"It's Not Hip to Brag About Your Pristine, Impressively Deep CD Collection—Yet"

"Amoeba's Henderson said that he can imagine a time when CDs experience a popular resurgence, but he wouldn't go so far as to suggest the format will become as beloved as vinyl, nor does he expect a CD collector's market to rival LPs.
"Part of it is the sheer quantity of used product floating around. Equally important, most compact discs lack the signifiers that create demand: different pressings, unique packaging and artful covers--the unique markers that make LPs collectible.
"The format's future mostly faces a less objective hurdle, Henderson says. "Ultimately, it's a really good product. It's just that right now it's being squeezed a little bit, and has a little bit of an identity crisis."

Randall Roberts in the Los Angeles Times writes that the "compact disc era may finally be entering its hospice stage."