Buying a CD is the best way to ensure that you get the original version of an album. This is particularly important for older music, which has been 'remastered' several times. Streaming usually only has the latest and worst sounding version, but you can get the original master on CD, with all of its dynamic range left intact. I know casual listeners probably don't care about this, but for those of us who have good hi-fi systems, you can't beat the sound quality of CDs from the '80s and '90s!
Haha. Nope! It depends very much. I once bought a CD which was kinda "licensed press", but it sounds as bad as 128kbps mp3. I downloaded mp3s later and they obviously originate from real original CD and do sound much better.
Okay. Now compare the 2024 remaster of Queen I with the original album. I did so. Here's the result: The remaster has a much better sound. On a streaming service like Apple Music, many albums (even classics) are now available in Dolby Atmos, meaning for the first time you can experience many great recordings with more than just two speakers (e.g. Pink Floyd - The Dark side of the moon which sounds absolutely fantastic. Or Abba. Or Queen. Or The Police. Or Taylor Swift...). Try to achieve that with a CD that's limited to stereo, 22,05 kHz per channel and 16 bit depth. If you want to enjoy music in a really good quality, your medium of choice will always be downloads or streaming (e.g. Tidal or Deezer Hifi)
Being a bit hardcore about sound quality, I believe we've reached the point where the guys who really knew how to master older music to disc have mostly passed away. Leaving us a multitude of nitwits who haven't got a blooming clue...
I'll never forget the day we got our first CD player. My dad convinced the sales clerk to give him a huge discount on the display model. No idea how he pulled that off but we came home with a pioneer 6 disc changer. And as a bonus, it already had a disc in the player. Kool and The Gang.
Thanks for the article. Here in the UK the golden age of the used cd is under way. Charity shops provide maximum bang for buck. Rare cds are going for pennies. They sound great and I struggle to think of a downside. We are tactile animals. Streaming doesn't satisfy that. Nice show 👍
I'm in the UK too and agree wholeheartedly. I don't get to go to charity shops very often, so I buy most of my secondhand CDs from musicmagpie. I bought my first standalone hi-fi CD player in 1985, a Philips CD150, and still have it to this day. Even by modern standards, the specifications are still quite spectacular.
I just started collecting two weeks ago after being a very early adopter of digital downloads, pirating, and later streaming. Since I was starting from scratch, I assessed the pros and cons of all mediums and arrived at CDs as my preferred blend of benefits and drawbacks. I love putting CDs into the player and leaving the internet and phone off. Compared to records, I prefer the improved durability, price, ability to skip tracks and reduced cleaning. I can't wait to have a huge library, I'm just getting started!
I was just thinking about this today, but I dont want to swap CDs, I need something that holds 12 discs, - I wish there was a modern day iPod, but not designed for on-the-go. Some kind of iPod hifi-system
Ima cd seller and buyer in 2024 finishing the year strong 💪 hopefully 2025 we have a cd 💿 revival to bring them back better sound quality u own the music and support ur favorite artist I’m never going to support cheap ass streaming physical media forever 💿💿💿💿📀📀💿💿💽💽💽💿💿💿
I mostly buy CDs (maybe 85% CD, 15% LP in a given year.) I listen to a lot of indie music so buying physical media is really the only way to support those artists (excepting getting to see them live.) Streaming is so bad for 99% of artists I simply can't justify it for myself.
I have 1200 rock ,jazz and country cds because ii have an older vehicle and enjoy car audio nothing sounds better to my ears than a quality cd based car audio system
I remember in 1989 when the CD was starting to sell more than vinyl. I was still into vinyl because it was $4.00 cheaper than the CD even tough the CD was much cheaper to produce. Then I remember walking into a Sound Warehouse in the spring of 1990 and all of the vinyl was gone. The store manager said the labels requested the return of all vinyl, except 12" dance versions, and they were all sent back to the the them. I wonder what they did with them?
Cut-outs and then they sold them back to the stores. The cut meant that the store bought it outright and could not return it. Most of the other titles were on consignment and that is how a store like Circuit City or Media Play could place Black, Latin, and more obscure reissues into their stores. If they had credit coming back if it didn't sell, they could do it. The independents who bought titles outright would have to specialize, know their customers, and have high volumes. Online sales changed that 20-25 years ago but before then stores were taking huge risks but chains who did consignment were somewhat immune.
I started collecting music in the early 80s, then only on vinyl. I was very happy when Philips and Sony introduced the CD in 1982. Then I started collecting CDs in 1987, when I bought my first - very expensive - CD-player. From that moment I stopped buying vinyl. Early 90s I sold most of my vinyl collection. I still have some music on vinyl, mostly LPs that were never released on CD. I never bought any digital downloads. I only use streaming services for checking a certain song. When I like, I will try to buy it on CD. Now in 2024, I buy about 8-10 CDs every week. Both new and used CDs. My collection now is about 3500 CDs.
I started collecting CDs in 1993 & I never went back to vinyl or cassettes. I still buy CDs today though I may have to stop because I have so many & running out of places to store them.
