yes, music cds and flac/wav downloads are too expensive, imo, atleast here[in most post soviet countries, imo] it is too much - paying 11 and more euros per cd+shipping, and since you can get music for free from p2p, then why saving pennies for few cds per year [if any] if you can download allmost everything and it will cost you nothing [if you have bandwidth].
i would certainly buy shitloads of cds, but i simply cant afford them, give me few thousand euros and ill start right away, otherwise its not financially gainfully.