Absolutely, it's amazing how much information is available now that was impossible before. I remember when I was a kid scanning magazines for tidbits of information about my favorite bands, or learning what I saw on MTV - that's about it. It does take the mystery away a bit somewhat but i'm fascinated reading about an album's recording, facts about it, reviews, etc.. when I'm listening to it.
And another big part of that is interacting with other fans of the same artists and types of music, that is a really cool aspect of the information age when it comes to music :0 [Edited 10/19/12 5:53am] * * *
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Agreed. I only listen to CD's in my house and would in my car except that my CD player is broken. I hate dealing with the MP3 player - sometimes the battery is dead, sometimes a certain song is not available- I will hang onto my CD's for as long as I can. | |
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ok, I'm gonna provide a "sensible" answer
CDs are useful because:
a) you get the real thing right away, you buy it, you listen to it, you earn it, forever, no limited hard-drive space, no fear of virus screwing the pc, no wasting hours downloading stuff, etc
b) the vast majority of PCs don't offer the sound quality of a GOOD (and affordable) micro HI-FI with a CD player; and mp3 players/headphones can screw your ears...EASILY; damn I wanna feel the bass pumping in my chest, not destroying my ears!! you can get a GOOD Hi-Fi for less than 500, you WON'T get a state-of-the-art PC with a GOOD sound system for less than 1.800
c) you can copy the cd songs to a hard-drive or an mp3 player with the MAXIMUM quality
d) it (usually) offers lyrics, photos, the artwork of the cover, etc. ok some genres have crappy front covers but I'm not a fan of those genres anyway
e) some albums are masterpieces, when you buy that album (cd/vynil, whatever) you're buying something "relevant" , like a classic book or a classic movie
that said, I think it's completely NORMAL/HEALTHY to get rid (sell!) of CDs of bands/artists we don't care anymore, but I CAN'T see why anyone would want to get rid of the Cds of his/her fav artists/bands...over my dead body
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and yes, as TD3 has said, the thought of HDDs DYING (yep, they usually last from 7 to 10 years, perhaps 12-15), is reason enough to have a PHYSICAL copy (original or burned, lol) of my cds, movies, pic/video collection of fav artists/bands and videogames...
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I don't know much about Windows Media Player, I've never used it per se to organize my music on a PC. I have my stuff organized in my Music Folder based on genre and year/timeline. As an example I have Pre War Blues, Gospel/Spirtuals, Jazz in several folders and then I'll have my Post War Blues, Godspel/Spirtuals, Jazz in several folders.
If you've created playlist via Windows I'm assuming Windows is pullling those songs from that particular album when you select it. You didn't creat a folder then put the music in it, right?
Apple has an option were you create a playlist by pulling songs out of your iTunes music folder, but when you want to back it up to an external hard drive or flashdrive is saves your playlist. I gonna check to see if Window Media Player has that same option and/or feature.
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Hell yeah you should!
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Crashing HDDs is no real argument for keeping CDs. You're a fool if you don't back up your important HHD stored data and when you don't back up your stuff, it serves you right to loose everything when your HDD goes bye bye (which it will, sooner or later). Also you can have high quality MP3 or Flac or whatever format, when you buy them online. So digitized music isn't of inferior quality per se. It depends on what you're getting.
Other than that, despite accessing your music much easier when it's all digitized, I never would give away my CDs. Also I would never pay for downloads. If I buy music, then I will buy a CD or vinyl, which will be with me forever.
@vainandy All data is usually directly saved on your music file. Earlier versions of WMP had a seperate data base, which stored all the information like genre, album, year and so on. But current versions save all the information on the file. To check just right click on a MP3 or WMA and see the properties and then file info and then you see the information which is stored on the file. | |
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keep them for equity sake.
if times get bad and the "going get's tough, oh baby don't you weep," you can always give a garage sale and get some $ out of them. otherwise save them as a catylyst for conversation at an "back in the day" dinner party.
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I find it interesting that no-one has mentioned the quality issue. In my NAD system with JMlab speakers I hear a BIG difference in CD sound vs whatever compressed format. The MP3 is quite lousy, it is fine in small dock devices, in shitty laptop speakers, but it is not a high quality format. I have my CDs and LPs and i use my mp3 s with my iPhone/pad, but it is not because of the clear sound...it is just portable, userfriendly format | |
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I keep all of mine as a backup. I threw out the cases and just stuffed each disc and booklet into a ziplock baggy and then stored all of them in shoeboxes.
The downside to this is having thrown out the cases for some pricey collectible CDs like Rave In2 that I would sell otherwise. So be picky. | |
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They take up a lot of space, but music has to be pretty important to you for you to have acquired that much music in the first place. So I say, keep storing and making the room for this. The stuff you don't want, of course give away or sell. I only kept my CDs in a binder (okay like nine binders) when I was in college residence and simply did not have the room. | |
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Indeed, even in today's modern world, backups are still a mandatory thing.
I could never. I know this is how CD libraries are kept too, but jewel cases stack on shelves and even sit in Rubbermaid containers better. | |
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vainandy I don't know the answer to your question either, because I don't use Windows. | |
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I'm keeping mine | |
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Well Good Lord! That sounds exhausting!!! "It's not nice to fuck with K.B.! All you haters will see!" - Kitbradley
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I've been doing some culling in the last few years just out of necessity when I need $50 to get through the week with food on the table. I've decided to embrace the idea of having more space and less attachment to objects when I can really liten to that music any time I want. It's a mindset shift, but I think it's healthy. The old habit of acquiring and acquiring stuff doesn't benefit me anymore so why continue that way?
Like I would never have dreamed of getting rid of my cassette collection 20 years ago, all the boots I traded through the mail for since I was 13. But last week I looked at them and realized I haven't opened those boxes in the 10 years since we moved into the house. I gave them to somebody, now he can have the fun of looking through them and making a list and checking them for sound quality and going "ooh what a great version!" If I really want to hear some crappy audience tape of an Adam And The Ants show from 1981, they have those on the internet.
Definitely rip it all in high quality - FLAC if you can - and save backups. Buy a giant portable with some of the money you get selling the collection.
As for You don't get much for CDs anymore but check around at the places that might buy them & see who's likely t give you the best bang for the buck. Maybe take 3 or 4 similar discs each to a few different shops and see what they offer before you decide which shop to take the whole thing to. The difference can be staggering. | |
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