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? -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
