Mastodawn

artemist Aug 1, 2023

Hot take:
The Compact Disc is still the most futuristic audio format. Forget streaming, files, or the vinyl resurgence, CDs output music at near the top of the quality a human can hear by shooting LASERS at a mirror spinning 8 times per second. This somehow just works and you can read a $0.10 disc with a $20 drive.

When I buy music, I prefer to have it on a CD. I can rip it into my computer easily and if I ever lose that copy I can just rip it again, bit perfect every time. There's no subscription and no DRM that can take it away from me, I have a physical thing.

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alastair87 (old account)

@artemist It's still nothing like as satisfactory as legally downloadable DRM-free media would be to me because of the storage, logistical and material requirements - the middle one of those is particularly significant if you are someone who will lose physical objects.

What many people probably don't realise though is that most modern streaming services are lower quality than 'old-fashioned' CDs so that's a major advantage, though there are premium services like Deezer that offer comparable or better quality I think.