• CD comeback.. a CDN stor

    From Rob Mccart@1:2320/107 to AUGUST ABOLINS on Tuesday, September 15, 2026 06:04:00
    "Compact discs (CDs) are making a comeback and finding a new
    >generation of buyers and connoisseurs across Canada as teenagers
    >and young adults turn to the once-declining format to find an
    >affordable way to own music."

    Why CD's instead of data files saved and used on various players?
    Is the sound quality a lot better?

    Thinking about it.. most CD's made these days would be burned from
    music data files in the first place so..

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  • From August Abolins@1:153/757.21 to Rob Mccart on Tuesday, September 15, 2026 18:43:00
    Hello Rob!

    ** On Tuesday 15.09.26 - 06:04, you wrote to me:

    "Compact discs (CDs) are making a comeback and finding a new
    generation of buyers and connoisseurs across Canada as teenagers
    and young adults turn to the once-declining format to find an
    affordable way to own music."

    Why CD's instead of data files saved and used on various players?

    The point is that youth are looking for inexpensive source of music that they can take anywhere on any device. I don't think they can do that without expensive longterm subsciptions from a streaming services, and those often limit transportability to other devices.

    A couple of streaming services offer near-lossless quality, but that only works on very good hi-speed connections. And.. the subscription costs can be high.


    Is the sound quality a lot better?

    Authentic (pressed) CDs have lossless audio sources. Burned CDs can vary.


    Thinking about it.. most CD's made these days would be burned from
    music data files in the first place so..

    Sure.. there might be a lot of discarded self-burned CDs out there. I've seen that myself in the CD collections at thriftshops (a personal copy of a CD would be inside the original CD case instead of the original CD)

    Maybe independant music studios "burn" CDs for fans. But the article is about the music that we enjoyed in the 70s 80s 90s.

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