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CD no more produced?

Except dictated shops, the CD's are stopped selling on major shopping malls.
Due to unavailability of CD started looking  at streaming, finally selected Tidal, but I am not satisfied, Using Teac DAC, Spec RSA717Ex integrated amp paired with Dali speakers

And also downloaded few albums through paid service for Hiresaudio and  burned to CD, the quality of sound is not comparable with Music company produced CD's.
Have Music company's have stopped producing CD? 


murgeshj
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ozzy62
633 posts
 
If Tidal doesn’t sound exactly like a seedee in your rig, something is definitely amiss if you have the 20/month hi-if subscription. It should and does in my system.

As a side note, our local Barnes and noble completely did away with all cds. Only a few records left. Toys and games fill the space that was allotted to cds.

Oz
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motorheadflash
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THEY HAVE A FANTASTIC SELECTION OF C.D'S  AND S.A.C.D.'S
XRCD'S AND ALL KINDS OF AUDIOPHILE RECORDINGS ON DISC AND L.P.
THE SERVICE IS GREAT 
IF YOU LIKE JAZZ TRY mackavenue.com A DETROIT BASED COMPANY ( JUST GOT CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE " BRINGIN IT " FROM MACK AVE. AND IT IS GREAT , HIGH QUALITY RECORDING TOO.
RHINO RECORDS HAS EVERY CLASSIC ROCK AND OLDIES ON C.D.
EVERYTHING ELSE ON AMAZON OR E BAY
GOOD LUCK !
jbmays
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I cannot believe that no one has mentioned how incredibly valuable our public libraries are for obtaining CDs for ripping!   I drive my kids around most weekdays, and routinely stop in to grab 15-20 CDs.  I then preview them - all while driving - over the ensuing week.  If there is a song on a disc that "does not fit", or that I simply don't like, I make a note to stick in the jewel box to say "No--#4".  This way I have customized recordings.  I take the CDs into the house and rip to my desktop computer via iTunes whenever I have one or two reviewed.
Every month or two, I will back-up/transfer to my Melco NAS.
Free music!   I have ripped over a thousand CDs in the past three years!   And every large city will have at least 3-4 different libraries....I switch libraries each time after-school activities change venues!
ianderson
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Motörhead - like you I deal with Elusive Disk, however they are in Anderson Indiana (near Indianapolis).

Thrilft store are a good source if you have time to sift through, otherwise the industry has just about completed morphing to the online model.

Question for you Tidal streaming guys.... if old CDs had less compression and the new copies have been heavily compressed, can you pick the release and know you are get one with some DR left on it?
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