do you actually use the cds/vinyls you purchase or do you still play the digital files?"

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I don't play cds as much but the vast majority of my vinyl is without a digi-dupe, so I am in constant rotation of my wax.

I also still buy and play my tapes as much as possible. My last tape purchase was about 2 weeks ago (4 Depeche Mode tapes on ebay).

i've pretty much given up on buying electronic releases as i have serato scratch.. i do buy old records though, classic rock, beatles, lou reed stuff, still expensive as fuck , just stick to rock on vinyl

my CD player broke so I've actually d/l most of the stuff I own

the hard copys go in my car

i went back home awhile ago and saw my huge cd selection. i don't think i 'll get rid of them but fuck, is it ever a collection

I said "Generally I stick to the digital format but I am known to still play a cd or record" but lately I've been listening to CD's pretty often. My mp3 player is fucked up and I got a job which has catalyzed a need to fill the gaps in my physical collection. I listen to CD's in the car, at work, at friends houses, in headphones, etc but mostly listen to my digital collection while at da crib.

  On 7/9/2009 at 6:34 AM, yek said:

i have serato scratch

how much does it cost to get rid of that

if i buy a cd, i rip it right away then put the cd in my car, and use it until it gets so scratched i have to burn a new copy. I throw all the art and packaging/casing away and keep the pics the i download from the artists website in the folder with the music files.

if i had an ipod i could hook that to the aux input in my car and would end up throwing away all cds, because the less clutter the better.

Edit: Album artwork still means a lot to me though! PDf files and jpgs that artists release with albums these days are great!

I do agree though that there is a sadness in me due to missing browsing through indie record stores and finding stuff i never wouldve heard of. Also though records have never been my thing I love record artwork all big and cool to look at.

2nd edit: i forgot about how awesome listening to my cd player on the bus was last fall when i first moved to c.hill and was using the free buses all the time. ONly in the morns, i chatterbugged it up in the afternoon, but in the morning it was a fantastic way to start the day. Staring out the window listening to whatev, seeing people, business, etc. So i guess cds are still vaugley important to me. BUt not much. They are almost always burned, from rips or d/ls. And if i owned an mp3 player this would not be the case.

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  On 7/9/2009 at 8:25 AM, Brandi_B said:

I throw all the art and packaging/casing away and keep the pics the i download from the artists website in the folder with the music files.

You're shitting me right? What's the point of this? The only reason to buy a CD in this day n age is to have the case and artwork. Why don't you just buy mp3s off the internet and burn them to discs and not waste the materials needed for CD cases? Especially if a CD is a limited pressing or something? That is ridiculous. You better be trollin' me nikka.

I buy CDs then rip them straight away so I can put them on my mp3 player, which I always have with me if I go out.

When I want to listen to an album at home, I'll put the CD on.

Although it annoys me how sometimes I'll just select random tracks in my mp3 library, because it's easy, rather than listen to an album all the way through. It feels like I'm flicking through a magazine instead of improving myself by reading a novel (if that makes sense).

None of my records are ripped to mp3, so I always listen to vinyl in its physical form.

  On 7/9/2009 at 8:47 AM, Deepex said:

  On 7/9/2009 at 8:25 AM, Brandi_B said:

I throw all the art and packaging/casing away and keep the pics the i download from the artists website in the folder with the music files.

You're shitting me right? What's the point of this? The only reason to buy a CD in this day n age is to have the case and artwork. Why don't you just buy mp3s off the internet and burn them to discs and not waste the materials needed for CD cases? Especially if a CD is a limited pressing or something? That is ridiculous. You better be trollin' me nikka.

honestly i've only bought about 10 cds in the past 3 years since the record exchange in greensboro closed.

BUt certain albums i buy for the best quality cuz you cant always find 320k mp3s online and certain music i really desire to listen to high quality, others isn't a huge deal.

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yes, i still play my cd's

when i'm painting (radio) or when i'm on a train (yes, i still use a frikkin' portable cdplayer)

main reason? quality. if i let someone hear my cdplayer, they usually say "wow, that's good quality!"

there's lots of technological progression, wich is good, but because of that people tend to settle for less quality these days

i say: fuck you less quality, i won't settle for you

QUALITY

All vinyl yo! Apart from out and about and mixes, then it's MP3. Got a stupid big CD collection I'm thinking of getting rid of/replacing with wax.

I'm too lazy to walk to the hallway to pick up a CD from my shelf and I'm too impatient to download it. So I usually just look for the song I want to listen to on YouTube and it's usually there

purchase: physical only

playback: digital only

digital, except for the tapes.

I rip the cds and play them on my computer mostly

my collection of cds is still way too small though, only have the stuff that I really LOVE so far (eg. drukqs and some others)

...aaaand i just got a pack of 4 cassettes from anathema sound! YAY!!!

i rarely touch my CDs except to lend them out to chaps, or to play them dans ma voiture.

Once I purchase a CD, I immediately delete the files from my computer, because I don't own an mp3 player and I need to save space on my hard drive. I always use the music that I purchase in physical format.

Unexpectedly, some WATMMers still use a discman. I also use one when I am in the mood for taking a walk outside or when I wash the dishes in the kitchen.

  On 7/9/2009 at 6:55 PM, Enter a new display name said:

Once I purchase a CD, I immediately delete the files from my computer, because I don't own an mp3 player and I need to save space on my hard drive. I always use the music that I purchase in physical format.

 

Unexpectedly, some WATMMers still use a discman. I also use one when I am in the mood for taking a walk outside or when I wash the dishes in the kitchen.

whoa, old school!

  On 7/9/2009 at 6:55 PM, Enter a new display name said:

Once I purchase a CD, I immediately delete files from my computer, because I don't own an mp3 player

When i buy a CD i defrag my computer. Then delete all unnecessary files on the hard disc. Sometimes i defrag it and don't like the results so i just delete every file on the hard drive until i have maximum capacity like it was just bought from the shop. And I DO own an mp3 player.

It's crazy times in a crazy world.