Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ut-ngp.UTEXAS Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!swr From: swr@ut-ngp.UTEXAS (Scott W. Roby) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: CD availability Message-ID: <2028@ut-ngp.UTEXAS> Date: Sun, 14-Jul-85 20:40:15 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.2028 Posted: Sun Jul 14 20:40:15 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 08:36:32 EDT Distribution: net Organization: UTexas Computation Center, Austin, Texas Lines: 17 I recently bought a CD player, and have been having trouble finding discs. The local record stores carry a very limited supply. I am mainly interested in pop/ rock, and am wondering whether the shortage is due to nationwide shortages, or whether the local stores are underestimating the demand. I have a feeling that the stores continue to carry classical, jazz and "oldies" as their primary stock because of the mistaken belief that the typical CD owner is older, upscale, with more conservative tastes. This may have been true two years ago, but can no longer be taken as gospel with the advent of players under 200 dollars. Also, I've noticed that all my discs are made either in Germany or Japan. Are there no US plants manufacturing CDs? Could this be the cause of the generally high (and unacceptable) price of discs here in the US? One last question: Digital recording technology has been with us for some years now. Why are the vast majority of records still being recorded with analog equipment? I can understand a little known artist using cheaper equipment, but most "major" artists are still using analog. Why is this? Scott Roby (swr@ngp) *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***