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Re: [ARSCLIST] SACD fans -- some discounts.... A hypothesy



I am loath to admit it, but I think that Don may be on to something profound here.

A


Andes, Donald wrote:
Could it be that the world is simply tiring form audio only simulation?

I mean really, not that I hope this is the case, but really, cars
equipped with DVD players, VIDEO iPod, elevators  and taxi's with
"moving image billboards" and news feeds. I'm not talking about a
distant George Jetson future, I'm talking about present day, average joe
culture.

Not to mention that our kids playing video game simulations that rival
what the government uses for training military personnel.

I love Audio, as I'm sure most of us do here, but Audio's realist place
in today's culture may be other than where WE all hope it to be, or what
it once was.

The same could be said for linear moving image, as more interactive
technology emerges from the internet and video game markets, what will
the become of TV?

Sad but true???

Don Andes
EMI Music



-----Original Message-----
From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
[mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don Cox
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 2:49 AM
To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] SACD fans -- some discounts

On 01/05/07, Tom Fine wrote:

Amazon has some very aggressive pricing right now on some SACD titles.
Especially some the BMG/RCA titles. Big in-general classical sale right now, too. Wonder if this is clearing out classical overstock that can't be sold in now-closed Tower stores. Good buying opportunity

as some titles may go out of print.

-- Tom Fine

PS -- cannot post here due to copyrights but interesting story last week in Wall St. Journal about how 1/4+ of CD sales now through big-box stores and those retailers demands for quick turnover hampers any attempts at variety. Then CD sales keep slumping due to overpriced

and boring product, and it becomes self-perpetuating as Best Buy and Wal-Mart are reportedly cutting floor space for CD's. Not a good time to be in the music biz.

Practically all the small companies now sell direct over the web. Regards
--
Don Cox
doncox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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