Again, this is a matter of a natural cycle; a promotional blitz gets a large group of people started with collecting, and their sales rise to a certain level that plateau's out, and they get accustomed to thinking that this is a steady state. actually, once everyone gets what they're interested in, they obviously stop buying. I've got all 500 CDs I need, and I need to buy more CDs just as much as the ECONOMY NEEDS TO KEEP GROWING, which, in my humble opinion, reduces the economy to the level of a pyramid scheme. All things must pass, or sterben, as Bach would say, and I must say I like the idea that entertainment lives on re-usable hard drives somewhere rather than CDs in the landfills. Archimedes *********************************************** The CLASSICAL mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's HDMail High Deliverability Mailer for reliable, lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html