Should Sound Quality of Computer Audio be improved

What Mapman says is true. Stores used to supply with all manner of CDs. Some even had listening facilities. Then, POOF! it all went away, didn't it?

Appearances are deceiving but Amazon and sites that are dedicated to niche tastes are out there and very easy to access. Admittedly it was nice to peruse the rows of CDs and put on some headphones to listen. Doing it by PC isn't as convenient because you could see more at a glance the old way, taking it all in. You could roam around, continent to continent, genre to genre in an analog fashion. Continuous, varying intake is what we're wired to do.

Maybe some of us (is that you know who?) actually resent the loss of this activity, the natural task, the way it was. I know I do but I won't throw my hands up in the air and decry the situation. I've had my moment of grief when Borders shut down their rows of CDs and headphones. I'm over it.

Just more due diligence is needed to seek out what you want. That's all.

All the best,
Nonoise

Petty, how about we come up with a deal, you buy me my downloads and I'll rip em for you for free. Everyone is happy!
Finally, Problem solved

WMP is REALLY easy, sounds good, and my cd's (except sacd's)are mostly in boxes waiting if they are needed again. What's the problem, other than of course always searching for better sound?

Been to Amazon, Silver Platters, Elusive Disk, Best Buy.....etc,etc,etc- many times over!!! Same thing still applies from all of these sources. What part of "NO LONGER
IN PRINT" doesn't everyone understand? There are close to
ten thousand CDs that are "No Longer In Print", based from all of these sources. About a hundred new releases of NEW MUSIC that are not going to be offered on CD. The issue,
Dear Timlub, is that there now exists a selection vacuum with missing CD selection, and missing Download selection.
Thanks alot for the Music Selection Vacuum. Thanks alot for not waiting until there was adequate Download Music Selection before pulling the plug on CD. Someone is not going to be able to listen to their Music tonight, because it is not available on CD- or as a Download. You just don't get it! You don't eliminate the Old Format until the New Format has adequate Music Selection first. This will be the first time that we are switching Audio Formats where the new Audio Format Music Selection remains "Soon To Be Available" as the availability in the Old Format is GONE! We have never done it this way before in the history of switching Audio Formats, and for good reason. What is the reason for doing it this way now? I thought that we were Adults here, and over premature.......ANYTHING! Are we just getting a little too excited, and eager here? Are we just a little too impatient? Getting a little tired of riding this whirlwind of chaos. Can't even agree on a standard for this Format, it is all over the map! Like
premature...ANYTHING, IT JUST LEAVES A MESS! Yuck! You made it, you clean it up! I am just tired of the mess, and living without Music! Sow your Wildoats someplace else, and watch your aim. DXD, MLP, XRCD, 32-Bit, 24/96, 24/192 will be gone from Disk with no new releases. Only 24/96,
24/192....etc will be available as Downloads. No multi-channel 24/96- 24/192 currently available as Downloads. No
DXD, No MLP, No XRCD, No 32-Bit, No Multi-channel available as Downloads. S-O-O...S-A-D!!! Can you RIP a MLP
Disk, Timlub? Are you going to need special Software for that too??? Cassette Disks with magnetic 1's and 0's, didn't we used to use Lazers? "Flintstones...we're the
Flintstones...."!

Pettyofficer,

zzzzzzz. Get a grip and stop smoking whatever it is that makes you crazy!

For gods sake learn to write in paragraphs. If you are worried about the loss of CDs I'm concerned about the loss of the use of written English.

Multichannel downloads hahaha. DXD? We have done this conversation.

Whatever you actually want as your "format" when that sun activity kicks off you will have no power anyway. So you may as well give up.