Yet, with all these digital music files filling up hard drives, research from Parks Associates indicates that most music-lovers lack immediate playing portability.

The September 2003 study finds that only 20 percent of digital-music users own an MP3 player — and a scant 8 percent plan on purchasing one within the next 12 months — preferring to burn their own CDs instead. Parks found that some 80 percent of PC users own a CD burner.

"The CD is being replaced as a distribution method, not a format," said John Barrett a research analyst at Parks Associates. "Digital music users are taking their tracks, burning them onto CDs, and then playing the CDs on their stereos."

From the article "Music Fans Still Burning," by Robyn Greenspan.

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