Maybe it's the harsh northern climate we have here, but CD's are being phased out in my household. I like CD sound, but if I go through my collection of LP's and CD's I think the CD's are in the saddest shape. Maybe was always careful with LP's, maybe the CD collecting started at a point in life when drinking at least four days a week was normal. I made the switch to MiniDisc and most of my record collection is now safe on that medium! And as a car audio format, MD can't be beat..
Since the age of 13 or so, I have recorded 90% of every session of every band I've been in. First on compact cassette of course, then four track cassette. When MD came along, recording on four track portastudio and mixing down to MD was incredibly hi-tech and proffessional!
Then I got this VMT-8 digital 8 track. Only 2 tracks in, but I hooked it up to the MD recorder optically and was able to record four tracks simultaneously. The last move was building a separate control room and studio in my basement, recording on a Tascam 388 reel to reel 8 track, mixing down to MD or directly to CD-R audio. Then I bought a pro tools setup and that killed the interest for recording for a few years until I recently got another 8 track reel to reel and a 4 track MD recorder