What i see happening over here is that the CD sales also are going down very hard.
This is due to the MP3 usage if i have to beleive the press information of the record company's.
I think they have to blaim themselves. If i buy a brand new CD, the charge up to 25 Euro's for it (1 US$ = 1 Euro)
A DVD with a concert of the same artist is almost always cheaper, and has a much longer playing time.
I think something is wrong here. Replication of a CD must still be cheaper than for a DVD. If they sell so expensive, i understand why people who do not care too much about quality run to MP3 playback.

I would not mind buying some titles on high resolution format, but there is hardly any music out i really like to have. So i basicly bought a SACD player for 2 tiles only: Franky goes to Hollywood: "Rage hard the Sonic collection" and Hugh Masekela "Best off"

The Franky goes to Hollywood SACD is a nice multichannel mix with a number of track that were in the topxx over here.
The Hugh Masekela has (at least) one song i could not buy on CD anymore (Stimela, a.k.a. the Coal Train) Lets hope it is of good quality.

Jaco

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