I buy cds. I am still old-fashioned in certain aspects, haven't advanced to downloading music via Itunes, etc. nor am I savvy with Ipods and all that.
It took me forever to switch from cassette to cds. As a matter during a move last year, I tossed out two bosex of cassingles, and on Friday sold a shit-load of cassettes to a pal that still likes cassettes. Got rid of them for a $1.00 each.
I acquired in one day new cds by Brutha, Rapheal Saadiq, Anthony Hamilton and
Musiq Soulchild. I deeply regret the first two. As much as I think Saadiq is talented, his apeing completely the Sixties Motown sound in every aspect was a bitoo much for me. I also recently acquired new cds by Aretha Franklin, Jeff Beck and Plies. My musical tastes are all over the place (sure that seems obvious).
I like cds. If they become obsolete, I guess I will have to learn how to do the Itunes and Ipod thing. I am now investigating Blu-ray also. Tired of every damn thing changing.
I do agree cds have been way over priced. They should have never been over $10.00 per. If they hadn't been over-priced then perhaps the music business would not be in such dire straits.

Anxiety said:

Exactly.

I still buy vinyl and cassettes too since there's still a bunch of stuff out there that can only be had in that medium.

I detest proprietary stuff like Itunes and Zune but I download from Amazon quite a bit.

Although I seriously don't have the space anymore I still occasionally buy CDs of artists I really like or who I have a large catalog of. I don't mind downloads of singles or b-sides and I may get an album of someone I'm a casual fan of but that's becoming more and more rare. Usually, I go to the used store and buy CDs for my jazz collection. Current stuff is either too high or unavailable.

I still buy Cds also. I have never used Itunes to download anything. I really don't like listening to music on my computer and I really don't care for the MP format or the Ipod. I liek having the booklet so CDs are best for me but I really like analog lps. The only thing there's too much hassle with analog. I listen mostly in my car but I really wish you could load a turntable in your car.

I buy both LPs and CDs.
I gotta have the album in my collection, not just a file on my computer.

If I like 3 songs or more, I buy the CD. But for a song or 2, I get them from ITunes...

I still get CDs

I hate having music stored in my computer

Alej said:

After a few weeks, it does get annoying. I have no music stored on my computer. Unless I have blank CDs, what's the use? I'll get some next week tho.

I still buy CD's and LPs. I spend time in the US now and then and it is so hard for you folks who live there to find a record store where you can just browse. I'm from the UK and there are still record stores so yeah i often buy CD's.

I wouldn't touch ITunes if my life depended on it. The biggest rip-off ever.

babynoz said:

i need to show amazon.com's mp3 store more love...it's a perfectly good resource, but i always forget about it.

I buy CDs when it's artists I truly like. The last CD I bought was the Japanese edition of Thriller 25

I only buy and keep a CD if it is something I know I'm going to listen to longterm and not want to sell back. It sure made for extra space on my shelf.

eaglebear4839 said:

Likewise. If I see a CD I know I'm gonna like, I'll buy it and then keep it in my stereo for a long-ass time.

I still store music on my computer- but basically that's because my computer speakers are soooo awesome

marnifrances said:

Why I need that when I got YouTube and IMEEM to do that for me.

I still buy CD's Love it and records.

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Same here I'm Old School.I still buy vinyl records too...lol....

Timmy84 said:

You can't download music from iMeem...unless you got what I got

Timmy84 said:

it does get annoying, especially cause I'm a freak about my HD space

bboy87 said:

They have tricks on how to download songs on IMEEM on some YouTube videos but I'm too chickenshit to do it because you know how they tell you one thing and another thing (bad) happens.
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Timmy84 said:

It's all about having Firefox AND another program

I buy CDs

damosuzuki said:

same here

graecophilos said:

Same here!

They are overpriced and now there are more convenient ways to get and play music so I can't say I'm gonna stay a CD buyer for long. I will try to still pick up the important releases of my favourite artists though.

I understand the arguments about "physical product" and "booklets" and such, but they are all about nostalgia and the casual buyer couldn't care less, that's why CDs will soon become some kinda limited editions.

All the time. Occasionally vinyl. iTunes is such low quality it's even noticeable to an audiophile like me. Plus I find it overpriced. I mean what do you actually get when you have a digital download? Nothing in effect.

I prefer to buy special edition cds and dvds. I like the packaging, the artwork, the whole fact of having something of value that I can actually hold in my hand.

And what kind of valuable collection will people be able to sell at record fares of the future if all they have is an SDCard?

Cinnie said:

"God" "that's" "better." "Thought" "it" "was" "just" "me."

bboy87 said:

Download Manager?

iloveannie said:

"Why" "did" "he" "put" "it" "in" "quotations"?

sure. I never bought any single MP3 file in my life, and I don't intend to do so for the next 50 years. mp3 is acceptable for a quick "pre-listen", but after that, in case I decide I like what I hear, I will get the physical format.

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Timmy84 said:

2 reasons- YouTube isn't stereo (I have a woofer and surround sound with this beast) and download limits. Yes, the internet in Australia sucks and my uber slow speed with 4Gig limit won't allow me to load youtube and imeem all day.
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