BOSTON -- When they hit the marketplace about 20 years ago, compact discs had the record business spinning. Now, a leading music retailer says CDs are entering their twilight years, as digital technology takes over.

"One year from now is when the dark day is, when all involved with prerecorded music will suffer failure," Newbury Comics founder Mike Dreese said.
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I personally prefer CDs to strictly digital music.
Of course, I usually transfer music to my puter & to my mp3 player when I want to take it on the go