Post #538224 by TikiHardBop on Tue, Jun 22, 2010 11:09 AM

I tell ya, I grew up with 8-tracks, LPs and cassettes, and I don't miss them a bit!!! ESPECIALLY LPs! All the pre- and post-playing maintenance that had to be done to get a whole 17-minutes of music before you had to get up and turn the thing over. And scratches and dust! And all the formats were helpless before the Florida sun, saltwater and beach sand.

The fact that my entire library of 10K+ tracks is on an external drive the size of a paperpack novel -- awesome. The ability to stream that entire library (as well as any online music service) to any room of the house - awesome. Being able to back up that entire library (see Florida environment above) - awesome. That I can stream that entire library (as well as any online music service) to any room of the house - awesome. That I can bring a year's worth of tunes into my car or boat with a device smaller than a deck of cards - awesome. That you can improve the music at any party with a quick trip to the car - awesome. Playlists - infinitely awesome.

The idea of a USB multimedia release is interesting. My wife is a reporter and she gets many of her press releases that way. I can see how it would be easier to produce on your end. I would have no problem buying music that way, but I think many people are still looking for something more "substantial" when they buy a physical "album". And many of the people who are interested in the cover art and all that definitely want something they can add to their collection. Its kind of hard to order and re-order a USB fob collection.

And kind of on the same subject, remember in the "old days" when the "record collection" was a part of every young person's personal space? Remember checking out their record collection and pscyho-analyzing them from its contents?