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Makes sense to me. If you're going to collect music in the form of physical objects, then it might as well be physically encoded. Otherwise, you can just fill
by p1mrx 5y ago
Makes sense to me. If you're going to collect music in the form of physical objects, then it might as well be physically encoded.
Otherwise, you can just fill a hard drive with FLACs and make backups. CDs are in the "uncanny valley" of digital, but impermanent.
- criddell 5y agoI still buy CDs for a lot of the same reasons people buy vinyl. * I like the physical interaction with my music (choosing the CD, putting it in the player, pressing play and getting 40-60 minutes of music) * I like the artwork and liner notes (although the larger format of records wins there) * I like the record store experience I prefer CDs to vinyl because they sound better IMHO, are more durable, can be backed up and re-burned as needed, and are (slightly) smaller.
- p1mrx 5y agoIf the music industry could figure out a model where you bring a vinyl record to the store, and they give you a lossless digital copy, then that would be the best of both worlds. Basically the record serves as a physical license key. You could also have a smart turntable with a camera on it, that automatically cues the digital version of any known record.
- criddell 5y agoA lot of records come with download codes already. People who want a physical way of interacting with their digital collection have done things like print tiny record sleeves that contain an NFC chip. Hold the sleeve up to your reader (like your phone) and that triggers the the songs on that record to play.