What ever happened to Direct-to-Discs?

It's funny, I'm just finally getting into vinyl at the age of 29. I haven't bought a turntable yet but it will probably be my next major purchase. I'm already trying to get my hands on copies of stuff that my dad owns and other goodies. I already have a couple copies each of Lincoln Mayorga - Missing Link 2 and 3, and Thelma Houston's - I've Got The Music In Me. I just received in the mail 2 days ago a copy of San Francisco Ltd on Crystal Clear, and on the way is a copy of Sugar Loaf Express with Lee Ritenour(JVC) and the original Missing Link by Lincoln Mayorga which I have never before heard. I can't wait to hear them! What gets me is that even though these are all "old" recordings they are still my favorites. I have all the above on cd except for the San Fran Ltd and the first Missing Link, and not a single week goes by that I don't listen to at least one of them. The first cd's I grab to audition anything are Missing Link Vol. 2, Thelma, and Sugar Loaf Express. Yes, there are better recordings available but they are still my favorites and probably always will be. Nothing can compare to direct to disc, ever.

Yeah, Grumpybb. Try doing an A-B test with the d2d of Sugar Loaf Express and the cd. 'Nuff said.

When Reference Recordings issued the Dick Hyman direct-to-CD, there was a blurb in Wired mocking them for not understanding their own technology. As I recall, what Reference tried to do made a lot of sense. But Wired, who of course understand the digital workld better than anyone else and know that bits is bits, didn't bother to look any further. It really pissed me off.