I bought 2700 Compact Discs.

[@cpt_soban]

CD stuck in Cashies for 15 years: "I'll never be listened to ever again" *Suddenly the sound of the case being opened to a giggling Australian*

[@Suzumi-kun]

and just before that the music of an old war movie slowly becomes louder

[@prinzexisalowqualityytber]

CD: Has god sent me an angel to hail, or a demon to sin?

[@TheCatherineCC]

The shadow of 1 grit falls on the cd

[@kushagraN]

Probably the best home for an audio CD is a gigling audiophile....

[@beardsntools]

It's incredible how many people think these will be collectable lol. Guaranteed lifetime of a CD is only 10 years before they might start to become unreadable xD As for buying these for purpose of archiving them. Don't. People already done this many time and this isn't analog, so you can't do it better than anyone else who did a lossless copy of these.

[@cottonrip]

now rip all of them and upload to internet archive

[@cd̈]

Illegal though probably..

[@thisguy9400]

Probably can’t rn…

[@Asurani8mare]

It’s been cyber attacked though

[@mjc0961]

IA is down, plus that would be super illegal anyway.

[@ihaveagoddamnplanarthur]

Probably not possible but would be amazing if it did

[@NonSenseGuy404]

Buying 2700 CDs is something that a guy in a math problem would do.

[@HylianShieldmaiden]

I work at a public library, and CDs still circulate pretty regularly. We have a couple regulars who will check out 50 CDs at a time (not an exaggeration, it's the max limit on how many items a person can have out at once in our system) and return them a few days later so they can check out 50 more. My guess is they're probably ripping them. Libraries are an option for anyone who may wanna grow their digital music collection.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

I sort of did that for a while. Renting out a bunch of CDs to see what is on there, rip the stuff I like, then return everything.

[@casedistorted]

I like it! Our local library still has CD's and a TON of movies on DVD, which is awesome because I am growing my physical media collection again. It just sucks that my huge CD collection from my youth is basically ruined because I never kept them in their jewel cases.

[@Slacked2196]

thats what i do! its a great way to find new music i would have never heard of otherwise, and then rip it to my hard drive if i enjoy it.

[@CaedesGladio]

I cannot believe I didn't think of this. Thank you

[@PinotNoir_]

wish my local library is this cool.. my local library doesn't have any CD, it's just books D:

[@pigfish99]

folks, Dank is right, If you have the CD, you actually OWN the music. rip it, put it on a iPod, and bam, its there. no online needed. yes, you don't get music you've ever heard of, but on the bright side, no ads, you can choose exactly what you want, and most importantly, THEY CAN'T TAKE IT AWAY FROM YOU.

[@joeybuddy96]

*civil asset forfeiture has entered the chat*

[@Appletank8]

There's still some bit of degradation unfortunately, backups are important

[@Nicole-pt4bx]

tbh as soon as spotify starts to flunk I'll take everything to deezer and rip it from there

[@beez3620]

i have cd’s with music you can’t hear ANYWHERE else. like the bbc live lounge cd’s there’s a really bizarre cover of a drake song by arctic monkeys of all bands

[@ianism3]

pretty sure you're preaching to the choir in this comment section haha I still use an ipod and itunes (how I found this channel 4ish years ago), all my shit's still in AAC and I have all my CDs stored in boxes.

[@pbsa1979]

Got two 300 disc each CD changers, it's a joy to press "random" and watch the carousels spin, listen to all the gears inside with anticipation of what is to be played... I like streaming but I also like very much being able to hold something in my hands... Keep going dude

[@RobertQuant]

Streaming is garbage 🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮 cds 💿 have better sound quality u own the music and support the artist and no internet 😅

[@cyrusunderscore7315]

Dude youre living the DREAM

[@RobertQuant]

@@cyrusunderscore7315 thank u keeping cds 💿 alive is a blessing 👍👍💿💿💿

[@bigbangbot-SuperSqank]

I think it’s cool that despite their decline, new CDs for new albums are still being produced and sold. They are more affordable and compact compared to Vinyls (which have of course seen a full resurgence) and they have benefits over streaming services and such. It’s nice to see the format still around 40+ years later. Also, it’s the only format you can play on Vib Ribbon on PS1 and that alone gives CDs an edge.

[@fujinshu]

It's really irritating nowadays that the only ways to get music are either through digital, streaming or vinyl, which ends up being mastered terribly most of the time in the modern era, and when music is now being produced primarily digitally, vinyl makes no sense since both CD and modern vinyl end up storing the same exact data.

