Tell me about yr music collection: digital, CD, vinyl, etc.

[LetMeSleep]

Back in 2005 I sold an Iron Maiden CD single to some guy in Brasil for $126 (aust). It had 2 tracks and it wasn't that rare.

And so started Human Bass' rampage against the h*mens of Brasil.

Be Quick Or Be Dead

[mf]

I almost never listen to CDs but i still keep them around for the collectability. I've got about 700-800. I don't buy much these days unless i can get it from the band directly. My wife and I have also started a modest vinyl collection as well. Not trying to rebuild the whole collection but buying some of our all-time favorites for when we play cards on the weekend.

[zeb]

Not trying to rebuild the whole collection but buying some of our all-time favorites for when we play cards on the weekend.

This sounds cosy.

[malice]

probably 250 to 300 CDs, more than 250 albums that are digital - not sure how many though; around 100 actual records on vinyl, 30 or so cassettes. on the whole, i'd rather have vinyl records and still have a decent record player (needle in great shape after more than 20 years). still also have a 'tape deck' although I almost never use it. I like CDs but don't trust them for longevity and have been slowly collecting in digital format any music on CD that I feel is still worthwhile.
most of my listening enjoyment is carried out digitally these days - partially because the music playing equipment is packed up in boxes currently.

[Birds in Hell]

I still listen pretty much exclusively to CD's

most of my listening enjoyment is carried out digitally these days

This is pretty much the deciding factor for me; even though I've still kept hundreds of CDs at this point, I pretty much never pull a disc off the shelf in order to listen to it. If my actual listening is entirely digital, the CDs themselves feel kind of superfluous.

I should make clear that I very much want to actually buy this digital music (at least, whenever possible). Hopefully lossless downloads will become more prevalent, though it's weird to see high-res options like Pono, HD Tracks, etc becoming established even before options for CD-quality downloads (which I think are perfectly acceptable) are very widespread.

[surfndestroy]

I should make clear that I very much want to actually buy this digital music (at least, whenever possible). Hopefully lossless downloads will become more prevalent, though it's weird to see high-res options like Pono, HD Tracks, etc becoming established even before options for CD-quality downloads (which I think are perfectly acceptable) are very widespread.

It's pretty crazy that you can download a movie in HD from itunes but the best option for music they offer is 256. Frustrating that they have both the capability and capacity but don't make it available to consumers. Don't even get me started on the price. You can buy an HD movie that cost hundreds of millions to make for about the same cost as an album that was primarily made in someone's home studio. The current music distribution model is flat out broken.

[BigRedLedbetter]

Sadly almost all of mine is digital. I have maybe 50 CDs. Mostly 90's stuff, some Springsteen, Purple Rain, etc.

I use to have a solid vinyl collection but sold it. Regret that.

[CopperTom]

I have about 400 studio CDs in alphabetical order stored in shoebox esque boxes. They're on a shelf in my man cave.

I also have 1,500+ PJ live CDs in a drawer system in chronological order. I also have all of these data files archived on DVDs.

I also have a few hundred CDs of other artist's live performances.

[Kevin Davis]

I still listen pretty much exclusively to CD's

most of my listening enjoyment is carried out digitally these days

This is pretty much the deciding factor for me; even though I've still kept hundreds of CDs at this point, I pretty much never pull a disc off the shelf in order to listen to it. If my actual listening is entirely digital, the CDs themselves feel kind of superfluous.

I should make clear that I very much want to actually buy this digital music (at least, whenever possible). Hopefully lossless downloads will become more prevalent, though it's weird to see high-res options like Pono, HD Tracks, etc becoming established even before options for CD-quality downloads (which I think are perfectly acceptable) are very widespread.

People give me crap all the time for still listening to CD's; I even had a clerk at a store make a relatively condescending remark a few months ago when I returned a defective portable CD player to the store, something along the lines of, "Well, if you'd stop buying outdated technology, you wouldn't have these problems..." Probably true enough (though I still contacted her supervisor and insisted she apologize to me in front of him).

There are a number of things that keep me from going totally digital, though I have found more than a few practical purposes for my iPod:

1. The oldest CD on my shelf is from 1995, when I was in 6th grade (Nirvana's "In Utero"); it plays like it's brand new. Since 1995 I have probably had 4-5 different computers crash on me. If a CD breaks, I take a few bucks and replace it. I don't relish the idea of having to find and replace my entire music collection if my hard drive crashes; I realize you can make backup copies of things but it seems like that would defeat the purpose of getting rid of the discs in the first place.

2. I said earlier that I had about 1200 CD's -- but factoring in multi-disc sets and (especially) the bootlegs I have stored in binders, I would be looking at ripping 1900-2000 individual discs to a hard drive, were I to go completely CD-free. I have neither the time nor the desire to do that, nor a device that would accommodate all of that data (and if I was going to completely convert, I would insist on it being lossless). I also don't have internet access at home right now, so every time I rip a disc, I have to manually enter all the information, which is a pain.

3. I like CD's. I like how they look neatly arranged on the shelf. I like having whatever liner notes and artwork the artist has selected to go with the album. It's probably silly, but CD's are how I have listened to music my whole life -- it's just the music delivery system that feels "right" to me.

So for me it would involve buying an external hard drive (maybe multiples for backup purposes), and then spending a bunch of time doing something I don't want to do in order to achieve a circumstance less attractive to me than my current one. Not a tough call for me.

[tk]

Roughly 400 Vinyl LPs. Most all of them I've bought new in the 13 years. Worth upwards to $17,000 according to discogs.

[Kalevi]

Hand full of records and casettes. Digital downloads (not much comparatively) hundreds of cds, also rip cds from the library regularly. Almost all of my music comes from a cd one way or another for many of the same reasons as KD

[mf]

Not trying to rebuild the whole collection but buying some of our all-time favorites for when we play cards on the weekend.

This sounds cosy.

It is.

[i got bugs]

I need to buy a new 3TB hard drive in the near future..

Mines near full

[Iprefertheiroldstuff]

I sold all 500 of my CDs over the course of a few years. Digital age, motherfuckers. I can understand vinyl, but a shitty CD that gets scratched when some impatient philistine changes the music at a house party? Fuck outta here.

[Iprefertheiroldstuff]

I need to buy a new 3TB hard drive in the near future..

Mines near full

This guy gets it.

[zeb]

Not trying to rebuild the whole collection but buying some of our all-time favorites for when we play cards on the weekend.

This sounds cosy.

It is.

This guy gets it.

[Simple Torture]

I sold all 500 of my CDs over the course of a few years. Digital age, motherfuckers. I can understand vinyl, but a shitty CD that gets scratched when some impatient philistine changes the music at a house party? Fuck outta here.

"CDs are digital." -chud

[Iprefertheiroldstuff]

Chud's an idiot.

[LetMeSleep]

Possibly but not in this case.

[Iprefertheiroldstuff]

Only a wanker would interpret the use of digital in this context to mean anything but its physical method of storage.