(fax) Re: DTS 5.1 music - is it or isnt it ?

[GREG HILL]

Well, I agree with most everything you said. I also VERY much prefer cds. 
But I have always bought stuff at Tower and other "local" stores. I get 90 
percent of my cds online, and I hope this will continue for a long time. I 
have in the last few years been purchasing mp3, but I do prefer the benefits 
to cds...as most people on this list do.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Lucas" <alucas at gmail.com>
To: "GREG HILL" <cameron69 at comcast.net>
Cc: "Trevor Cordes" <trevor at tecnopolis.ca>; "Fax List" <faxlist at 2350.org>
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: (fax) Re: DTS 5.1 music - is it or isnt it ?


> On 1/15/07, GREG HILL <cameron69 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> Trevor, you don't know anyone who purchases music digitally?  with Ipods 
>> so
>> popular(go to your nearest gym), most people are getting their mp3s from 
>> the
>> Apple store, or some other mp3 site on the web. With record stores 
>> closing
>> left and right, most people who enjoy listening to music, do not buy cds, 
>> as
>> much as they do mp3s. Would other people agree with me on this point?
>>
>>
>
> I still buy most of my music in physical object form. I'm a sucker for
> having it in my hands, seeing the artwork, smelling the booklet. For
> me it's not so much the sound quality; when I do buy mp3s, I usually
> get them from Bleep.com, where most of them are encoded at 320 these
> days anyway (no DRM, either!), so I'm not really losing much there
> (yes, I know there are those who would argue this point. It's all
> good).
>
> The stuff I do buy on mp3 is mostly 12"s that cost $5 on Bleep where
> they'd cost me $10 or $11 for the actual vinyl. There are 12"s that
> I'd never settle for just the mp3s. Like stuff on A.I.
>
> But yeah, I like owning the CDs. I'd probably save a lot of money if I
> could break myself of that need, but I don't think it's going to
> happen anytime soon. I couldn't imagine having releases from
> Raster-Noton solely in digital format. The packaging/design is always
> as rewarding as the music itself!
>
> Also, I haven't bought CDs from record stores in probably about ten
> years. I've been buying online via s://kimo (now defunct), PBE (on
> hiatus), EAR-Rational, Wrecked Distro in Pittsburgh (where I live),
> and Forced Exposure from time to time.
>
> So not having a store to go to hasn't been an issue for me in a long long 
> time.
>
> Just a few pennies.
>
> Later,
> Alan
>
> np:Silicon Scally:Bioroid