We keep hearing about a CD revival. What does this mean? What happens next? Let’s chat.
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Although I still have all my physical media, my purchases have gone way down to almost nil. There are a few bands that I will continue to buy new CD's from to keep up my collection but I now mostly just enjoy what I already own and stream the rest.
Here in the UK, HMV, a large retail chain, have about a quarter of their shops made over to Vinyl and a quarter for CD, the other half is left to games and DVD/Blue Ray and hardware (headphones etc)
Thing is with CD's it's the (rare/hard to find pre loudness wars) albums that are getting more expensive, the generic mass-produced album isn't.
I only buy cd's these days when not avail on vinyl. A great cd e.g. that was never available for me is Gloria Estefan – Alma Caribena. Cheers
We totally agree with your perspective Frank. Our basic rule of thumb over the last few years has been that if we really love a particular vinyl album, we’ll also own the CD. Also, sometimes Chris has tremors due to his Parkinson’s and instead of risking damaging the vinyl, we’ll play the CD version.-Beth🎧
I like both.With the prices of used vinyl getting very expensive, I'll buy the CD instead.
I was a manager at Best Buy from 96 to 04. My store had a 3000 square foot room just for classical and jazz cd's. The entire center of the store was pop, rock, country and rap cd's, probably 15000 square feet. By the time I left the classical room was gone and the center of the store was already downsized, adding room for dvd's and other stuff. As you said, you can't find any cd's there today. I don't think brick and mortar retail will stock cd's again, only record shops. Since buying online is so prevalent, that's where most new cd sales will come from. I think there will be a resurgence in cd sales to some level due to the prices for vinyl and young people who got into that will see the value of the cd. I don't buy that many cd's right now because I typically want it on vinyl if it is something I really want to own. Streaming has just become the most convenient, less expensive way to listen and the sound quality has gotten so good. I stream, play vinyl and play cd's in that order.
My favorite local shop still sells most CDs at 5 for $10. But about 6 months ago, he started pricing in-demand or rare stuff higher ($5). Same goes for cassette tapes. Also, I see a lot of the same CDs in the bins (apparently everyone who gets rid of their CD collection owns a copy of Billy Joel's Greatest Hits). I actually shop at three locals that sell new and used vinyl and CDs. I don't see many people looking through the CDs (besides me).
Would be cool if they started making custom releases with hologram artwork on the top of the discs
My local music store still has a five dollar CD table for new budget CDs. Mostly music from the 60's, 70's and 80's . However I have noticed that the used prices are creeping up.
Revival is now industry-created, but CD has to confront music streaming, which has more options than fiscal medium.
I myself stopped buying CD's years ago. I just don't enjoy them as much as other media. I'm pretty much just into purchasing vinyl records. I actually pull out a cassette more than a CD anymore. I do still have most of my CD collection, but only really keep them as "masters" if in case I ever need need to rip them again. That being said, I'd love to see a renewed interest in CD's. I'm all for any kind of physical media, and love seeing when people actually purchase music in a physical format, no matter what it is. I have two brothers, one that is 3 years younger than me, and one that is 9 years younger. The middle brother is just like me, and buys vinyl records. But my youngest brother just streams everything. He loves listening to music, and loves coming over to listen to records with us, but I don't think the idea has ever crossed his mind about getting into the hobby, as he was too young to ever buy a record. But he did grow up with CD's. If he got the itch to actually start a collection on CD, I would support it 100%, and be buying CD's for him all the time so that he could experience the fun of actually having a collection of music, rather than just streaming it like all of his other peers.
I kept all my CD’s that I’ve collected over the years, thankfully. I’ve recently started buying CD’s again because the cost of records is too right now, so going forward, I’ll be buying records and CD’s depending on the artist, style of music and value for the money.
My local media markt has just stopped selling cds altogether. I can't see a revival coming in my area anytime soon
hey frank…i really loved the way you worded this and stipulated at the end the definition of it all…but…instead of it being called a cd resurgence, i think of it more as a vinyl resistance….i said this a few years ago that vinyl would be king again, AS LONG AS they keep the prices down…vinyl became king and they did not listen….they got greedy….now what looks like a cd revival or resurgence is simply people buying alot of really cheap cds, not because they prefer them to vinyl, but they prefer the prices….hope all of you are doing well…my best to you and the family…peace and warm weather lasting…rocky
I think what's coming back around is music fans owning "physical" media, so if there's a buck to be made, you know sellers are going to take advantage. Streaming isn't going away, but like I said, I think a nice chunk of the music fans are starting to enjoy the "touchy-feely" part of owning what they listen to.
I just picked up Megadeth's new release on CD for $9.99 🙂 The prices for everything is going up. Even the Dollar store has upped prices to $1.25 LOL
I don’t think it’ll happen. I think CDs will stay the same for the most part.
CDs are now considered passé by the millennial generation who prefer NOT to own their music, and instead pay a fee for the temporary enjoyment of their musical choices by streaming services. Hence the blatant lack of new product by heritage and known bands. To own a tangible piece of recorded music, whether it comes in the form of a CD, vinyl LP, DVD or box-set has become a 'niche' market beloved by mostly the late and post baby-boom generations. A resurgence in CD manufacturing is a sign the Recording/Music industry is now trolling for revenue.
CDs are the spawn of Satan. Good riddance!
Nope you don't need an expensive CD player to play CDs. A $25 used DVD player will produce better sound playing a CD than the most expensive turntable playing a vinyl record. I still got my old Sony DVP-NS725P DVD player that I had bought brand new from Circuit City back in 2003, and a few years ago I took it out of storage and added it to my hifi audio setup to play CDs. It looks right at home in my setup because it is silver color and all my other components (receiver, cassette deck) are retro or vintage in silver color. The best thing about this DVD player is that it has an optical audio output AND a coxial audio output to get the cleanest possible sound from a CD. For those of you looking to build a budget hifi system, you can buy one of these DVD players used on Ebay for as little as 20 bucks.
The MOFI CDs are great and other SACDs as well ..
Creative packaging….more ladies underwear!
I used a Denon DVD player ( $8 for in a thrift store) as a transport, with a Schiit DAC while my old Rotel player was in the shop. By itself the Denon didn't sound so good, but was vastly improved by the DAC. Some blue ray players will support SACD.
I'm not sure if both CD and vinyl prices prices both are going up, am I able to buy anything in future… Right now electricity is going up also. If it was in it's cheapest 0,04€ it can be now 0,58€ And gasoline!
It might be that music in fysical format will be just small luxuy moments in life.
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Those of you who let their CD collections go to switch to monthly music renting such as Spotify or Tidal I thank you !! I have accumulated close to 2,000 CD's in the past 5 years for unbelievable prices. There are some selling their CD's at garage sales for as little as 10 cents. WOW ! There will always be music collectors. Any of us who collects understands what I'm talking about. Streaming has been around long enough where some will continue to consume music this way and others will switch back to wanting to hold the music in their hands and this switching back phase is just starting.