#4404257 - 02/08/18 08:13 PM
Re: Best Buy no longer to sell Audio CDs
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Keep in mind that while vinyl records are selling well, they represent a TINY fraction of the overall market. It's something like 2-3% of the market share.
What's driving all of this is streaming. The mainstream music consumer who represents the vast majority of the market has transitioned to streaming. Even digital music sales are declining (ie MP3's, ITunes, etc.)
Last edited by PanzerMeyer; 02/08/18 08:15 PM.
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#4404282 - 02/08/18 11:26 PM
Re: Best Buy no longer to sell Audio CDs
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I gave no exact number for vinyl sales on purpose. My intent was to express that the old record format is here to stay.
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#4404354 - 02/09/18 01:34 PM
Re: Best Buy no longer to sell Audio CDs
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Doesn't surprise me at all, I knew it was coming. Streaming makes more sense for anyone who hasn't built a large CD collection over the decades, or more recently an iTunes/MP3 collection. I'll stick with CDs which allow me to burn to a lossless format (no data lost, for archiving), and then to compressed MP3 for space. I also occasionally supplement my CD collection with Amazon MP3s, but I prefer CD. Still, it's vinyl for the win!
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