klootfan Advanced Member Posts:851  
| 8/10/2005 10:01 AM |
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Ive had my iRiver mp3 player for over a year now at this stage. Very happy with it. Havent quite got the entire collection on it yet, but bit by bit ill get it done.
However, one of the thoughts I had at the time of purchase was that would happen to my cd's now that all my music was on my player. One year on and they are stacked in the bedroom gathering dust.
Seems like such a waste really. The only time they get dusted off is to give them a loan to a mate or for a party. It has me pondering as to the point of buying them in hard copy at all. Should I just buy them online. I cant bring myself around to that yet for some reason.
I like the idea of opening the sleave and flicking through the pictures, and looking down through the credits, but you can only do so much of that. So it must come down to the collector aspect of having a hard copy, but that is something that is also of limited appeal. whats the point in having a hard copy of the new Coldplay album for instance, theres no collector value in that.
So what to do with the stack of cd's taking up valueable space ???
Sell em ?
Box em ?
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benniAdvanced Member Posts:947
| 8/10/2005 11:16 AM |
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Oh man dont get rid of your records seriously. You'll regret it. There's nothing like the real thing. This is coming from a record collector granted but still you'll wish you held on t'them. My Dad got rid of a load of records when he was younger and he regrets it - originals and Ltd Ed of Willie Nelson, The Byrds, The Beatles 'A Hard Days Night' 7", David Bowie, Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis amongst others. In time you'll wish you held on to them.
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MullyAdvanced Member Posts:849
| 8/10/2005 11:24 AM |
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Plus thing of your kids, what'll the have to play with .... Ah the look on my uncles face when he found me & my cousin playing frisbee with his 7inch (oh er) singles.
On a serious note, I'm the same boat, CDs get ripped, then get put into the cabinet. I used to be like that, listening to a cd in my bedroom as I flick thru the inlaycard, reading the lyrics, reading the Thank Yous to see if I recognise any of the names that get a nod.
But the way I listen to music has changed. I havent listened to music indoors in about 10yrs (Maybe a few times), but 98% of the time I listen to music is on the move, walking to work, getting the bus/train somewhere. So I dont read inlaycards anymore. Plus the standard of Inlaycard is seriously deteriorating.
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klootfanAdvanced Member Posts:851
| 8/10/2005 11:51 AM |
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Yeah, I can see how for nostalgic reasons, holding on to them makes sense.
But there is no guarantee that cd's themselves can last for long periods of time. People are finding that with some of the earlier releases on cd's, the cd's themselves are beginning to degrade, even though it was claimed they would last for years.
But yeah, I would like to be able to look back on my music collection in 20 years and flick through the inlay cards and what ever.
Interesting point mully on the inlay cards...bands seem to be moving towards very slim inlay cards, with just a few photos of the band on them. Not a lot of thought put into them
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Norman Schwarzkopf Basic Member Posts:427
| 8/10/2005 11:58 AM |
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I remember looking at my mam's old vinyl as a kid being fairly fascinated by them. So keep your CDs and THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
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strollerAdvanced Member Posts:576
| 8/10/2005 3:41 PM |
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I keep all my CDs in those big 200 capacity wallets. I just throw the plastic cases in the bin and keep the inlay cards in shoeboxes under my bed. I'm always really anal about collecting things on vinyl and I'd never sell them but I couldn't give two f*ck about CDs.
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palaceBasic Member Posts:392
| 8/10/2005 5:11 PM |
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this all scares me a bit... i'm not really up on the new technology side of things and have always believed (probably wrongly?) that there'll be a loss in sound quality by transferring things into mp3's etc...
still totally anal about vinyl and cd's... generally put my headphones on connected to my stereo and put an album on from beginning to end... rarely listen to music on the move because i can't listen properly
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Norman SchwarzkopfBasic Member Posts:427
| 8/10/2005 5:22 PM |
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was just talking to a mate about that. I haven't been able to sit down and take an album in. It's all walking and listening on random or something and i have a stack of new stuff to listen to. I much prefer to sit & listen. You can see why people forecast the death of the album when so many only listen to single tracks.
With my first airing of Arcade Fire, I sat down to listen for a few minutes and ended up getting off my bed an hour later cos I couldnt turn it off. I need to do that more!
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Gar Veteran Member Posts:1676
| 8/13/2005 12:01 AM |
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I never got into vinyl....but I'm a huge cd collector. And even though I've used my ipod everyday for pratically three years now, I still find myself spending way too much on cd's. I'm not into downloading and as a broke student I don't have a credit card to buy from itunes. But every Friday, I love the feeling of scouting the shelves and picking up latest albums released and some rare one's. The hard copy of the cd represents your effort of investing in it, time you took to buy it (order it) and a reflection of your music taste at a certain period of time.
So I reckon don't even throw away the cheesy one's!!!
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