[78-L] fwd: The CD is dead

[Mark Bardenwerper]

On 1/16/2011 4:17, Don Cox wrote:
> On 16/01/2011, Mark Bardenwerper wrote:
>
>> On 1/16/2011 11:12, David Lennick wrote:
>>> And other specialty companies like Dust-to-Digital and Archeophone
>>> are turning out marvelous stuff. The King Cole Carnegie Hall concert
>>> on Hep has been doing nicely as well, I'm told, but I wonder if it's
>>> been swiped and put up on free sites (or maybe the question should be
>>> "how many free sites").
>>>
>>> dl
>> Question:
>> Are CD's completely manufactured, recorded and packaged in the same
>> place, or do small outfits bring in blank CD's and do the rest?
>> Note:
>> Most of us know that there is a distinct advantage to having the high
>> quality CD version rather than having the sifted MP3.
>>
> Proper CDs are molded, just like shellac or vinyl. A typical minimum
> quantity would be 500 copies of a disc.
>
> Companies that make discs will also offer a service to print booklets,
> unless you want something very elaborate.
>
> You are thinking of CD-R discs, which can be recorded in computers.
> These use a completely different and less permanent technology to form
> marks on the disc which look to the player the same as the pits on
> molded discs.
>
> CD-R discs are occasionally used when only a few copies are needed -
> maybe one or two now and then. A small record company can make them in
> house, and print a booklet on an office inkjet or laser printer.
>
> This could make sense if you have sold all the 500 discs, and further
> orders are coming in at a rate of one every couple of months.
>
>
> The MP3 question is different. It is possible to sell a manufactured,
> molded CD full of MP3 files, although this is not common. Conversely, it
> is possible to provide for downloading a WAV or other file with full
> 16bit/41KHz audio quality, just like a CD - but as such files are around
> 650 Megs, they take a while to download even on broadband.
>
> And the booklet can be downloaded as a PDF file for the user to print
> out - but few people have printers that print on both sides of the
> paper.
>
> Regards
Thanks. My point is made. That, CD's will be around for some time, 
albeit not as plentifully made.

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