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The demise of the music CD inevitable?

Hi,

Back on campus, my senior year. Everywhere I look, its all earbuds and cell phones streaming audio. None of my friends would even consider purchasing a CD! I as well almost completely stopped purchasing CD's now that I have lossless streaming from TIDAL. It seems that SQ is not an issue anymore for this generation, its content that is most important and there is no loss of it out there in the streaming world.
grm

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lowrider57
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I’d like to hear from any members from the UK. My friends in England are still buying and listening to CDs, and now vinyl is huge. It seems both formats are more popular than downloads among the typical consumer.
Amazon UK has a much larger selection of new CD’s for sale than the US.
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More to my point, the current generation, most of my friends do not even own CDP's unlike myself who agrees CD sounds great.
Truth. I had a coworker straight out of college who had never bought a CD. It is a generational thing; he and his friends listen with earbuds and iphones. We became friends and he would send me audio files.

He was also OK with watching movies on his phone or tablet; didn't need a big screen TV. I can't understand this part.
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