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i'll never buy music that doesn't come on "a disc"
Problem with buying mp3's/itunes is you have nothing to sell on
Unlike CD you can buy - enjoy listening to - sell back on Ebay
2nd hand sales of music/software makes it very, very cheap to own (albeit temporarily) and as a result, the industry has been seeking a way around it
it seems they have found it by downloading music electronically with no re-sale value - Bingo!
As a result you'll see computer games moving in the same direction
Personally i'll never buy music/software that doesn't come on a physical disc
Unlike CD you can buy - enjoy listening to - sell back on Ebay
2nd hand sales of music/software makes it very, very cheap to own (albeit temporarily) and as a result, the industry has been seeking a way around it
it seems they have found it by downloading music electronically with no re-sale value - Bingo!
As a result you'll see computer games moving in the same direction
Personally i'll never buy music/software that doesn't come on a physical disc
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I have over 100 vinyl LP's and when CD came out, I (like many others) still had to pay full price for CD despite already bought it on LP (including the rights to listen to it)
When i bought an LP (or cassette), i wasn't just paying for a piece black plastic - I was buying the rights to listen - and to upgrade to better medium should been a matter of nominal cost, and it should been challenged in court
If i add up all the money i spent on music it would be a small salary - The industry must made £billions out of this scandal - so they needn't start crying on my shoulder when *they* feel ripped-off
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i-tunes be damned!!
An example of this is Red Box's "Lean On Me". I am not going to buy an awful 80s compilation for one track.
In the main I still buy CDs as I prefer having the hared copy of an album.
I have loads of compact discs and I am rapidly running out of room for new ones.
I have ripped some songs from my CDs to my PC, only for private listening, because my audio system is in the other room.
Vinyl LP's were best for that.
CD's sometimes don't have the same info that the old LP's did.
I have downloaded a few songs, but I do find the quality of the mix on MP3 downloads to be a bit tinny.
And I don't like that.
I always do because I wouldn't leave a bought original CD in the car and also they get scratched to buggery.
Won't have problem for long though because i've decided to use a MP3 player in the car due to the amount of damaged CDs in the glove box.
A plus with both methods is that you can create your own compilations as well.
At home I use Winamp with Lyricsplugin. Most well known albums/tracks will have the lyrics available.
All my original CDs are just gathering dust in a big box on the floor in the spare room.
I prefer to pay extra for a physical CD than pay for electronic bit-rates. At least on CD and vinyl, you have the copy for as long as you like. Mp3's are ok for listening to on the move or in the car...but for my cherished music collection...it has to be on CD or vinyl. (have even got a few original tapes)
I buy CDs because it seems really odd buying a non-physical thing for near enough the same price but suffers from less quality and less of a product. You are paying for the right to listen to the music but it should still be something physical. Digital files are so easy to use, so I always buy a CD where possible and rip that to my laptop.
and what if you have a few thousand of the things. Where do you store them all?
If i had a few thousand i'd be a disc-jockey
I have the same problem. My CD racks are full of music CDs and computer CDROMS and I just have no space for CDs. I prefer downloads as you don't have to worry about CD space and I'm not too bothered about quality - I just like to listen to the songs! I also like the fact that you just get the songs you like. :cool::)
Downloads make sense, although now everyone has high-speed broadband and far more disk space to store things (and can easily buy more), lossless bitrate options would make sense. We're already seeing the end of the 128kbps download...
I'm really not fussed about CDs since I got my iPod. Saying that, I started to properly "get into" music when I was about 14 - just as mp3s were starting to kick off - and I always found it frustrating having to choose just one CD to stick in the player when I was in the mood for my own variety of songs (there and then, not "oh I'll burn this combination to disc"). But yeah, in my experience (maybe I'm just not careful enough) CDs get scratched much more than files get wiped, and then the product is useless anyway. If I do buy a CD, I'll have a flick through the cover, but I don't really get much from it, and then it's just taking up room. I still feel like I've purchased something when I've downloaded an mp3 - but then I play some songs to death so much they have their own physical presence anyway
Think I'm going to buy the physical version of the new Mika EP though, as the artwork on it does sound interesting. Also a massive Mika fan
I rarely actually buy whole albums anyway and often buy the singles and album tracks I like - no point in paying for tracks I do not really like.
I also had problems with CD's taking up to much space. It was putting me off trying new bands as I knew that if I didn't like it I would still have the CD, and some of the bands I like arn't popular and therefore I wouldn't get much (if anything) if I tried to sell the CD.