[@tezcanaslan2877]

@@fujinshu both CD and vinyl doesnt store the exact same data, the mastering can differ. In some albums the vinyl received a proper mastering whilst the CD’s was done by intern.

[@theworldscoolestloner]

at this point, the big labels are using cds as a way to drive sales and chart placements for songs. they're even putting out cd singles again in the u.s. specifically to help a song chart on billboard (which is ironic considering they hardly ever did that when cds were still the dominant music format. otherwise, cds are just treated like merch now, especially in k-pop where they have these cool, elaborate photobook packages for every release, which is honestly so cool and helps to keep the cd market alive even though most k-pop fans do admit to not playing the discs at all because they don't have a player for it.

[@AfferbeckBeats]

@@fujinshu Vinyl makes sense because it's a satisfying thing to own experience to listen to. Streaming for convenience and likely 99% of the listening, vinyl for something that is nice to own and support the artist more than a lifetime of streams. CD is too much of a lame middle ground for both scenarios. Like Jack Stratton of Vulfpeck once said: "Vinyl is the ultimate merch; it's a poster that plays your album". CD no longer makes sense because it's just an inconvenient storage medium for the exact same files you'll get from buying it on Bandcamp or whatever. Vinyl needs a different master to account for the limitations of the format, though unfortunately this is not always done.

[@D0Samp]

@@tezcanaslan2877 There are indeed a fair share of modern vinyl masters that either make poor use of the limited dynamic of a vinyl record (either too quiet or a loudness war veteran) or crank up the bass too much for the pre-emphasis to handle.

[@JohnL_S17]

Bringus Studios: Optical Media BAD! Meanwhile: Some random Australian happily giggling at their Bruce Load of CD's spread out over the whole Floor.

[@Graine01]

Make em fight

[@raccoonomicon]

​@@Graine01 and then make them kiss

[@Actinjsh]

Erm... It's actually "optical media bad" 🤓👆

[@Waschbaer_Mann]

​@@raccoonomiconthis made me laugh more that it should 😂

[@JohnL_S17]

@@Actinjsh oh yes right

[@sennylame-m8u]

"Punk Flood: The Book" is my favorite album. I really love the tracks "Uncomfortably Dumb", "Read Like Hell" and also "Another Book in the Shelf - Book 2".

[@g1646]

seems like you need some education

[@davidlawrence8711]

eh, I think they peaked with Dark Side of the Stacks

[@Michel-r6m]

Ministry: Dark Side of the Spoon

[@karelvandervelden8819]

I prefer the track ¨Reverb¨ from the album ¨Pebble¨.

[@suic86]

@@g1646 he doesn't need not education, he doesn't need to thought control :D

[@ShiitaKitsune64]

Music corporations can legally take down all of your favorite songs form streaming and download sites, but it would be illegal for them them to break into your house and steal your CDs. Never underestimate the importance of physical media yall.

[@lupolinar]

Too many people do not care about this, until something get's taken away - and then it is too late. So many newer releases are on streaming only ( yes, with some effort you can...) and once they decide to unload it, it is gone.

[@DigitalMoonlight]

Physical media often has DRM and is not a catch all solution. BluRay players even require firmware updates to play modern movies so you can be forced to buy a new bluray player because your existing perfectly functional player stopped getting updates. This is why for years the best bluray player on the market was the PS3 because they actually kept up with updates. When it comes to video games often the whole game is no longer on the disk/cartridge and you need to download the rest of it online. Games can also be disabled remotely via DRM measures, see the CMOS issue the PS4 had before Sony patched the firmware due to backlash. PS4s used to require an online connection to enable the ability to play discs after replacing the CMOS battery. If you truly care about ownership you want to purchase DRM-free specifically whether it’s physical or digital.

[@deathstinger13]

@@DigitalMoonlight actually, not all physical media has DRM. some formats have no way to include DRM, like CD and..this one thinks dvd as well? BR, however, does have integrated region-locking, which is why you should always invest in a region-free BR player.

[@AfferbeckBeats]

@@DigitalMoonlight They really shot themselves in the foot with how much of a hassle blu-ray can be, especially on PC. They were so terrified of piracy they made it damn near impossible to play them in a BD-ROM. I often had to use piracy software to bypass the DRM of discs I own just to be able to watch them. Ironically they did nothing to prevent piracy, but they stopped a lot of people continuing to buy Blu-rays from how much of a hassle they made it to watch even after you bought them.

