Anyone buying CD's anymore

[CallMeJoe]

Bold statement! Sounds like there is a story to tell.

An affection for limited dynamics, limited frequency response, poor signal-to-noise ratio and high levels of wow and flutter.
Or admiration for the sophistication of a playback mechanism that automatically misaligns the playback head four times per tape.

Purely speculation, of course.

 

[Triumph]

For those that still typically purchase CDs... why? I kept buying CD's because I had no MP3 player, but now that I stopped I realized I don't need an MP3 player to take advantage of downloading music. It's much much cheaper and I can burn any music to CD that I want to use in a CD player.

did you read what anyone posted?

 

[effowe]

I'll only buy a CD if I'm at a live show and the album isn't available on vinyl.

 

[zerocool84]

What's a CD?

 

[IronWing]

What's a CD?

It's a financial instrument whereby you give money to a bank for a set period of time. At the end of that time they return your money plus interest in an amount 2-3% below the rate of inflation.

 

[CallMeJoe]

did you read what anyone posted?

There are those who have become so attuned to compressed files that they find the expanded dynamics and frequency response of CDs unnatural.

 

[Malak]

did you read what anyone posted?

Yes, not everyone posted a real reason why.

 

[Dubb]

I still only buy music on CDs, I've purchased at least 20 in the last 3 months.

They get FLAC archived and recoded to MP3 for portable use. Playback at home is from the FLAC.

I would not buy anything less than FLAC, and if I'm paying anything more than 50% of the physical CD I'd rather just buy the CD.

Viper GTS

This. except I use AAC for the portable stuff since the compression is a bit more efficient, and I'm an apple whore so I can't use .ogg or .wv on my phone or ipod.

The problem, as it always is with a large music collection, is with organization. 1.5TB of flac, which includes a great deal of live and rare as well as my DVD-A rips. I've been working on organizing and tagging periodically since 2004, and I don't think I'll ever finish. Windows 7 introduced a new hitch, where it thinks the stuff I groomed in XP is "owned" by someone else. So if I have to go back and make changes, I have to copy to another drive, groom, then copy back. I frequently get frustrated and leave it alone for a few months.

 

[lothar]

never have, never will.

While I enjoy music, I've never enjoyed it beyond what the radio will provide.

This.

 

[frostedflakes]

I still only buy music on CDs, I've purchased at least 20 in the last 3 months.

They get FLAC archived and recoded to MP3 for portable use. Playback at home is from the FLAC.

I would not buy anything less than FLAC, and if I'm paying anything more than 50% of the physical CD I'd rather just buy the CD.

Viper GTS

Same. I also like to flip through the album art, and will archive a high quality scan of the cover art along with the FLAC rip. Will probably continue to buy CDs until I can buy FLAC downloads online.

 

[Imp]

Yep, just like to have the CD in a case. I listen to it once then rip it all to near-lossless...

 

[JackBurton]

I buy CDs because I want the best audio reproduction of the music I like. I then rip it to Apple lossless or FLAC.

I actually prefer Blu-ray concerts over CDs though. Simply amazing sounding.

 

[dawp]

yup, the last few were Ronnie James Dio - The Elf Albums, Thea Gilmore - Harpo's ghost and KT Tunstall - Eye to the Telescope.

 

[Crono]

Just started buying them, actually.

I used to just download songs (ex pirate here ) back in middle school, high school and college. Now that I pay for my music, I like to have physical CDs. I rip them all to FLAC for my computer and use the actual CDs in my car to and from work.

I also have a Zune subscription which I use with my laptop and phone.

 

[Miramonti]

Local artists only.

 

[KeithTalent]

There was a very long thread on this topic a couple of weeks ago. I'm too busy to search for it right now.

KT

 

[SP33Demon]

I do and get them off amazon/half/ebay. If my computer hard drive dies, I'll lose all my latest greatest music before backup. So I only buy music in mp3 format if it's on sale so I don't care about losing it before backup.

Oh yeah, if anyone has a Protest the Hero "Kezia" CD for sale, hook an ATOTer up.

 

[StageLeft]

Absolutely not. Most albums are not at all worth the money

 

[Triumph]

Absolutely not. Most albums are not at all worth the money

I don't peruse the itunes store or amazon for mp3's, but if I wanted to buy, for example, an album with 15 tracks, I would be paying $15, correct? Assuming you're not pirating (not judging here), how is a CD not worth the money versus downloading mp3s?

 

[Crono]

I don't peruse the itunes store or amazon for mp3's, but if I wanted to buy, for example, an album with 15 tracks, I would be paying $15, correct? Assuming you're not pirating (not judging here), how is a CD not worth the money versus downloading mp3s?

I think he means he doesn't necessarily like all the music in a CD.

Which is where online mp3 stores have an advantage: you can pick and choose songs from different albums and artists.

Myself, I only buy CDs of albums I already know I like most or all of the songs. If I just like a couple of songs or just one, I use Amazon, iTunes or Zune.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

I still only buy music on CDs, I've purchased at least 20 in the last 3 months.

They get FLAC archived and recoded to MP3 for portable use. Playback at home is from the FLAC.

I would not buy anything less than FLAC, and if I'm paying anything more than 50% of the physical CD I'd rather just buy the CD.

Viper GTS

whoa Viper GTS, where the hell have you been man?

 

[abaez]

I buy alot of albums digitally simply because I don't feel that I'd care for having the CD. But certain bands I'll always buy the CD just to support then (direct for their label of course):

Physical CD's - I just bought Arcade Fire's new one (pink cover).
Bought Best Coast's CD before that, and before that LCD Soundsystem's new one.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

No reason to. Have fun jogging while you keep your Walkman steady.

 

[mmntech]

I don't buy music very often. I like classic rock and my dad already has a pretty robust collection so I just borrow CDs or LPs from him.

 

[Train]

No reason to. Have fun jogging while you keep your Walkman steady.

uhh 1994 calling. CD players rarely skip anymore.

Back in 2002 or so before i got my first mp3 player, I had a panasonic "Sport" portable CD player that you could submerge completely in water without harming it, and I you could literally bang it against a tree without it skipping. I used to go trail running with it all the time, I honestly dont think I ever heard that thing skip in the two years or more that I ran with it.