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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2018 15:27:54 GMT
When streaming first came around I was skeptical and wanted to still buy CDs to have some physical copy of the music. I know I could backup any downloads on a hard drive but that seemed like a pain. Nowadays, I'm sold on streaming and have Amazon Music. I would only buy CDs now as gifts for people or if it was a deluxe version with special packaging.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2018 15:33:37 GMT
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Post by darknessfish on Jan 18, 2018 16:40:02 GMT
I've got thousands of the buggers, I still buy them, too. I don't give as much attention to music streaming, and I think you have the more level of personal investment to try and appreciate music, if you've purchased it, especially if you have the physical object lying around. Streaming is too ephemeral. Also, I often have no idea what kind of music I'm looking for, so just pick up music on the basis it's cheap, the cover art is cool, or has a name or record label I recognise. It's much more difficult to discover something new that way via streaming.
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Post by jamesottosweetheart on Jan 18, 2018 20:03:46 GMT
To me having CDs is the way to go because your devices could up and one day just decide to quit on you at anytime.
God bless you always!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2018 20:28:43 GMT
I still buy CDs
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Post by alpha128 on Jan 19, 2018 0:41:14 GMT
CD is still my format of choice, as it's the most flexible.
I can play the original disc in my home CD player. I can rip it to MP3 and listen to that on my computer. I can create an MP3 CD with the contents of ten different albums and play that in my car.
And if anything bad happens to my computer, I still have the original disc as a backup.
The only time I buy the digital version of an album is if: 1.) it's really good, and 2.) it's unavailable on CD.
As for streaming, yes I'll stream individual songs or full albums on Youtube, but I call that shopping for a new CD.
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Post by Jayman on Jan 19, 2018 1:02:51 GMT
It was a long process, but I imported all my cd's onto my computer, added artwork to all the files, and then backed them up on dvd data discs as well as a portable hard drive so I have it backed up in 3 places. So I now use only an IPOD which I usually store about 300 albums at a time, and when I'm done listening to them I sync the next 300. Some people say they like the physical copy because they like to read the booklet. How many times are you going to read the booklet? You can fill up several cabinets with cd's and it takes up your whole apartment after awhile. I plan on throwing all my burned cd's in the trash and maybe keep some of the official ones or sell whatever I can.
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Jan 19, 2018 6:39:56 GMT
Post by Eva Yojimbo on Jan 19, 2018 6:39:56 GMT
There was a time I had nearly 3000 CDs, two huge revolving racks full of them. When my stereo listening became mostly PC based I sold most of my CDs and invested in a NAS to store all my music and movies. I have ~30TB worth of space (blu-rays eat it up quickly) and about 3/4 of my CDs are gone. Now I only tend to buy deluxe editions for my favorites or music in surround sound, like a lot of classical and those Steven Wilson remasters.
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Jan 21, 2018 4:33:50 GMT
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Jan 23, 2018 1:49:59 GMT
Post by Jokers_Wilde on Jan 23, 2018 1:49:59 GMT
When streaming first came around I was skeptical and wanted to still buy CDs to have some physical copy of the music. I know I could backup any downloads on a hard drive but that seemed like a pain. Nowadays, I'm sold on streaming and have Amazon Music. I would only buy CDs now as gifts for people or if it was a deluxe version with special packaging. Agreed.
However, where you have "Amazon Music", sub in "iTunes" for me.
I could probably count on my hands and feet how many CDs I've purchased since I've been on iTunes (2009).
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Jan 23, 2018 2:25:57 GMT
Post by Jayman on Jan 23, 2018 2:25:57 GMT
When streaming first came around I was skeptical and wanted to still buy CDs to have some physical copy of the music. I know I could backup any downloads on a hard drive but that seemed like a pain. Nowadays, I'm sold on streaming and have Amazon Music. I would only buy CDs now as gifts for people or if it was a deluxe version with special packaging. Agreed.
However, where you have "Amazon Music", sub in "iTunes" for me.
I could probably count on my hands and feet how many CDs I've purchased since I've been on iTunes (2009).
Joker's Wilde Yeah that's where I buy my music too. They make it pretty easy
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Jan 24, 2018 14:00:19 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2018 14:00:19 GMT
Shame on you.
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Jan 30, 2018 17:41:20 GMT
Post by Pep Streebeck on Jan 30, 2018 17:41:20 GMT
I really hated CDs.
- Gigantic ugly CD towers and racks were a prominent feature in anyone's living room. And they never looked good. When you're buying furniture at a record store, that's not a good sign.
- Record companies thinking they could charge $16.99, $17.99 or $18.99 a piece.
- The constant barrage of remasters, making you either need to invest more or get by with the outdated version.
- The gimmicks getting you to buy more CDs just to get a couple unreleased songs. Redundant compilation albums each featuring one or two different rare tracks. Multiple versions of the same maxi-single each featuring the same B-sides except for one - making you buy the basically the same CDs just to get all of the songs.
- Bands thinking just because they can make a 74 minute album, they should. Putting 18 songs on an album meant it was bound to be half good but mostly forgettable.
- Playing jewel case roulette in an attempt to keep my overpriced music collection looking presentable.
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Jan 31, 2018 5:15:19 GMT
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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Jan 31, 2018 5:15:19 GMT
- The constant barrage of remasters, making you either need to invest more or get by with the outdated version. In 99% of cases the "outdated" version was better.
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Post by OldSamVimes on Jan 31, 2018 11:20:58 GMT
I still buy CDs.
I like them.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 5:41:28 GMT
I still prefer CDs. My Wifey and I own thousands of CDs here (around 4000) and I am not into streaming but I do download some albums from I Tunes from time to time especially by Canadian and European artists and bands and independent artists and bands 'cause their albums are harder to get in physical form.
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Post by marianne48 on Feb 2, 2018 14:37:33 GMT
I still buy CDs. I also still have hundreds of cassettes, some dating back to the 1970s, that I still use.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Feb 10, 2018 14:38:02 GMT
Still buy CDs, not as often as earlier but I am getting too "old" or maybe just too stubborn to end up "re-buying" thousands of albums all over through streaming or some other online downloading sites, but as long as I have the option of either purchasing CDs in a physcial store or online, I will continue doing so.
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Post by theauxphou on Feb 10, 2018 14:42:15 GMT
I’ve around 3,000 CDs, I don’t listen to them per se, as I’ve transferred them to my iPod, but I’ll be damned if I’ll ever part with ‘em. I still buy them from time to time.
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Post by Vodkie on Feb 10, 2018 23:32:54 GMT
I still buy cds and vinyl records. I will willingly buy an album twice just to have it on both vinyl and cd.
I'll only buy digital if it's an independent artist i like that can only get digital distribution, or if I just want one song and don't feel like wasting the money on the entire cd.
Mp3 is crappy quality compared to a vinyl record or a cd.
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