[@baygoesmoo]

this thats why i have what i consider some of my favorite albums in CD form.

[@AdonMrGveret]

4:51 thats hebrew on the disc, saying "full price import". this disc travelled from france, to israel, to australia, then sat for 20 years until wade picked it up. imagine how much people this disc saw.

[@yourejustwrong124]

I noticed the Hebrew and was like wtf

[@thomgizziz]

much, huh?

[@user-lt2rw5nr9s]

That CD is Mr. Worldwide.

[@btr8jb]

Glad somebody else noticed the Hebrew lol

[@AlonELoney]

And at the bottom it gives a phone number, just it's not a phone number at all. Like it says it is but there's like 3 numbers missing. Maybe an old number?

[@VividPetrichor]

I agree with you, Wade. With the cost of Streaming going up and them wanting you to finally learn you're long-term leasing and not owning, my wife and I have been prowling the local thrift stores for old gems. She's on board with me eventually getting a decent disc resurfacer, as some folks haven't been so kind to their lil' plastic circles. It also reminded me how fun they used to be. Movies had various behind the scenes footage, commentary from the director or other creatives on the project, cut content, blooper reels, etc. And that's not even to bring up how much effort went into the menus! All these little niche bits of art around a piece of media you love - almost forgotten! It's terribly sad. The extras are why my wife now owns two different copies of her favorite childhood movie: Disney's Atlantis, solely for the different Bonus Content. Because when you're really a fan of something, you wanna know all the weird little information you can. Like, again to use Atlantis, how the creatives went on various trips to gather data with little digital cameras to scout locations as inspiration for the cavernous systems seen in the film. It really makes you appreciate the effort those people put into their art. Me, I've been playing Halo: Master Chief Collection on PC for so long I almost forgot all the fun menus and loading screen animations that each Halo game shipped with. I'm so glad I never got rid of or sold my old hardware or games. I can't lose those menus now. It seems so silly to care so much about things like menu animations, but when you first got exposed to some of the most important media in your life, you remember all the little bits because they were all a part of your experience and immersion into the art. I know magnetic tape is basically just doomed to die over time, and that eventually CDs will be no different, but I'm gonna keep hoarding physical copies of things because they cannot be taken away from be abruptly if some service goes down. In the end, it's people like us who hoard these old things but still maintain them that allow them to be archived and remembered. Future generations can fully enjoy the things we did, the same way we did, because the way you eexperienced it was part of enjoying it. It helps encode it into your memory. I cannot wait until we can start cutting subscriptions and building our own private library of media to enjoy forever.

[@XanderRowlet]

The fact that CDs were built to the specs of the human ear and not the technical possibilities of the late 1970s is astonishing. The sound is nearly perfect and the format is this old. It’s insane.

[@C.I...]

Just a pity the processing power/tech wasn't there in 1979 for the disc to be lossless-ly compressed for a higher run time.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

@@C.I... But we can do that now. Technology Connections did a video on MP3 CDs recently. So yes, you could totally put 6-8 hours of good quality or 12 hours of average quality on a CD. And if you use a DVD you'll get 40-54 hours of good quality or 81 hours of average quality audio in MP3. And a DVD can easily carry 7-13 hours of FLAC.

[@EddieBurke]

@@HappyBeezerStudiosMP3 is not lossless at all, and FLAC became reasonable to use after CD phased out. (Yes ik it was developed in the early 2000s but it had essentially 0 support until the early 2010s)

[@MalleusSemperVictor]

@@C.I... CDs are lossless. Whatever is burned to the CD is literally what is played. PCM is a lossless process, but it's very inefficient for storing data because there is no compression and thus is the limiting factor of a CD.

[@C.I...]

@@MalleusSemperVictor Yes? And? I said compressed for a reason. I know they don't lose quality.

[@MakersMuse]

For me the best thing about cds were the start to finish banger dance / trance mixes. No gaps, beautifully mixed by a live dj but you could still seek to specific tracks. Still got all the old godskitchen ones 👌 word of warning though - DONT DROP THEM. The aging polycarbonate is brittle as, and ive had a few crack into pieces on me 😵

[@philgoodinc2]

I was all about clubbers guide and the annual from ministry of sound. good times!

[@karlkiessling]

@@philgoodinc2 Those mixes were soo good! Ministry Ibiza discs played to death, summer holidays round Cornwall, scrumpy and good times..

