 'throwaways' - like
being only a 'carrier' to get the music onto their iPods or whatever.



Streuth, work it out for yourself! The fact that so many people download
music (at CD prices?) demonstrates clearly that those people don't
consider it worth waiting for the physical CD. If the physical CD was
worth it and they *cared* they would buy the frigging CDs, wouldn't they?

Savvy? :-)

I see. What a *really* strange way of looking at things. Why would people
care about the physical CD?, it's what's on the CD they are buying, not
the physical object.


Again, you are applying your own criteria to others - lots of others.


An LPCM 44.1/16bit download *is* a CD as far as audio
quality and content are concerned.


In *your* opinion - probably nobody else's!


What's changed? The music that is available depends on what music gets
bought. In the past most record sales were to kids with Dansettes,
nowadays the kids have iPods (which, incidentally, deliver far better
audio quality than the Dansettes ever did).


I doubt that.