Before moving on to streamers and very expensive DACs again.ĬDs can sound great or putrid. Audiophiles conveniently forget the days when they spent thousands on separate transports and DACs, before the hi-fi press decided that a CD player was good enough. Younger listeners did not grow up with CDs and they represent yet another physical format that they can own and not for a lot of money. Why purchase 1 new vinyl release when you can have 5 CDs? ![]() That becomes an even better deal when you look at how expensive new vinyl releases run. One of the reasons why CDs are climbing again in popularity is clearly cost - it’s hard to say no to $3 or $5 used CDs that are still in decent shape. Vinyl sales rose 109% in the same period and passed new CD sales for the first time in a few decades but it’s interesting to see new and used CDs flying out the door. ![]() Digital streaming might be 85% of the market but CD sales in H1 2021 put the brakes on and reversed course from almost 8 years of steep declines.Īmericans purchased almost 18 million new CDs since January. ![]() If you don’t think owning a CD player in 2021 still matters - think again.
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