# Are CD's dead, yet?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cds-dead-yet/790860>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 9, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cds-dead-yet/790860 "2017-07-09T18:43:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cds-dead-yet/790860/81 "2017-07-11T20:15:15Z")

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> Are CD’s dead, yet?

Well, nobody’s got 'em in the Death Pool, so it doesn’t matter. 😉

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**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cds-dead-yet/790860/82 "2017-07-11T23:55:39Z")

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> [@friedo](#):
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> That’s got nothing on _What is Love_ on the [eight-voice floppy drive](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk_XaJ7gE4Q).

Spectacular! Thank you!

> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> Do share about the motors. I’ve heard the dogs. . . .

[Here’s a YouTube excerpt from Toolbox Classics.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUSX4tiqsZw) Not just power tools; also the traditional “warped saw” and some percussion bits.

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**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cds-dead-yet/790860/83 "2017-07-13T19:32:40Z")

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> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#):
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> Obviously they’re not dead yet, since they’re still being produced and sold. I’d be really interested to know how Amazon’s sales of physical CDs compares to their sales of digital music, both in total and for specific titles and genres; but I don’t know where to find such information…

They’d have to separate out the digital-only sales from digital downloads of music you’ve purchased on CD (if you buy a CD from them, you automatically have the right to listen to it via their streaming service).

That said: I’ll still usually buy a CD vs just the digital download. I know that Amazon’s MP3 files don’t have DRM, so they can’t take it away on a whim like they can with ebooks, but I still like having the physical backup. The CDs get loaded into iTunes then stuffed into a chest in the depths of the basement.

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**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cds-dead-yet/790860/84 "2017-07-13T19:46:40Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> Do share about the motors. I’ve heard the dogs.Tres cool. Thanks. But I don’t recall ever hearing any floppy drive make those sorts of noises. So the overall effect (for me) is fake rather than amazing.

yeah I think they use a MIDI device and motor controllers to operate the drive mechanisms directly, rather through the disk drive controller.

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**Author:** ![Wonderful\_Woodhall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@Wonderful\_Woodhall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonderful_Woodhall)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cds-dead-yet/790860/85 "2017-07-15T17:58:58Z")

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I still use CDs quite a bit admittedly, I rip them to my computer in mp3 format and use that the most , but I still use CDs. They’re not dead yet, if anything, cassettes and vinyls are.

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