I have predominantly bought CDs since around 1987. I'll never stop buying them. I also like buying records but they're generally too damned expensive. Also still record them on cassette tapes for my vintage boombox collection. Long live physical media !! 💽💿😎👍
Removing physical media from the brains of the younger generation was the best the industry was able to do (and it was not their own idea!). You have to pay over and over again (one time or subscription), just to have the feeling to get the newest stuff or be able to listen so something without advertisements. I'm fine with that, but will never be a part of it. When something is not available as physical version, I don't spent money on it. The first years of Netflix were great, we still have a subscription. The same for Spotify. But I'm going more and more back to my existing media, or buy "new" (often 2nd hand) media on CD, Vinyl, DVD, Blu-Ray (even HD-DVD) and Laserdisc. It's such a great feeling to have a sleeve of a Laserdisc in my own hands, without the risk, that a company removes exactly this tune/movie right in that moment from a service. For music, all my CDs are ripped, but for Vinyl I play them regularly on a turntable. For movie material, there's nothing better than inserting a disc into a player, start the home cinema and "clam down" (the same for vinyl).
CD's will NEVER Die !!! It's my Favorite Format. I Love Vinyl & audio cassettes but CD's are by far my personal Favorite. The Sound is Perfect & that's my feelings about it. This Video is GOLD 👍🏻🪙💿🪙👍🏻
Not that it makes the search easier but I've come to feel like specific genres benefit from specific formats. Library Music/Soul/Psychedelic Rock benefit from 12" Records; R&B/Global Music from the 70s/80s Pop (single artist) music benefit from 7" Records; Hip-Hop/Grundge/Punk Rock benefit from Cassette Tape; Classical/80s Pop (groups)/90s R&B/Jazz benefit from CD. The caveat being how the album was mastered and if it's rereleased, what "actual" changes were made to improve the sound (some albums either suck after being brought to digital while some albums greatly improved). Overall, if you just want to to music and most of your taste is of major label acts that existed from the 60s-90s, CD is probably the cheapest option. Also, they sold millions because of how cheap it was to manufacture, so paying someone more then $20 for Michael Jacksons "Thriller" wouldn't make sense because of how many should be STILL in existence. And no, disc rot isn't super common. You can go into a dollar bin at a mediocre record store and if a CD isn't too scratched, you're good.
CDs are great, you can rip them to your computer and have them digitally and you can rip them in multiple formats and they are also a lot cheaper to ship than 12" records. I love records too but buying them second hand online has become so expensive with the huge increases in shipping fees, if i can't get it in a physical shop or amazon with free shipping then i'm rarely buying vinyls outside that but CDs & Cassettes are much cheaper to get shipped internationally.
Yes I agree, CDs are a very good audio format. I recently bought the uncompressed 1987/88 Beatles albums on CD. I used to have them years back and threw them out in favour of the 2009 mixes and the Beatles in mono box set. These original CDs still sound very good and are much closer to the original sound recordings than the later remixed compressed versions. An exception is the 1999 Yellow Submarine Songtrack especially the remixed Eleanor Rigby which is the best version by far.
I keep buying CD's, some new but mostly used at second hand. They are practically giving them away. I stream stuff too, but rarely and if so, it's for the purpose of making mix tapes. I prefer physical stuff rather than paying a lifetime subscription and not owning a sh!t.
I never gave up on CD's . I play them strong since my first player in 1985. Yes i have all my audio casettes to. My last LP albums & 12" was in the 1992. But my CD collection never died at all. Yes i'm a vintage collector of stereo speakers from the 1970's & especially from the 1980's
I am already thinking to go back to CD's or to get certain albums I love on CD. Some albums I download on Apple Music, I notice sometimes one of the songs was removed. And to get it back, I may need to re-download or add that song from another version of the album. Or worse, I get a message saying the song is not available to play in my country. Sometimes they let me listen to the song from another compilation album. I feel I shouldn't have to deal with this since I downloaded that album, I pay money every month for the service and I should have the freedom to listen to the album in full as it was intended. It's more convenient to listen to these albums on my phone when traveling. Using a portable CD player just to listen to one album looks kind of silly in public though. Maybe if I am lucky, I can just listen to them on UA-cam or elsewhere on my phone.
@Dj.D25 You will only look silly to empty, shallow people. Meanwhile, you'll be enjoying your music much more. If I see a cd walkman/diskman I think it's cool. A cassette walkman? I might applaud 👏 ✌️
Yes, I still love, purchase and collect cds. Unbeatable sound ( when decently mastered), very practical for handling and use. Plus the attraction of having art and liner notes...
I have never bought digital downloads or a subscription. I buy new and used CDs mostly, then used LPs, occasionally a new 45. I have 4500+ pieces of physical media and never going to listen to it all, so don’t need much at this point.
CDs are also "digital albums". In fact the Compact Disc was the FIRST digital audio medium for consumers. As a late "Boomer" (Born 1962) I did not grow up with CD, But rather I grew up with "vinyl" (I H8 that term we just called them "records") and Cassette. I KNOW I'll catch hell for this from other boomers, But CDs are superior to both. MiniDisc WAS a close second to CD.
