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bikerhifinut · 30th Dec 2018, 1:46 am

Oh well..................

At least I still have my local LP retailer in Carlisle, and I think there's still one in Kendal, not bad for a county with a population about the same as a large town anywhere else!
I was in Carlisle HMV a couple of times in the run up to Xmas and it was packed with people, but I can't say how many actually bought anything.
I found a few CDs that I was looking out for but mostly it was I suppose fairly mainstream popular stuff. But heck most of it was dead cheap, £3.99 for a Jake Thackray CD, blimey I have seen CD's in charity shops for that kind of dosh.
(jake Thackray, all good yorkshiremen should enjoy his stuff and for the southerners \i can offer a translation service!)

There's still a market out there, not all youngsters are into downlaods. Theres a backlash now starting in favour of owning physical media. RW hits the button, at least CD's are mostly reliable and can't be lost in "the cloud".

I won't get involved in any arguments about LP, I know where I stand on it, am happy to buy new pressings at the price they are, and these days avoid used LPs for the most part as I got weary of knackered old records that had been "previously abused". A new modern CD player/DAC revitalised my system and I think CD is about as good as it needs to be in a domestic environment, all things being equal.
The DAC bit of the CD player means that if I get forced into having to play internet downloads at least I dont need to buy a new bit of kit to decipher the raw bits so to speak, my tablet device will serve as a feed from a storage card.
I hope some sort of phoenix rises from the ashes, theres still money to be made selling media. I suspect part of the problem is also that the big retail organisations have to make a huge percentage profit to please their investors rather than just give a decent living to a proprietor and staff. This is not unique to HMV's business, unfortunately all business is subject to thiis pressure and inevitably choice and quality will suffer.
Sad innit?

A.

30th Dec 2018, 1:46 am	#36
bikerhifinut Octode Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Penrith, Cumbria, UK Posts: 1,993	Re: HMV in administration. Oh well.................. At least I still have my local LP retailer in Carlisle, and I think there's still one in Kendal, not bad for a county with a population about the same as a large town anywhere else! I was in Carlisle HMV a couple of times in the run up to Xmas and it was packed with people, but I can't say how many actually bought anything. I found a few CDs that I was looking out for but mostly it was I suppose fairly mainstream popular stuff. But heck most of it was dead cheap, £3.99 for a Jake Thackray CD, blimey I have seen CD's in charity shops for that kind of dosh. (jake Thackray, all good yorkshiremen should enjoy his stuff and for the southerners \i can offer a translation service!) There's still a market out there, not all youngsters are into downlaods. Theres a backlash now starting in favour of owning physical media. RW hits the button, at least CD's are mostly reliable and can't be lost in "the cloud". I won't get involved in any arguments about LP, I know where I stand on it, am happy to buy new pressings at the price they are, and these days avoid used LPs for the most part as I got weary of knackered old records that had been "previously abused". A new modern CD player/DAC revitalised my system and I think CD is about as good as it needs to be in a domestic environment, all things being equal. The DAC bit of the CD player means that if I get forced into having to play internet downloads at least I dont need to buy a new bit of kit to decipher the raw bits so to speak, my tablet device will serve as a feed from a storage card. I hope some sort of phoenix rises from the ashes, theres still money to be made selling media. I suspect part of the problem is also that the big retail organisations have to make a huge percentage profit to please their investors rather than just give a decent living to a proprietor and staff. This is not unique to HMV's business, unfortunately all business is subject to thiis pressure and inevitably choice and quality will suffer. Sad innit? A.