YES!
Absolutely! Would be very happy to purchase MCH downloads as I listen to everything ripped into FLAC/DSD via a hard drive already...
They just need to get the pricing structure right!!!
I find HDtracks to be overpriced already... For example they are selling the stereo only John Lennon
Imagine - Ultimate Collection for £56.50, which is just £5 cheaper then the boxset - which makes no sense at all?!
The costs of manufacturing, logistics etc have to come into force otherwise you're just ripping people off and they either won't bite or find other means... I always check
7 Digital as well and they seem to be better value but don't have as many titles. It may just be a licensing thing in the U.K.
On
Acoustic Sounds they offer stereo SACD's for download and some of those 5.1 titles went OOP years ago and go for megabucks nowadays. In all the years since they've been OOP the artists and record companies have got zilch. So really they should be doing it. Storage is not an issue nowadays.
I personally would never go for a streaming option though. I have to own it. It just doesn't matter to me whether it's on a disc or a hard drive. I get the physical thing on vinyl but with digital stuff it's just a matter of how you deliver those 1's and 0's...
The ironic thing is I'm now buying albums on CD that I had previously bought lossy on iTunes, just to rip again. But those CD's are almost half the price at Amazon then they are as lossy downloads! Get the pricing right and they wouldn't have any problems at all...
Anyway, good debate. It's a win win situation if they were to do it.