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An all digital world wouldn't be so bad if everything was lossless, but it's not.
And the CD's provide back for the digital and vise versa. Accidents happen, computers get viruses, etc. I'd hate to lose my entire digital collection just because a nerd in his garage wanted to infest my PC with a virus.
There's pro's and con's to both, but I'll always have an affinity for the physical CD cases and how cool they look. Not to mention, popping the CD's into the stereo system and cranking up the volume.
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I love owning CDs, but I have to agree, for day-to-day playing they don't come out.
I'm ready for a post CD world too, although buying on CD is still my first choice.
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Space.
Not the final frontier, but on my shelves.
For years I horded CDs, bought everything I was interested in. And then...
... I found out that I only listened and loved about half of it. Heck, even less.
And so I began to sell the others. I pared down my collection again and again to my absolute essentials.
That feels extremely good. The others I don´t miss.
Of course, I want to listen to new stuff and make discoveries. But I don´t buy CDs unless the artist is one of my heroes and deserves that attention. Everything else I download. It´s cheaper and I can delete it if I do not warm to it.
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I will never stop buying cds until they stop making them.
And i take them out all the time to play them.
I have never bought an album digitally and do not plan to do so any time soon.
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Posted: |
Oct 24, 2013 - 5:39 AM
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Reeve
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I have not heard my holy grail – Superman: The Music – in CD format – yet….
I’m not even sure if I will…..
Does that answer your question(s)?
I am actually worried, that I won’t do it – if I ever do – will I notice the difference?
Will I hear more instruments, richer orchestrations – or better clarity for that matter? I don’t know?
Maybe I don’t want to know….
….and you know why – because you cannot program a CD to do the play-list you want.
Another example - SANTA CLAUS THE MOVIE - that 3 CD set is awesome, and it sounds even better than any of the Superman Music I have heard, but - will I ever hear the CD?
An example of play-lists is that I will create my own version of Santa Claus: The Movie using the instrumental tracks of the CD, rather than listening to it as the original CDs are programmed, and that is an advantage itself.
But, unfortunately, as mentioned - if you don't have back up copies - you can lose the digital product!
For me, it is more about the play-list, than the sound of the music, such as, can more instruments be heard?
The CDs are already remastered. Much better than I have ever imagined, so I don’t mind buying the digital downloads. (I hope they are much cheaper).
But….
As long as the CD is available to purchase, I will always buy that first!
Think of it this way…..
Would you buy “Cocoon” if it was half price, and available for 320 kbps without the cover, and no liner notes, and ALL you have is the music?
Or…. Would you pay full “NORMAL” price for the CD, but you know yourself – actually – that the CD itself, will never be played, because you will immediately upload it to your hard drive?
I will always buy the CD – no matter what the cost, and – as mentioned – I am buying 2 copies of Cocoon, because that is how much I love it.
Pros and Cons are in everything out there.
There will always be day and night in everything – loving the greatest music in the world, unfortunately comes very pricey!
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Oct 24, 2013 - 5:48 AM
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Spymaster
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Of course, an obvious answer is that soon enough we probably won't have any choice, CDs will go the way of the Dodo. As it is, I'm the only person amongst my friends, family and work colleagues who actually still buys CDs of any type. Everyone I know only downloads now (legally or not), many for the reasons Schiffy states. I get strange looks when I say I still buy them, and get the adage that the 90s have long gone. I have the feeling it is the tide that won't be turned. It's unrealistic to think CDs will continue to be manufactured in the long term.
And yet CDs still, by and large, offer better sound quality than downloads. The general public is a bit thick really, following trends whether they make sense or not.
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Oct 24, 2013 - 6:08 AM
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David-R.
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Like many here, I buy CDs all the time. But I do what many other folks here do: I rip the CD (in lossless FLAC) and they go away essentially forever. Now, I'll admit it does look nice to have all those CDs on the shelf but really I'm the only one who is impressed since most other people I know would never devote so much space to such obscure music.
I love having all my music digitally.
The ability to create this huge library of music and alter it in any way possible, transfer the music anywhere at fast speeds, create personal albums, edit albums to my preference, play music almost anywhere instantly, well all of that is just wonderful and I would never go back to standard physical media.
But until lossy compression remains the norm, I will continue buying CDs.
^ Pretty much this. I love having the album art and liner notes, getting it signed, and having resale value if it turns out I don't like the CD as much as I thought. But the perks of having the music digitally are too big to ignore.
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