The end of the CD era - 2013?

Oh and I meant to add this about the comments of the CD becoming a
dinosaur. True, but I NEVER NEVER thought vinyl would have a comeback, but
it is - which means the younger generation has to buy turntables for them. So
my theory is, 20 years from now, CDs will come back and young kids will have
to buy newly-made CD players.

If it can happen to vinyl, why not CDs?

EdisonLite wrote: Oh and I meant to add this about the comments of the CD becoming a dinosaur. True, but I NEVER NEVER thought vinyl would have a comeback, but it is - which means the younger generation has to buy turntables for them. So my theory is, 20 years from now, CDs will come back and young kids will have to buy newly-made CD players. If it can happen to vinyl, why not CDs?

I suspect the loudness war had a lot to do with the vinyl resurgence. As producers would brickwall the CD version of an album and do a much better mastering for the vinyl (aka can't brickwall vinyl). Also the trend of people who weren't even born in the 80s having "nostalgia" for the 80s and it's dominant media formats.

Though the real CD-Killers have been legal/illegal downloads and streaming (not just services like Spotify, but every song is on Youtube for free).

Edited by headstar

Jody Thornton wrote: Yes but records were still compressed in their day. Listen to some early 90s Capital/EMI Releases such as Hysteria by Def Leppard, or Brigade by Heart. Lower modulation for sure, but like a brickwalled CD, no dynamics.

It goes back further than that. There's almost no dynamic range in most Dave Clark 5 songs, and they've been that
way since the mid 60s!

I have to wonder how much of the vinyl purchased today actually gets played vs having been bought either to be cool
or as a potential collectors item.