I still buy CDs because it's still the most affordable digital physical lossless audioformat with the biggest reach and you can even easily make an audio CD yourself. SACDs are harder to find and usually cost more, DVD-Audio is basically dead since years (so no chance buying albums on that format) and BD-Pure Audio is still not having enough releases of Albums i want. And besides that thankfully some very old early 90s CD Masters are STILL pressed as factory new CDs till this day. Like Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life" or Tom Petty's "Full Moon Fever" album. Once you rip your CD as lossless FLAC files you basically have a lossless physical copy in your collection and also high quality lossless Audio files for any mediaplayer you wish to play them on. No streaming site can come close to that. I hate lossy audiocompression. AAC sounds like garbage and so does MP3 and WMA. Heck i even buy a lot of Audio Dramas on CD because it's nice to lay in bed with a portable little CD player and headphones on, listening to audio stories without lossy compression.
CD's sound better than digital downloads. I have over 10,000 of them. I also have over 5,000 vinyl lp's. I love listening to music on my audiophile grade system.
I go with CDs because they're high quality and sound better. As for vinyls, or should say records. Records are so cool to collect. I know their are really prices are kind of a little up range. If I buy those records, it comes with a little card plus the code, and you have to download it off the computer. But I'll go stick with CDs for time being.💿
I never stopped buying cds. I love getting and keeping them. Lately I've gotten a lot from thrift stores. My go to is usually ebay or sometimes Discogs. The biggest thing is the convenience. You don't have to pull out a whole record (if you have them) and go through the whole thing of putting it on. For my cds, I just throw them on the computer or bluray player, and that's it! The prices are decent most of the time. Records used to be affordable, but over the last few years I stopped as they went to almost $25-30 for a single one. Nope. Cds rule.
Around 10 years ago I got the idea that I really should fill out the catalogs of all the artists I like. At that point I had about 250 to 300 CDs. About 3 years ago I still had the same amount but then went on the quest to get the ones I wanted. I kind of went overboard and now I have around 1500 CDs. I thoroughly enjoy them all. The only problem is that I don't have enough time to listen to them more often.
Not sure if anyone mentioned that many of the newer CD players have circuitry to upscale the frequency and dynamic range to near high-resolution quality, which can make it sound more detailed and realistic.
Unlike records, compact discs never really went away. I take advantage of all the formats. Streaming is good for exploring albums you never got around to listening to. Internet radio is good for discovering new music & obscure classics. Downloads are nice because they can be combined in playlists & collections plus don't need an internet connection (they are not necessarily compressed BTW). CDs can have exceptional sound quality & may have collectability (some packaging is much better than others). Record albums have a cool factor, collectability & easy to handle size (I can actually read the lyrics!), but pressing quality varies & they are often overpriced. Don't forget Blu-ray for multichannel albums.
BTW I had a subscription for musical service for about a year and... Well, this was not so bad experience. I have discovered some great bands I never knew before!
Well. I do download files to listen to. No need to buy them. They are available for free usually. However, in order to support Artists I do buy Vinyl and CDs for collection sometimes.
I love CDs and my kid even owns her own CDs. The biggest problem is getting a good new CD player for someone who doesn't want a whole HiFi setup (or does but not there.)
I have quit a few CDs (along with tapes, LPs, 78s, a Durium record from the 1930s and 2 WW2 vintage V-Discs). I'm not opposed to streaming (I have an Apple Music subscription) but sometimes I like listening to an actual tape or CD, plus there are some things you can't get with online streaming.
I buy digital, ranging from mp3 up to lossless depending on how highly I think of the particular work, and buy CD if a super fan of an artist or if the music isn't available digitally. All formats have their place!
Digital album sales and even new cds are made fairly hard to find as not all releases come out in that format. It's sort of like when manufacturers discontinued vinyl albums and singles in the late 80's as they cannibalized their own sales and declines were that much more dramatic. The first rule of retail is, you can't sell the man empty shelves. If you could monitor how many used cds and vinyl records sold that would be a good indicator but that info can't be obtained. Most music except for current and best selling catalog titles are out of print and it's always sort of worked that way since it costs to warehouse titles and if they don't sell, that's throwing good money after bad. Most collectors are like myself where they want to explore a given era in depth. Classic rock, soul, and jazz is often limited on cd because the cd wasn't current at that point in time. For 90's and later, vinyl is limited because they didn't sell in massive numbers when that music was current either.
I buy a lot of CDs as they regularly turn up in charity shops and record fairs at ridiculously low prices. I only tend to buy if they are reasonably priced and secondhand.
Streaming sucks. I go to a favorite playlist and discover that several of my songs are grayed out and I hear them anymore. My CDs are always there for me. (Until the RIAA lobbies to stop the m manufacture of the players!)
I need some help, my tech friends. I had a loss in our family, and lost our house in a fire. In my old house with my sister is all my digital CDs. I would like trustworthy sources to sell them for the most I can get them, not eBay where people often pay you surface, or rip you off. Sometimes auctions or personal buyers will pay much more, also because of the extended higher worth and value ro them. Any help would be appreciated, and thank you.
