On 27/08/2015 20:56, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> 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...
> 
> 


And by "snob" you don't mean an insult, you mean "someone with a trained
ear who can detect superior quality", right?



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Alan McKinnon
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