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.
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.
@artemist I wish MiniDisc had become mainstream - it’s the best of CDs, easily re-writable, while being smaller and doesn’t scratch. Just not enough devices supporting it because MP3 players took off almost at the same time.
@artemist @marcoarment I still buy CDs when I can for this very reason. If Bandcamp did burn-on-demand, I’d seriously consider it
@artemist I wish MiniDisc had become mainstream - it’s the best of CDs, easily re-writable, while being smaller and doesn’t scratch. Just not enough devices supporting it because MP3 players took off almost at the same time.