do you still buy the CD's ?
Posted by: rich2513 on 04 July 2010
are people still buying cd's and then ripping so that theys till have a tangible physical real copy of something and something physical to read, look at or fiddle with when they are listening ?
Posted on: 04 July 2010 by Joe Bibb
Not for handling or reading stuff, merely because it's the easiest and cheapest way to buy uncompressed music. Until mainstream downloads in 16/44 or better appear, then that will remain the case.
Joe
Joe
Posted on: 04 July 2010 by Dungassin
quote:Not for handling or reading stuff, merely because it's the easiest and cheapest way to buy uncompressed music. Until mainstream downloads in 16/44 or better appear, then that will remain the case.
Agreed. I'm not interested in downloads or ripping (except for iPhone/holiday use) until that happens.
Posted on: 04 July 2010 by JYOW
Yes, been distributed for over many years but still buy CDs at the same rate if not more frequent. But I buy online if available in HDTracks, DG and others.
Most CDs are ripped once and left in shelf.
Most CDs are ripped once and left in shelf.
Posted on: 04 July 2010 by T38.45
...same as JYOW...i don't have a cdp....HDTracks, Linnrecords, iTunes, amazon are sources as well now...
Posted on: 04 July 2010 by winkyincanada
Yes, but just rip them and then file them. No CDP. I download very little.
Posted on: 04 July 2010 by HuwJ
Buy from Amazon (or similar), rip, put in a draw. No seen anywhere that is easy to get a wide range of downloads that I want at CD+ level.
Although broadband is good for downloading in theory, mine is so bad that it would be good to have downloads (3 or 4 albums at a time) sent on USB sticks with added band, song etc information. Especially in higher quality.
Regards,
Huw
Although broadband is good for downloading in theory, mine is so bad that it would be good to have downloads (3 or 4 albums at a time) sent on USB sticks with added band, song etc information. Especially in higher quality.
Regards,
Huw
Posted on: 04 July 2010 by nap-ster
How else can you get uncompressed quality apart from minority releases?
Posted on: 04 July 2010 by Occean
I still buy cds, just for ripping. I don't have a cd player anymore
Posted on: 04 July 2010 by rich46
quote:Originally posted by Occean:
I still buy cds, just for ripping. I don't have a cd player anymore
folk are all ready dumping cds , ive picked up loads from boot sales etc...cleaned them and ripped.
downloads ,,will take years
Posted on: 04 July 2010 by Hook
I concur with all of the buy, rip and file away comments.
Hardly ever buy new. Amazon dot com is good for checking the price difference of new versus used. Even just a few weeks after a new release there is overstock showing up on Amazon at significant discount. A few months after release, the "like new" are a fraction of the original cost.
Given how the economics have changed, it hardly seems worth it to pirate, but I guess that still persists.
Hook
Hardly ever buy new. Amazon dot com is good for checking the price difference of new versus used. Even just a few weeks after a new release there is overstock showing up on Amazon at significant discount. A few months after release, the "like new" are a fraction of the original cost.
Given how the economics have changed, it hardly seems worth it to pirate, but I guess that still persists.
Hook
Posted on: 04 July 2010 by Occean
quote:
downloads ,,will take years
No downloads for the mass market won't take year, just for us lot....if ever
Posted on: 04 July 2010 by {OdS}
Still buying and playing all my music on CDs. All are ripped to 128k mp3 for outside listening sessions though 
Posted on: 04 July 2010 by Klout10
Never bought so many CD's since I've got my HDX!
Regards,
Michel
Regards,
Michel
Posted on: 04 July 2010 by Harry
quote:Originally posted by Joe Bibb:
Not for handling or reading stuff, merely because it's the easiest and cheapest way to buy uncompressed music. Until mainstream downloads in 16/44 or better appear, then that will remain the case.
Joe
What he said
Posted on: 04 July 2010 by MontyMusic
Don't people enjoy shopping in record/cd stores anymore?
I find websites like Amazon can be cheaper than the high street (but not by a great margin) and it's easy to find what you are looking for but in my opinion you can't beat browsing through A-Z racks in music retailers.... Rough Trade, hmv, Selectadisc etc...
hmv seem to be re-building their range particularly in the bigger stores.....! It's great to see so much choice available and prices seem to be coming down. EG, there seems to be less back catalogue in the racks at £16 ! There's more available at £8 & £10 which is much more in-line with downloads and website retailers !!
I'll always buy hard versions of albums even if I do ever go down the HDX/NAS/MAC route...
I find websites like Amazon can be cheaper than the high street (but not by a great margin) and it's easy to find what you are looking for but in my opinion you can't beat browsing through A-Z racks in music retailers.... Rough Trade, hmv, Selectadisc etc...
hmv seem to be re-building their range particularly in the bigger stores.....! It's great to see so much choice available and prices seem to be coming down. EG, there seems to be less back catalogue in the racks at £16 ! There's more available at £8 & £10 which is much more in-line with downloads and website retailers !!
I'll always buy hard versions of albums even if I do ever go down the HDX/NAS/MAC route...
Posted on: 04 July 2010 by pcstockton
More than ever with the arrival of the DAC. I want to hear everything through it.
Posted on: 05 July 2010 by Tom_W
I still buy CDs because most of the music I like is from smaller independent labels, and I like buying directly, so that I can support them.
I also listen to CDs in my car.
I also listen to CDs in my car.