Here in So Cal some of the bigger record shops will come and evaluate larger collections. They will pay less than retail I'm sure, but they're reputable and convenient.
Buying digital downloads/streaming is the same as buying ice cubes... There's always a chance you can lose them under circumstances beyond your control.
CDs are my music obsession. I hate record LPs, it is a fad that will die soon. Over expensive and simply annoying. Downloads are like food, eat and excrete. CDs are forever!
Digital download is convenient depending on the price & if i do buy Digital music I go on Amazon because I prefer Mp3 format over itunes ACC format that's encoded with DRM I'll buy from itunes as a last resort
Yes 👍 Amazon is also good as once you buy the physical copy Amazon also give you a free Digital copy too which is handy out and about 😊 But I personally would NEVER just buy Digital 😉
Streaming never really appealed to me at all too I thought it would just make people lazy and inconsiderate. With cds and other physical media no internet, no Wi-Fi, no sign in, no login no email no account
CDs, DVDs and Blu Rays wil NEVER be "dead" to me. Physical media is YOURS. Spotify/Netflix might remove your band/movie. My rule is if I like an album/movie enough to listen/watch mor than twice, I get the physical copy. If a physical copy is un available, I buy the download and burn my own disc. Oh what drives me nuts is people who stream music and say they prefer the convenience of "digital" better than CD. OK Convenient, perhaps, but CDs ARE digital! As for on the go listening, I have "mixtapes" (playlists) ripped from MY CDs as Mp3s for my phone. I'm not gonna pay a subscription to listen to shit I already own.
Ok, so first off, Cd are at this time the best format for a person thats in to direct physical access to qhat they have payied for qith real Money ! I will never buy or pay for ANY thing that i do not own. Its mine !!! The other main reason Cds are a going to be a great option for must is that its cheaper to buy Cds than Vinyls which is a world in itself 😅 but also you can't nowadays always fit a whole album of music on Vinyl or it has to be a dubble Lp experience which as we know can make things a little or very expensive ?! Try to fit more music and the sound quality gets bad real fast ... Personally im for Cd and Vinyls and will NEVER but or pay for Streaming.... can be useful in the car to Stream but not for me . I pay I own it ...👍
Of course CD album sales outdo digital album sales. Digital albums: (1) Streaming only; (2) Only pay for 1 or 2 songs, not the rest of the album; (3) Piracy.
@@nigelfreeman6192 I don't see it much different as illegally downloading mp3's back in the day. The music world survived. They get a "stream" on the video anyway, it's not much different than taping a song on the radio.
Now this is VERY INTERESTING!! I had no idea that CDs were outselling digital sales by three fold, this is comforting to me as a big fan of PHYSICAL MEDIA!!! and not the digital crap that you pay for but YOU DO NOT OWN IT!!!
im 17 years old and i listen to cds all the freaking time and have been since i was 9 you people are so modern
Buying a CD is the best way to ensure that you get the original version of an album. This is particularly important for older music, which has been 'remastered' several times. Streaming usually only has the latest and worst sounding version, but you can get the original master on CD, with all of its dynamic range left intact.
I know casual listeners probably don't care about this, but for those of us who have good hi-fi systems, you can't beat the sound quality of CDs from the '80s and '90s!
Haha. Nope! It depends very much. I once bought a CD which was kinda "licensed press", but it sounds as bad as 128kbps mp3. I downloaded mp3s later and they obviously originate from real original CD and do sound much better.
Totally agree! In very few cases a remastered version is better, but, most of the time, it's better to get the first release on cd.
Okay. Now compare the 2024 remaster of Queen I with the original album. I did so. Here's the result: The remaster has a much better sound. On a streaming service like Apple Music, many albums (even classics) are now available in Dolby Atmos, meaning for the first time you can experience many great recordings with more than just two speakers (e.g. Pink Floyd - The Dark side of the moon which sounds absolutely fantastic. Or Abba. Or Queen. Or The Police. Or Taylor Swift...). Try to achieve that with a CD that's limited to stereo, 22,05 kHz per channel and 16 bit depth. If you want to enjoy music in a really good quality, your medium of choice will always be downloads or streaming (e.g. Tidal or Deezer Hifi)
@@Auberge79 "once" sums it it up perfectly!
Being a bit hardcore about sound quality, I believe we've reached the point where the guys who really knew how to master older music to disc have mostly passed away.
Leaving us a multitude of nitwits who haven't got a blooming clue...
There are innumerable reasons why I still buy CDs, but my main reason is sound quality. Unfuckingbeatable...
I use streaming primarily to sample an album or song before buying it.
This is so true ..the bit rate is much much better that downloads....oh and I still buy Cassettes..
I'll never forget the day we got our first CD player. My dad convinced the sales clerk to give him a huge discount on the display model. No idea how he pulled that off but we came home with a pioneer 6 disc changer. And as a bonus, it already had a disc in the player. Kool and The Gang.
I love CDs. This is the only medium of music that interests me since 1984.
