Consumer research organisation The Leading Question, a sister company to Music Ally, has revealed in a new survey of 1,000 people that most UK music fans (73%) are still happier buying a CD than downloading. Even amongst teenagers the figure remains high, standing at a strong 66%. Likewise twice as many fans listen to CDs every day (59%) compared with MP3s (32%).
We wouldn't be surprised if part of this was because it is now very easy to convert CDs into music files, which is especially attractive when the cost of an entire album online can be quite expensive. Certainly some sites, such as Amazon, do have cheaper deals but that doesn't apply to their entire catalogue; shop CD sales are often a better deal.
Those who are paying for a digital music subscription service (such as Napster or Musicstation) [ALSO] spend more on CDs each month than most music fans (£16.87 per month compared to £11.37). Meanwhile music streamers (ie those who listen to streamed music on their computers every day) also spend more on CDs (£12.17 a month) and downloads (£7.02 per month compared with a survey average of £3.81) than most music fans.
We wouldn't be surprised if part of this was because it is now very easy to convert CDs into music files, which is especially attractive when the cost of an entire album online can be quite expensive. Certainly some sites, such as Amazon, do have cheaper deals but that doesn't apply to their entire catalogue; shop CD sales are often a better deal.
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thxPosted: 17 July, 2009 - 1:57 PM
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Glad to see this... Digital files sound like crap and you don't get the artwork that you do when you buy a cd/record. Plus you have the added step of having to back up your music nd you can't even lend it to friends. I will pass and stick with CD's, records and hoping for blue ray audio :)
ChristopherPosted: 20 July, 2009 - 1:06 PM
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Once again, a 'representative' survey only polls 1,000 people... To get a truly representative idea of the peoples' habits, you'd have to poll (imho) at least 5,000 people from several demographics to get a truly accurate sample.
Nevertheless, the news that people are even spending any amount on music is heartening!
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