[@concinnus]

Like vinyl, the only thing keeping PC tough is the plasticizers like BPA. Those leach out over time, leaving the material brittle. As opposed to CD cases, which were just poorly designed polystyrene garbage from the get go.

[@SoothsayerOfficial]

It's nice to see more and more people jumping into CD collecting. CDs were a *crucial* part of music's history, and I think that making a collection is the perfect way to honour it. I myself collect CDs. I've started about 5 months ago, and I've over 50 of them. I even found some severely underrated gems, such as Mantis' "Moonshine Tabernacle". CDs just give you more control over your listening experience, and they're extremely versatile: you can listen to the music with a small player on the go, a huge deck with a complex speaker setup at home, or rip them all into a music player. I get weird looks when I bring my portable CD player to school (probably because 14-year-olds don't listen to CDs anymore, but I proved them wrong.). Hope you have fun with your CDs! :3

[@Johnsolerokar]

I totally agree with this! I try to get everything that I can on a CD. They are the best for music quality since the media itself never degrades. The discs do, but its not *that* bad. I'm into fairly popular music, but I like to collect special releases and releases from different countries. I usually only ever use my CDs at home, but I import my CDs into iTunes with lossless quality and then listen on a classic.

[@Ingineru.24]

Dinkus man yells at piles of squares with circles inside

[@TMBKTheLazyBee]

Bringus and Dingus, the brand new tv show

[@Alexisadingus]

@@Ingineru.24 ah the sequel to "aussie yells at reflective circles"

[@ace99asCaptainSlow]

*All these squares make a circle... All these squares make a circle...*

[@Ingineru.24]

@@ace99asCaptainSlow crazy? I was crazy once

[@animeloveer97]

I love a good square with some circles personally

[@ashsherod6321]

8:51 this looks amazing but you might not want to stack your CDs vertically because the weight might end up breaking jewel cases closer to the bottom of the stack.

[@koolaid33]

Used to stack CDs, actually a lot of people did, and I think it'll be fine.

[@jayrx12]

especially now that theyre so old, those jewel cases were brittle when new

[@ThatMfTaika]

@@jayrx12 I have so many broken jewel cases just from opening the damn things. I love jewel cases but god damn they do not age well

[@TheTundraTerror]

Should be fine for a dozen or so cases.

[@aliveonmoonrocks]

@@koolaid33 Aged plastic breaks

[@spiele_maus]

I am a huge fan of Vocaloid-Music and love buying CDs. A lot of older niche songs are often missing on Streaming services nowadays and on KZbin they are only found in bad quality but you can still find them on old CD samplers/albums sometimes. As for new music, newly released CDs often feature exclusive songs and come in very pretty cardboard cases. Plus CDs have a higher quality than some streaming services and once bought you can listen to them for free forever without the need for a subscription

[@chills_tiny_mom]

VOCALOID MENTIONED that’s so true about the more niche older stuff not being on streaming services (ahem Unhappy refrain, lots of cosmoP’s older works etc.), which is partly why I wanna start collecting cds!

[@FiatUno2003]

2:27 "Kids born in 2003 are 21 today" This hit me harder because my 21st birthday was two weeks ago lol

[@LurpakSpreadableButter]

Same, I forgot I was 21 before he said that

[@Vitorio582]

De algum jeito eu soube que era um brasileiro só de ler esse nome

[@Roalethiago]

​@@Vitorio582 oxi, do nada kkkkkk

[@FrankKnife1]

Same but May 23rd

[@sanuku535]

I will be 23 in December. At least you are the Youngwr one here.

[@MIrophage]

6:17 it says happy 1st birthday from (teta and gedo) which means grandma and grandpa in egyptian

[@exploitedpizza3134]

its more arabic in general than egyptian dialect

[@DasArchiv]

Very sad that a child did give up on a present from their Grandparents when they were so little. A CD does not take up a lot of space really.

[@icynewtron]

It is Arabic in an Egyptian dialect actually.

[@CensoredMercy]

I wouldnt give that up, how sad.

