The cheapest I've seen are around $500 or $600. Do you know how many bills I could pay with that much money? Or I could get some much needed work done to my car. Or I could pay down on the outrageous balance on my credit card which got charged up in the first place because of emergencies with no money to pay for them with. Hell, I even owe my doctor some money also.

Until computers go down to around $200, they are still too expensive.

cd's and vinyl
More and more I am hating music downloaded unless its a lossless format. Especially iTunes, their downloads are crap.

Yes, I still buy CDs.

I also buy digital files of stuff that's hard-to-find and I want to support.

yes, I still buy cd's. I don't buy many, but when I want new music, I buy cd's.

I buy them sporadically now because I don't have a whole lot of room at my new apartment (I had to leave most of my CDs back in New York! ) I have a 60GB iPod that has most of the important stuff on it though.

I love the act of going into a record store and actually SHOPPING for albums and CDs. The surprise of finding soemthing you weren't necessarily looking for and buying it as well. There aren't many record stores around which sucks because I used to LIVE at Tower when it was here.

MP3s are fine and good but as everyone's said, sound quality isn't as good and its intangible. They don't come with any information either. What if I want to know who the players on a track were, or who the producer was? You don't really get that with a file.

not really.

guitarslinger44 said:

I hope that eventually it is common place to have a picture file attached to every song file showing all of the necessary session info (+ lyrics). How hard would that be?

I think the intangible-ness of it is what holds me back, considering I can get down with any other format. :irocktapes:

sro100 said:

honestly no unless im on the hunt for something old like a imported album or cd singles.

Christopher said:

Cinnie said:

ill take all those!



throw in a Xcape cass-single to0

my bedroom is chocker block with CDs
im thinking of going through them and donating some to oxfam.
i love downloading my music from i tunes but that DRM is a pain at times
[Edited 3/19/08 16:22pm]

Christopher said:

I feel you. I get a LOT of albums on import because, to be real, America is late when it comes to a lot of current, modern dance music. Unless you're in a city like New York, LA, Miami, Detroit, Chicago with venerable scenes -- you would have no fucking idea what is going on -- so I can't hate on the internet or folks getting stuff online if you're in Kansas or whatnot. U.S. consumer relevance is so backward to the point where muthafuckas REALLy think heads is on some gel-in-your-hair, Night at the Roxbury shit and still erroneously dub it "techno" or "trance." So I don't hate on folks who get their download/burn on if they don't want the wack ass selections next to the toothpaste and toilet paper @ Wal-Mart.

And I think it's funny some heads are trying to vilify iPods.
[Edited 3/19/08 17:52pm]

Cinnie said:

"Make It Hot" is on your playlist, too.

AlexdeParis said:

lol get out! that's awesome

Cinnie said:

All of these inner-city high school classics.

I only buy CDs if I can't find a title in a downloadable format -- then I rip the music and sell the CD. I like the music, but I don't like amassing much stuff.

Anxiety said:

I with you on that, especially the liner notes. Tres importante.
That used to be a ritual. Buy the LP and then sit there consuming all the liner note info.
The problem now is that the text is so small on CDs, these old eyes need glasses.

Haven't joined the iPod crowd for similar reasons along with the work involved in loading all the music into them.
I've purchase 2 for my daughter so far. Sometimes i'll look at her old one and consider using it. Then I regain my senses.

My CD purchase are split between new releases and replacing older LPs
I'll use "alternate sources" for things that are rare, out of print, or material that just won't ever make it to CD.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

Yes, it's convineint for me and God help me, I love album covers.

It's hard for me to download stuff and keep track of it and I never know what particular songs I want. So I just get a CD.

I sure do

Especially of artists that I feel need the endorsement

I do! I generally buy around 15-20 new albums each year and around 40 older ones, plus CD singles if they have nice goodies. The problem that's now facing me is finding shelving to store it all!

Yes!

sro100 said:

All the time!!! I have an ipod finally..got it free actually, but I put
some friends' songs on it....as far as recording artists, I still love the
CD with inserts, cover art, etc.

It feels sooooo good!

Yes I do and that's not gonna change for a long time. Nope, no matter how enslaved we humans become to the digital format, I'm still gonna be a sucker for plastic. Hell, I'm not gonna change my love for vinyl and cassettes. I still even buy those to this day. The same for VHS and DVD's too.

I'm too poor for an iPod dammit.

NWF said:

Kudos to you!!!

theAudience said:

i'm in love with my new iPod, and would totally recommend you loading just a bit of music to one of those old iPods sitting around your house. they're great for when you're traveling or when you're stuck in front of a computer for long projects at work...especially if you load a lot into the iPod and hit random play. voila! you have your own personalized jukebox/radio station, catered specifically to your tastes. i love it.

BUT. when i'm at home and i'm enjoying music, i still make a point to listen to CDs and vinyl, and i still love reading liner notes and digging on the album art. it's an important part of the whole experience to me, and hopefully it always will be.

Yeah, I buy them and put them on my iPod

I've got a 80 GB at the moment so hopefully that won't get filled up too quickly.

DANGEROUSx said:

i doubt it...i just passed the 10,000 song mark on my iPod and i've only used 40gb so far.

DANGEROUSx said:

DANGEROUSx said:

Me too. I just Put the whole thing on my mp3 player. But my mp3 player is cheap and only has 2 gigs. Bleh.
Hopefully, I'll get a new one for my birthday in a few months.

nope