I love CDs too, But I LOVED having a MiniDisc in my car!
@@jamesslick4790 Super!
I only buy CDs.❤
Me too. I agree with you there
Thanks for the article. Here in the UK the golden age of the used cd is under way. Charity shops provide maximum bang for buck. Rare cds are going for pennies. They sound great and I struggle to think of a downside.
We are tactile animals. Streaming doesn't satisfy that. Nice show 👍
Same in Australia, I am buying heaps which would have cost me a fortune in the Golden Age of the CD.
I'm in the UK too and agree wholeheartedly. I don't get to go to charity shops very often, so I buy most of my secondhand CDs from musicmagpie. I bought my first standalone hi-fi CD player in 1985, a Philips CD150, and still have it to this day. Even by modern standards, the specifications are still quite spectacular.
I just started collecting two weeks ago after being a very early adopter of digital downloads, pirating, and later streaming. Since I was starting from scratch, I assessed the pros and cons of all mediums and arrived at CDs as my preferred blend of benefits and drawbacks. I love putting CDs into the player and leaving the internet and phone off. Compared to records, I prefer the improved durability, price, ability to skip tracks and reduced cleaning. I can't wait to have a huge library, I'm just getting started!
I was just thinking about this today, but I dont want to swap CDs, I need something that holds 12 discs, - I wish there was a modern day iPod, but not designed for on-the-go. Some kind of iPod hifi-system
You can burn CDs off YT too.
I only ever play CD's. Got fed up with vinyl crap.
I still like CD'S today. 😀👍💿
Ima cd seller and buyer in 2024 finishing the year strong 💪 hopefully 2025 we have a cd 💿 revival to bring them back better sound quality u own the music and support ur favorite artist I’m never going to support cheap ass streaming physical media forever 💿💿💿💿📀📀💿💿💽💽💽💿💿💿
I mostly buy CDs (maybe 85% CD, 15% LP in a given year.) I listen to a lot of indie music so buying physical media is really the only way to support those artists (excepting getting to see them live.) Streaming is so bad for 99% of artists I simply can't justify it for myself.
I often listen to Mumford & Sons " Sigh no more " on my streaming set up. I got the CD and the improvement was vast. The difference was night and day.
Thank you, this has been on my mind as I approach recording and releasing my music.
I have 1200 rock ,jazz and country cds because ii have an older vehicle and enjoy car audio nothing sounds better to my ears than a quality cd based car audio system
I have a 2013 Chevy Volt with a CD player and it works just fine (of course it has Sirius/XM too).
I remember in 1989 when the CD was starting to sell more than vinyl. I was still into vinyl because it was $4.00 cheaper than the CD even tough the CD was much cheaper to produce. Then I remember walking into a Sound Warehouse in the spring of 1990 and all of the vinyl was gone. The store manager said the labels requested the return of all vinyl, except 12" dance versions, and they were all sent back to the the them. I wonder what they did with them?
Cut-outs and then they sold them back to the stores. The cut meant that the store bought it outright and could not return it. Most of the other titles were on consignment and that is how a store like Circuit City or Media Play could place Black, Latin, and more obscure reissues into their stores. If they had credit coming back if it didn't sell, they could do it. The independents who bought titles outright would have to specialize, know their customers, and have high volumes. Online sales changed that 20-25 years ago but before then stores were taking huge risks but chains who did consignment were somewhat immune.
I started collecting music in the early 80s, then only on vinyl. I was very happy when Philips and Sony introduced the CD in 1982. Then I started collecting CDs in 1987, when I bought my first - very expensive - CD-player. From that moment I stopped buying vinyl. Early 90s I sold most of my vinyl collection. I still have some music on vinyl, mostly LPs that were never released on CD. I never bought any digital downloads. I only use streaming services for checking a certain song. When I like, I will try to buy it on CD. Now in 2024, I buy about 8-10 CDs every week. Both new and used CDs. My collection now is about 3500 CDs.
I started collecting CDs in 1993 & I never went back to vinyl or cassettes. I still buy CDs today though I may have to stop because I have so many & running out of places to store them.
All your comments are so right. 🙂
I have predominantly bought CDs since around 1987. I'll never stop buying them. I also like buying records but they're generally too damned expensive. Also still record them on cassette tapes for my vintage boombox collection. Long live physical media !! 💽💿😎👍
Removing physical media from the brains of the younger generation was the best the industry was able to do (and it was not their own idea!). You have to pay over and over again (one time or subscription), just to have the feeling to get the newest stuff or be able to listen so something without advertisements.
I'm fine with that, but will never be a part of it. When something is not available as physical version, I don't spent money on it.
The first years of Netflix were great, we still have a subscription. The same for Spotify. But I'm going more and more back to my existing media, or buy "new" (often 2nd hand) media on CD, Vinyl, DVD, Blu-Ray (even HD-DVD) and Laserdisc. It's such a great feeling to have a sleeve of a Laserdisc in my own hands, without the risk, that a company removes exactly this tune/movie right in that moment from a service.
