dBerriff;456651 Wrote: > To continue... > > Great advice here with a clear message that we continue to be in a > state of flux and online services seem to be the future rather than the > local library-based approach we have used over the last few years. >
I couldn't disagree more with that! The future is really going to have to change for that to apply to me. First, available everywhere Internet is going to have to cost about $30 a month for true unlimited bandwidth that is available anywhere I go. Second, the online services are going to have to stream in 24/96 with a minimum of 16/44.1. Third, I would have to have access to just about every song ever published on a physical media through their service. Fourth, their service is going to have to cost less then $300 a year. If not, then no thank you no. I will rip the music I want, play it when I want, take it where I want, and listen to it at a lossless rate. Don't get me wrong, I like the variety of Internet Radio, I just can't stand to listen to it for more then 1 to 2 hours at a time due to poor sound quality (the 2 hour limit only applies if I am doing something and the music is mainly background). Another thing to think about, the RIAA, Artists, and Music Companies probably don't like that model. The only reason they tolerate iTunes is the revenue stream it provides over lost sales of CDs mainly due to their price point and file sharing. If CDs were cheap enough, I really think it would put a dent in illegal sharing. I hope the future holds a reshaping of the music business where downloads of whole albums in 24/96 are priced around $5 and Artists make money off of touring, merchandise, and downloads that cut the RIAA out of the loop. After all with a Touch, all I need is a big USB drive and I have lossless audio anywhere I want it! I take the Touch from home with a USB Drive and put it in the SUV. Listen to "My Music" while driving to the mountains. Take the Touch w/ USB Drive into the Cabin and have music all weekend where there is no Internet and only cellular service when I find the right high ground. Touch back into the SUV for music on the way home. Touch back into the house for music whenever and wherever. These are of course just my opinions and YMMV. The CD is not dead yet (dying a slow death), but I would never have thought it wouldn't outlast me as the media of choice when I bought my first CD back in the early 80's. "Hey switch to these, they will last forever!" -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: Second Boom Bathroom: Squeezebox Radio Ford Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Ford Expedition: SB Touch, USB drive ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67637 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
