As I fall into Categories 1-4 inclusive above, I'm not sure I would bemoan the death of CD - as long as some sort of physical media remained. This would be ok if Blu-ray Audio were to take off, giving 96/24 versions of our favourite music in stereo and multi-channel - plus album covers, lyrics, other intelligent thoughtful data to display on-screen (say, the videos where made).
I suspect it would be a smaller market than vinyl used to be and CD became - but another way of getting us to buy The Beatles, Stones, Queen, Pink Floyd, etc all over again!
Certainly as regards 'Aqualung', I have the DCC gold disc (having had CD, vinyl and cassette versions since 1971) but would like a copy of the Blu-ray Audio - but I don't want a 12"x12" box or the vinyl versions. Likewise the Pink Floyd multi-channel re-mixes........
If vinyl can continue to exist as a niche market, then so could hi-res digital physical media.
The major record companies have got so used to thinking in huge numbers of units that quality versions of their catalogues seem below the horizon. Obviously from a 'green' perspective, then doing away with oil-based product that needs warehousing and shipping around the world is a good thing. But, perhaps high quality niche marketing is the route to adding value to the download culture. Once much higher speed broadband is rolled out beyond countries like Korea to rural UK, European and US areas, then perhaps 96/24 multichannel downloads may become a possibility and a viable alternative........but don't hold your breath!
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