For music, all my CDs are ripped, but for Vinyl I play them regularly on a turntable. For movie material, there's nothing better than inserting a disc into a player, start the home cinema and "clam down" (the same for vinyl).
Im so glad CDs are doing well in life and finally out of rehab, hopefully they've kicked the habit for good. 😉
I still buy CDs however most are second hand but when i do buy a new album I get it on CD.
CD's will NEVER Die !!!
It's my Favorite Format. I Love Vinyl & audio cassettes but CD's are by far my personal Favorite.
The Sound is Perfect & that's my feelings about it.
This Video is GOLD 👍🏻🪙💿🪙👍🏻
Buying more CD than ever. Used CD are dirt cheap.
Not that it makes the search easier but I've come to feel like specific genres benefit from specific formats. Library Music/Soul/Psychedelic Rock benefit from 12" Records; R&B/Global Music from the 70s/80s Pop (single artist) music benefit from 7" Records; Hip-Hop/Grundge/Punk Rock benefit from Cassette Tape; Classical/80s Pop (groups)/90s R&B/Jazz benefit from CD. The caveat being how the album was mastered and if it's rereleased, what "actual" changes were made to improve the sound (some albums either suck after being brought to digital while some albums greatly improved). Overall, if you just want to to music and most of your taste is of major label acts that existed from the 60s-90s, CD is probably the cheapest option. Also, they sold millions because of how cheap it was to manufacture, so paying someone more then $20 for Michael Jacksons "Thriller" wouldn't make sense because of how many should be STILL in existence. And no, disc rot isn't super common. You can go into a dollar bin at a mediocre record store and if a CD isn't too scratched, you're good.
CDs are great, you can rip them to your computer and have them digitally and you can rip them in multiple formats and they are also a lot cheaper to ship than 12" records. I love records too but buying them second hand online has become so expensive with the huge increases in shipping fees, if i can't get it in a physical shop or amazon with free shipping then i'm rarely buying vinyls outside that but CDs & Cassettes are much cheaper to get shipped internationally.
Yes I agree, CDs are a very good audio format. I recently bought the uncompressed 1987/88 Beatles albums on CD. I used to have them years back and threw them out in favour of the 2009 mixes and the Beatles in mono box set. These original CDs still sound very good and are much closer to the original sound recordings than the later remixed compressed versions. An exception is the 1999 Yellow Submarine Songtrack especially the remixed Eleanor Rigby which is the best version by far.
I keep buying CD's, some new but mostly used at second hand. They are practically giving them away. I stream stuff too, but rarely and if so, it's for the purpose of making mix tapes. I prefer physical stuff rather than paying a lifetime subscription and not owning a sh!t.
I'm not dead! I think I'll go for a spin.
I never gave up on CD's . I play them strong since my first player in 1985. Yes i have all my audio casettes to. My last LP albums & 12" was in the 1992. But my CD collection never died at all. Yes i'm a vintage collector of stereo speakers from the 1970's & especially from the 1980's
I think CD’s are more practical than vinyl. And furthermore I don’t like streaming.
CDs are always better than vinyl, but I do all streaming today.
Finally, someone with brains!😂😂😂
I am already thinking to go back to CD's or to get certain albums I love on CD. Some albums I download on Apple Music, I notice sometimes one of the songs was removed. And to get it back, I may need to re-download or add that song from another version of the album. Or worse, I get a message saying the song is not available to play in my country. Sometimes they let me listen to the song from another compilation album.
I feel I shouldn't have to deal with this since I downloaded that album, I pay money every month for the service and I should have the freedom to listen to the album in full as it was intended.
It's more convenient to listen to these albums on my phone when traveling. Using a portable CD player just to listen to one album looks kind of silly in public though. Maybe if I am lucky, I can just listen to them on UA-cam or elsewhere on my phone.
@Dj.D25 You will only look silly to empty, shallow people. Meanwhile, you'll be enjoying your music much more. If I see a cd walkman/diskman I think it's cool. A cassette walkman? I might applaud 👏 ✌️
Buy cds no matter what,with streaming services they just want total control they could take all the music away in an instant
Yes, I still love, purchase and collect cds. Unbeatable sound ( when decently mastered), very practical for handling and use. Plus the attraction of having art and liner notes...
I have never bought digital downloads or a subscription. I buy new and used CDs mostly, then used LPs, occasionally a new 45. I have 4500+ pieces of physical media and never going to listen to it all, so don’t need much at this point.
100% agree 👍 I will NEVER buy digital downloads for any thing " if " i can help it 😉
CDs are also "digital albums". In fact the Compact Disc was the FIRST digital audio medium for consumers. As a late "Boomer" (Born 1962) I did not grow up with CD, But rather I grew up with "vinyl" (I H8 that term we just called them "records") and Cassette. I KNOW I'll catch hell for this from other boomers, But CDs are superior to both. MiniDisc WAS a close second to CD.
