Is the Physical CD Still A Viable Market?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday March 15, 2006 @11:17AM from the more-thrones-out-of-cds-needed dept.

An anonymous reader writes "With iTunes and P2P networking dominating the online music scene, does the physical CD have any place in our future? Slyck is running an article on the study conducted by the NPD Group." From the article: "Since its peak sales year in 1999, there has been a steady deterioration in the number of physical CDs sold and shipped. The most immediate blame is typically placed on piracy, however over the course of the last six years this has proven superficial to reasons of more substance."

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Urgh. by Dissectional · 2006-03-15 11:30 · Score: 0, Troll

Digital audio sounds terrible. So yes, there is still a viable market for CDs. At least among those who cringe at any form of digital compression coming through a good set of speakers.
Jack ass... by Saeed+al-Sahaf · 2006-03-15 12:27 · Score: 0, Troll

Jack ass...

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