which has disappeared?

Our theme this week centres on things that we have that were once useful. I pondered quite a bit and came up with this - 2 items considered to be used for similar purposes. One is quite old, but has NOT disappeared, while the other newer one has for sure.
There will never be music quality the same as analog.
While digital music confined one album at a time to a disc that damaged so easily was one of the worst technologies we have known in our lifetime. When you consider how much music a tiny device like your phone can now hold, the CD is ridiculous.
But for quality, I still go back to vinyl every time. @koalagardens

[Graeme Stevens]

It’s vinyl for me every time as well…unless I’m at the gym, in which case it’s a bit impractical, but certainly for home use!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

@graemestevens yeah like out on the ride-on mower, or mulching gardens etc, obviously it's on my phone and ear pods - but that is why the CD is DEAD. If you want to stop and truly LISTEN to music, vinyl is still the only way to go (look after your vinyl and invest in a terrific stylus)

[katy]

@koalagardens Interesting comparison and a spot on analysis! I like the way you have chosen to show the connection!

[Shutterbug]

Interesting comparison. I never thought about those that seemed to be gone, but came back because of their superior quality.

[Diana]

Great comparison and narrative. Unfortunately I gave Katja all mine when we moved to SA.

[Graeme Stevens]

@koalagardens Absolutely....running a Pro-Ject X2 turntable at the moment in a retrofitted 1963 Cabinet Stereo...it's all good :)

[Susan Wakely]

How soon we forget what was once so normal.

[Helen Jane]

The cassette tape was much more useless than the CD. But I agree, analog is king.

[Kathy]

I still have a few albums, but not turntable.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

@helenhall so true - great sound, but the heartbreak when the tape would get chewed up ...

[Granagringa]

Oh, I miss vinyl, but with all the moves we've made it sure is less cumbersome! Nice images!