I still buy CDs because it's still the most affordable digital physical lossless audioformat with the biggest reach and you can even easily make an audio CD yourself. SACDs are harder to find and usually cost more, DVD-Audio is basically dead since years (so no chance buying albums on that format) and BD-Pure Audio is still not having enough releases of Albums i want. And besides that thankfully some very old early 90s CD Masters are STILL pressed as factory new CDs till this day. Like Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life" or Tom Petty's "Full Moon Fever" album. Once you rip your CD as lossless FLAC files you basically have a lossless physical copy in your collection and also high quality lossless Audio files for any mediaplayer you wish to play them on. No streaming site can come close to that. I hate lossy audiocompression. AAC sounds like garbage and so does MP3 and WMA. Heck i even buy a lot of Audio Dramas on CD because it's nice to lay in bed with a portable little CD player and headphones on, listening to audio stories without lossy compression.
CD's sound better than digital downloads. I have over 10,000 of them. I also have over 5,000 vinyl lp's. I love listening to music on my audiophile grade system.
I go with CDs because they're high quality and sound better. As for vinyls, or should say records. Records are so cool to collect. I know their are really prices are kind of a little up range. If I buy those records, it comes with a little card plus the code, and you have to download it off the computer. But I'll go stick with CDs for time being.💿
I never stopped buying cds. I love getting and keeping them. Lately I've gotten a lot from thrift stores. My go to is usually ebay or sometimes Discogs. The biggest thing is the convenience. You don't have to pull out a whole record (if you have them) and go through the whole thing of putting it on. For my cds, I just throw them on the computer or bluray player, and that's it! The prices are decent most of the time. Records used to be affordable, but over the last few years I stopped as they went to almost $25-30 for a single one. Nope. Cds rule.
I buy CDs and only download when I can’t get it on CD. I sold my vinyl many tears ago and don’t stream. For music on the go I burn CDs into iTunes
Around 10 years ago I got the idea that I really should fill out the catalogs of all the artists I like. At that point I had about 250 to 300 CDs. About 3 years ago I still had the same amount but then went on the quest to get the ones I wanted. I kind of went overboard and now I have around 1500 CDs. I thoroughly enjoy them all. The only problem is that I don't have enough time to listen to them more often.
Not sure if anyone mentioned that many of the newer CD players have circuitry to upscale the frequency and dynamic range to near high-resolution quality, which can make it sound more detailed and realistic.
Unlike records, compact discs never really went away. I take advantage of all the formats. Streaming is good for exploring albums you never got around to listening to. Internet radio is good for discovering new music & obscure classics. Downloads are nice because they can be combined in playlists & collections plus don't need an internet connection (they are not necessarily compressed BTW). CDs can have exceptional sound quality & may have collectability (some packaging is much better than others). Record albums have a cool factor, collectability & easy to handle size (I can actually read the lyrics!), but pressing quality varies & they are often overpriced. Don't forget Blu-ray for multichannel albums.
Also a collection of CDs looks way cooler than a listing of files on a computer.
Indeed they are... and a lot of them seem to have ended up in my house!
BTW I had a subscription for musical service for about a year and... Well, this was not so bad experience. I have discovered some great bands I never knew before!
Well. I do download files to listen to. No need to buy them. They are available for free usually. However, in order to support Artists I do buy Vinyl and CDs for collection sometimes.
We are so back.
Although I use streaming services, i never gave up CDs ! It is the symbol of the 1980s, when I was a young man !
I have switched to CDs since 1993... I only buy vinyl occasionally (collector's item)...
Streaming can have some utility but i don’t like to pay for wind. I prefer physical mediums like CD, DVD, Bluray, vinyl and tapes.
I would love to see used/reseller numbers. Been buying CDs to get my collection back up on ebay
They better be, I bought 254.00$
Worth 3 weeks agos!
I love CDs and my kid even owns her own CDs. The biggest problem is getting a good new CD player for someone who doesn't want a whole HiFi setup (or does but not there.)
Yes only vinyl cassettes and cds for me. It’s only ever been and will be for me
I have quit a few CDs (along with tapes, LPs, 78s, a Durium record from the 1930s and 2 WW2 vintage V-Discs).
I'm not opposed to streaming (I have an Apple Music subscription) but sometimes I like listening to an actual tape or CD, plus there are some things you can't get with online streaming.
I buy digital, ranging from mp3 up to lossless depending on how highly I think of the particular work, and buy CD if a super fan of an artist or if the music isn't available digitally. All formats have their place!
Digital album sales and even new cds are made fairly hard to find as not all releases come out in that format. It's sort of like when manufacturers discontinued vinyl albums and singles in the late 80's as they cannibalized their own sales and declines were that much more dramatic. The first rule of retail is, you can't sell the man empty shelves. If you could monitor how many used cds and vinyl records sold that would be a good indicator but that info can't be obtained. Most music except for current and best selling catalog titles are out of print and it's always sort of worked that way since it costs to warehouse titles and if they don't sell, that's throwing good money after bad. Most collectors are like myself where they want to explore a given era in depth. Classic rock, soul, and jazz is often limited on cd because the cd wasn't current at that point in time. For 90's and later, vinyl is limited because they didn't sell in massive numbers when that music was current either.
Better quality sounds.
