Streaming is absolutely boring, albeit convenient to discover new music, however i’d never get rid of my cd collection
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My daughter is Gen Z, just, having been born in 2012.
for her, streaming is used on the go, as it is for many. She has started to become interested in CDs but only for the inserts you get. She bought one and was most upset when there was no poster in it, or anything that she could put on the wall. Her taste is K-Pop stuff, and just wants pictures.
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What in as much that there’s no ritual in selecting a CD, placing it in the player etc?
I do pretty much the same. I like the way I can control what I am listening to with my iPad.
Started R2R & Vinyl → CC & Vinyl → CD & Vinyl → CD. Please leave CD to me. I’m still young for streaming.
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Why put streaming, CDs and vinyl in competition? I have all 3 and I listen to one or the other with pleasure (with a preference for vinyl though…). Streaming to discover artists, vinyl for serious listening with quality editions and CDs because I have 500 CDs that I keep…
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There is also streaming online and streaming from a NAS from your own discs. The latter isn’t apparent from CD sales.
I mostly do the latter and online streaming is in the form of web radio. I’m not massively surprised. CD was always big in many regions and never went away.
But looking at the larger trend in attitudes there was this marked trend as millennials came of age to move away ownership of “things” and focus on shared amenities and experiences. They were more likely to rent or “subscribe” to the use of not just services but physical objects too. Music collections just didn’t fit. But Gen Z has seen even more upheaval and impermanence in their lives than any generation since baby boomers and have more of a relationship with ownership than millennials did at the same age. I can’t but wonder how this plays into things.
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I don’t remember that. Didn’t he just release a single which stayed in the charts for five weeks. Did we have remixes in 1985? and didn’t the charts have pretty strict rules back then.
Normal people don’t. 
Indeed they don’t, they are just alternatives. I have got back into CD again, and am buying more and more CDs.. yes the old problems of CD clutter are returning. However I put up with it, because for me CD is more accessible than always having to rip and then play.. and I now just rip those CDs that I enjoy to listen to a lot.
I also found CD of a more consistent SQ than relying on cloud streaming, which I tend to do less and less now unless travelling.
I have noticed as the demand for CDs has increased again the prices of some CDs has edged up. However the price of CD merch at gigs etc seems to have remained consistent though.
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More details in last year’s excellent Sound on Sound article:
“Thanks to Hardcastle and his record label Chrysalis releasing remixes of the track during its chart‑topping run (‘The Destruction Mix’, ‘The Final Story’), it staved off stiff competition from Duran Duran, who had to settle for number two with their James Bond theme, ‘A View To A Kill’.”
I’ve seen at least one documentary where an interviewee (quite possibly Hardcastle) said the same. Apparently, their tricks caused the chart compilers to quickly add rules about remixes which, until then, hadn’t really been a big thing in chart/pop music.
Mark
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Same here. Past 2/3 years I have bought more CDs than I care to mention. Much better SQ than streaming, can control the versions I listen to, and just like having a physical format stashed somewhere. Even though I’m playing them (streaming) on a NAS.
Oh, and they’re ridiculously cheap. At least they were.
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I agree, same thoughts here.
some older mass released titles are - but new releases in demand not so cheap now I am finding , and rarer releases, especially ones that are not available from cloud streaming service providers can go for increasing amounts… it pays to shop around and hunt out specialists… I guess its like everything - supply and demand
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My tastes are pretty mainstream; think my average cost is still in the €3-€4 range.
nice - perhaps my tastes are more eclectic. Other than the free CDs I get with Mojo magazine which are often superb, my new CDs are around £12 to £25 my last CD was about £20 and that was used. (specific years of Newport folk festival recordings).
I used to be able able to pickup more common used CDs at around £3 to £5 - but even there I have noticed prices are rising for copies in good condition.
Funny that you mention that - I have paid some exorbitant prices (maybe €20) for a few albums; Muddy Waters Live @ Newport being one of them 
But I haven’t bought a new CD in 20+ years
I find, and this is subjective, that the mastering on newer CD releases has often improved. I guess technology marches on 
I’m assuming others browse CDJapan occasionally..?
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That’s interesting. I should pick up a new one or two and give them a spin. But sadly, there’s not much new music I’m interested in.
Guess I’ll just have to pick up Life of a Showgirl like everyone else.
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