I don’t know many people who can still play CDs anywhere other than their car. Similar thing to what happened to tapes 20 years ago.I get into arguments with vinyl purists who insist vinyl is a more pure & accurate sound than digital. (well, i limit how often, when, and with who, but still)
Without going through my entire argument, vinyl's not more pure nor more accurate. The things they like about the sound of vinyl are the flaws and inaccuracies. I'm not saying it's wrong for them to like vinyl better. It's just not this pure & perfectly accurate thing that people think it is. And then good luck keeping whatever fidelity the records have after repeated plays. They've done tests where people can discern quality degradation after only 30 plays when compared to a brand new record.
I'm right there with you thinking this "revival" is a step backwards.
That said, the "revival" is only 6% of all music revenue. Nowhere near the 70% of revenue that vinyl used to be at one point. CDs are somewhere around 3% these days. Every once in a while i buy a CD for my aunt or parents because they don't do streaming or digital downloads. Every few years i even see some people try (and fail) to make a cassette tape revival too. WHY???So vinyl and CDs are still around, but barely.
If you like CDs, keep rockin'em! Just don't tell AL-X. He might try to get you to join his 12 song Black Sabbath band so you can play bass just like on the CDs, and you'll spend one practice per month going over the same songs with just AL-X and no drums or vocals.
But I know lots of people who take pride in their vinyl collection. Even if the way they generally listen to music is off spotify over bluetooth.
