Music labels in secret plot to kill off CDs?

[socrates]

Sony, Universal and EMI could be planning to do away with the CD by the end of 2012 in favour of digital downloads.

Music labels in secret plot to kill off CDs? | News | TechRadar

 

[Sarath]

Then who needs labels? LOL.
I mean seriously what use are they now.

 

[Extreme Gamer]

Give me WAV or give me death.

 

[Liverpool_fan]

Give me WAV or give me death.

WAV can FLAC off.

 

[Vyom]

CD's are plastic. Destined to go obsolete anyway. Although can take a few years.
Digital downloads, FTW!

 

[axes2t2]

I still have a working cd from 2001.

It's of Unreal Tournament XD.

 

[Sarath]

If it's digital then it better be the cloud. Power spike and there you lose your ...

 

[Extreme Gamer]

WAV can FLAC off.

FLAC is not as good as wave for me because I'm a purist when it comes to sound.

 

[Liverpool_fan]

FLAC is not as good as wave for me because I'm a purist when it comes to sound.

Oh dear.

*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lossless_data_compression

Read. Comprehend. Apply.

 

[Extreme Gamer]

I know all that. I choose on purpose to keep my audio data uncompressed where possible.

 

[noob]

CDs are already gone..i download mp3/FLAC files from xxxxx sites

 

[Vyom]

^^ yeah. noob. (Pun, intended).

 

[d3p]

FLAC is not as good as wave for me because I'm a purist when it comes to sound.

so you use MP3's & m4A then ????....

 

[d6bmg]

^^ lol.

FLAC FTW!!! When it comes to pure sound via 5.1/7.1 speaker set, nothing, I repeat nothing can beat FLAC. @extremegamer: Listen to same music in different format, and you can 'feel' the difference.

On topic: Its a really bad move.