On Thu, 27 Aug 2015 16:43:41 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:

> > Kids still buy CDs? My grandson recently asked me "What's a record?"
> > when I used the term.

> I live in a different universe to you called "South Africa" and CDs are
> a big market here. The bulk of the population (none of whom are early
> adopters) don't trust online music stores; they want a thing they can
> hold in their hand and that thing is a CD :-)

Round here, the kids (and most adults) are happy to entrust everything to
Apple and Facebook. I prefer physical media, but I always considered that
a symptom of being an old fart.

> vinyls are also making a comeback; it's a whole retro marketing thing.

Vinyl has always been the medium of choice for audio snobs...


-- 
Neil Bothwick

An infinite number of monkeys pounding away on keyboards will
eventually produce a report showing that Windows is more secure,
and has a lower TCO, than linux.

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