Van Halen The Studio Albums 1978-1984 6 CD box

Gotta ask as apparently I’m missing the obvious.

Why buy these again?

ModelCitizen:
Gotta ask as apparently I’m missing the obvious.
Why buy these again?

If you own the remastered versions of the first 6 discs, then there’s no need. If you never bought the remastered versions and would like them, then this is a decent way to get them at a good price, assuming you’re willing to order from Europe or Japan, etc…

My fear is that iTunes is the replacement for CDs. iTunes is the largest music retailer in the world now. With CD sales declining every year, and iTunes and vinyl sales growing every year, it’s not inconceivable that we’ll soon live in a world where iTunes/mp3/downloads and vinyl records are all that’s left. If you want convenience, get the download; if you want physical media with full lossless quality and nice packaging, buy the vinyl. The Black Crowes upcoming release, ‘Wiser for the Time’ is doing just that – only on iTunes or vinyl, no CD release.

Ok now to be serious. I think vinyl is going to come back stronger than before. the popularity is growing again and the sound quality cannot be matched. i watched a show on VH1 classic (What’s it worth). gary (BaBaBooey, Stern’s old producer) is a host. They went to Jack Whites store in Tenessee and that is all they discussed.
The industry is growing because of the better quality vinyl being produced.

Go steal M&D’s stereo and find some needles and the funky thing in the center of a 45 again

ron: I know this risks derailing this thread, but what is the replacement for CDs?I haven’t seen anything come to market that replaces a CD as of yet.

Please please please don’t answer “MP3″ as that’s certainly not a replacement for CDs.Might as well push dog crap in my ears if all there is are MP3s.Gack!

Instead of MP3, think “files”. Some kind of file (there’s lots to choose from – from very high to very low quality) will replace CD’s because “file players” can hold 1000′s of songs instead of 20. The CD is as archaic as the floppy disk in a lot of ways. It’s big and clunky, fragile, and only holds about an hour of music. You can throw a “file player” in your pocket and plug it into just about any sound system.

ModelCitizen:
Similar to the way Netflix streams HD content.

Cough. Netflix streaming is barely better than VHS.

Gilligan:
Ha ha, Ron, you sound like a grumpy old man. “Things were better in the olden days!”

Kinda… but I can hear the difference in MP3′s, which I find annoying, and what Netflix calls “HD” streaming is less bandwidth than what is used on a standard DVD. I’ve watched stuff via Netflix streaming, and it was just hard to deal with (46″ set). Making the stuff easier to distribute and purchase is great, but sacrificing the quality to do it means it isn’t worth spit on a driveway.

Movie distributors and movie theaters did it right. Film projection (at least where I live) was always a crap-shoot and made going to the movies a disappointing outing most of the time. But digital projection provides a consistent presentation for the viewer, and it’s way easier for employees to deal with a hard drive instead of piecing together 20 minute film reels. Technology is good. But in the case of audio, I think most people are listening to content in such a way (in the car, or via ear buds) that the quality doesn’t matter…and until that changes, distributors won’t provide any better.

Convenience will always outsell quality.