[78-L] RIP, CDs

[Jeff Sultanof]

David,

I hear you loud and clear about the SACD, another major botch job in
marketing.

Dr. Biel is of course correct, but since the hybrid discs can play on any
CD player, they should have been marketed from the beginning. It makes me
so angry. SACD was a major step up. I'm only hoping that someone takes up
the sword and puts out Blu-ray audio discs. That format seems to have
caught on.

Jeff Sultanof

On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com> wrote:

> From: DAVID BURNHAM <burnhamd at rogers.com>
>
> > I heard on the news yesterday that the major record companies plan
> > to stop production of the CD at the end of 2012.
>
> Whose news?  What was their source?  Doesn't sound reliable because it
> doesn't seem to appear anywhere else.  The only similar story I find is
> a Nov 21, 2009 Daily Mail story where Linn has stopped making PLAYERS,
> but the highly innacurate headline reads "Death of the compact disc as
> iPod boom forces CD maker to end production"
>
> Read more:
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1229557/Death-CD-looms-pioneering-manufacturer-ends-production.html#ixzz1cZTwYm9g
>
>
> > Why not restore the SACD.  There's a disc with perfect sound and is not
> able to be copied.
> > Works for me!  db
>
> But doesn't work for maybe 99% of people since SACD cannot be played on
> ordinary players.
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>
>
>
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