Always buy cds
I buy a lot of CDs as they regularly turn up in charity shops and record fairs at ridiculously low prices. I only tend to buy if they are reasonably priced and secondhand.
Second-hand CDs are a fraction of the price, as the same available downloadable album.
Streaming sucks. I go to a favorite playlist and discover that several of my songs are grayed out and I hear them anymore. My CDs are always there for me. (Until the RIAA lobbies to stop the m manufacture of the players!)
I need some help, my tech friends. I had a loss in our family, and lost our house in a fire. In my old house with my sister is all my digital CDs. I would like trustworthy sources to sell them for the most I can get them, not eBay where people often pay you surface, or rip you off. Sometimes auctions or personal buyers will pay much more, also because of the extended higher worth and value ro them. Any help would be appreciated, and thank you.
Here in So Cal some of the bigger record shops will come and evaluate larger collections. They will pay less than retail I'm sure, but they're reputable and convenient.
Buying digital downloads/streaming is the same as buying ice cubes...
There's always a chance you can lose them under circumstances beyond your control.
Amo meus cds,não troco por nada saudo desde Brasil❤
CDs are my music obsession. I hate record LPs, it is a fad that will die soon. Over expensive and simply annoying. Downloads are like food, eat and excrete. CDs are forever!
I copied all my CDs onto digital format. I never have to go looking for a song now, as the jukebox knows what it is.
Long live CDs
Digital download is convenient depending on the price & if i do buy Digital music I go on Amazon because I prefer Mp3 format over itunes ACC format that's encoded with DRM I'll buy from itunes as a last resort
Yes 👍 Amazon is also good as once you buy the physical copy Amazon also give you a free Digital copy too which is handy out and about 😊 But I personally would NEVER just buy Digital 😉
iTunes doesn't have DRM since like 2009, except on apple music downloads or purchases from before they switched over.
I will never stop buying cd's
I only buy cds also i dont stream because they want total control with streaning services they could take away the music in an instant
Streaming never really appealed to me at all too I thought it would just make people lazy and inconsiderate. With cds and other physical media no internet, no Wi-Fi, no sign in, no login no email no account
I want the new cure cd. 90$ for vinyl too much
I stream spotify to find music I can buy on cd
CDs, DVDs and Blu Rays wil NEVER be "dead" to me. Physical media is YOURS. Spotify/Netflix might remove your band/movie. My rule is if I like an album/movie enough to listen/watch mor than twice, I get the physical copy. If a physical copy is un available, I buy the download and burn my own disc. Oh what drives me nuts is people who stream music and say they prefer the convenience of "digital" better than CD. OK Convenient, perhaps, but CDs ARE digital! As for on the go listening, I have "mixtapes" (playlists) ripped from MY CDs as Mp3s for my phone. I'm not gonna pay a subscription to listen to shit I already own.
Ok, so first off, Cd are at this time the best format for a person thats in to direct physical access to qhat they have payied for qith real Money !
I will never buy or pay for ANY thing that i do not own. Its mine !!!
The other main reason Cds are a going to be a great option for must is that its cheaper to buy Cds than Vinyls which is a world in itself 😅 but also you can't nowadays always fit a whole album of music on Vinyl or it has to be a dubble Lp experience which as we know can make things a little or very expensive ?! Try to fit more music and the sound quality gets bad real fast ...
Personally im for Cd and Vinyls and will NEVER but or pay for Streaming.... can be useful in the car to Stream but not for me .
I pay I own it ...👍
Duh...They Bloody Well Never Were... Downloading Music Needs To Be Tho...Cause That's NOT Supportive Of Ones Favorite Bands & Artist...
1. Vinil, 2. Cd.
Streaming services are no good did you know Spotify has a lot of problems so yeah you are better off with cds
I never experienced any issues with Spotify.
Of course CD album sales outdo digital album sales. Digital albums: (1) Streaming only; (2) Only pay for 1 or 2 songs, not the rest of the album; (3) Piracy.
Lo streaming e' una cosa astratta non fisica quindi non c'e niente di tuo,disco cassetta cd sono supporti fisici,li hai sempre!
If I buy music, it would likely be on CD. I don't stream. To be honest, I just rip songs from youtube videos and use them as mp3's.
Well I see a copyright issue there.
@@nigelfreeman6192 I don't see it much different as illegally downloading mp3's back in the day. The music world survived. They get a "stream" on the video anyway, it's not much different than taping a song on the radio.
P.S. No doubt CD'S all the way , streaming is so so.
Lose the background noise pollution
I never liked streaming for music, too many issues
I will cheer the day that vinyl in its current run will bottom out and crash hard. 40 and 50 bucks for that? Nope! Not from my wallet!
I still buy CDs, but I hate the so called 'remasters' - a con. Streaming music is rubbish and a con.
i dont like cd because of dish rot my opinion
Now this is VERY INTERESTING!! I had no idea that CDs were outselling digital sales by three fold, this is comforting to me as a big fan of PHYSICAL MEDIA!!! and not the digital crap that you pay for but YOU DO NOT OWN IT!!!