tom,

i don;t think silver disks days are numbered (or at least i hope not) unless downloadable music and the attendant copyright nightmare is handled correctly. i still prefer to buy music on cd and rip it myself into a format that i think is the one to use. alc is the only other possibility at present but that is still potentially subject to some draconian copyright changes at a later date. if i could go to amazon and buy an album in flac format for 1/2 the price i could at tescos, mvc or virgin then i'd be doing that. as it is apples 79p a track means a 10 track album costs £7.90 and has the copyright 'problems'. i'd rather pay an extra 2 quid and be able to do what the fcuk i like with the music.

cheers

julian