[@yaziyo]

Sienna what's wrong with you 😭

[@ellepalmer]

I love this video, physical media is underrated and coming back as subscription services of all kinds are getting monopolized and more expensive. and I’m so glad I subbed to your floatplane a few days ago so I can listen to the beautiful Irish pub songs

[@oglegeorge96]

I’ve started buying, ripping and owning my music again because every streaming service seems determined to shift away from the album model, that’s how I grew up listening to music and to me it’s the only way, I don’t want disconnected singles or curated playlists! I’m keeping Spotify for discovery and social purposes (group jams and such), but building my own library again has been so refreshing. Rediscovering old favourites, some new gems, and all for next to nothing whilst supporting local record stores and such, win win 😊

[@diethylmalonate]

Spotify not allowing *regular order* playback in the free version is why I never used it

[@meloncholy428]

My cheap self just uses KZbin sice I don't have the ability to rip CDs right now though I probably should get on it

[@techmaster170]

Should make yourself a media server and put all your music on it. One example would be plex. There are others out there though. I use plex. 430 movies and like 40 tv shows and about 1100 songs on mine.

[@haroldfarthington7492]

@@meloncholy428it’s super easy. EAC is free and a decent external cd drive I s relatively cheap.

[@jarbarsi]

As a gen Z person myself that grew up with curated singles being pretty much the only option ever since I was a teenager, I honestly don't even think this is just an "older generation" thing, I think it's just objectively a better way to enjoy music. Ever since I discovered that I could just buy full albums on bandcamp for around $5-$15 each (and find ways to 'acquire' music that isn't available for purchase), with some albums being entirely free to download, music has gone from just being background noise when I want the clock to run faster to being something I can actually enjoy. Discovering that so many songs that are good their own are often part of an entire album of either just similar music or something that tells an entire story are what make music a form of entertainment that stands on its own, plus not having to deal with the BS of streaming services, ads, internet cutting out, and it is literally just objectively a better experience, it comes at a premium but I'd say it's worth every penny.

[@As8bakwTheSage]

Saying "Now this is podracing" while playing "The Phantom Menace" on a Nissan Leaf is the pinnacle of DankPods content.

[@isab7146]

0:16 ”Traditional music streaming” seriously injured my sense of youth 😅

[@dcarbs2979]

Yep. Some of us haven't given up the first generation of CD!

[@christopher9727]

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus

[@Alexisadingus]

"Aussie man yells at reflective circles" (1 hr later edit) I have influence, start a "big jug hot cheese" comment chain NOW!!!!!!!

[@Ironyum99]

yes

[@slightlyevolved]

From what I've seen, he's now a shoe-in for the next Prime Minister, or whatever they have down there.

[@reddogsaws]

​@@Ironyum99I'd read that in Jeremy Clarkson voice

[@BowsettesFury]

More at 11.

[@supercellemployee]

this too funny 😭

[@madferret2045]

First Technology Connections and now you? Hell yeah, let's bring the format back to life!

[@interstellar_sad]

Came here to make sure this comment existed. It’s been a very compact disc themed day today!

[@EgoChip]

It's not entirely dead, people like me are keeping it on life support. It would be nice if it did get more popular and more releases.

[@ivy_47]

@@EgoChip Most of my favorite bands put their new releases on download, vinyl, and CD still, it's quite nice

[@gamagama69]

@@ivy_47 pretty much all artists do a bandcamp release, jsut cuz it makes more money

[@dominicbeeson2610]

0:22 dingus that spins? you mean a SPINGUS

[@iliketurtles50000]

As opposed to a bringus, which hates optical media

[@Littletruckguy08]

Have yall heard of a thingus? It’s a very dangerous highly experimental form of media that big media won’t give any information about

[@lunalikesmetroidvanias]

pingas

[@echbruh6598]

Too close to Pingas

[@chairthrower]

That kid's CD at 6:12 is likely a disc of songs with the kid's name inserted into the song. Lyrics like "Hey, Sienna, it's time to play!" and goofy songs. We have some for our kids, their grandparents bought them. I think people set up booths 15-20 years ago at fairs and carnivals, and would burn CDs, customized to your grandkid from a list of names. These booths would be total grandparent bait. I mean you could do a video if you could find one of the setups.

[@zephyronthewind]

I grew up with a cassette that did that with my brother's name! Cool to hear they kept doing that with CDs

[@Blaksora777]

Honestly, I would like a video on that, too. Because I barely remember that mostly because I'm gen z anyways.

[@alyanahzoe]

@@zephyronthewind that’s called “personalized music”.

[@knoxiegb1782]

9:50 I know this is Wade being a good person, but I can see a future where companies tell us that buying used CDs is some contrived form of counter fitting because they can't translate plays into dollars directly. Pretty sure some form of that already happens

[@lance_374]

Microsoft tried to put drm on Xbox one game discs so only the original purchaser could play the game but they backed down after Sony did a campaign against them.

[@jorynatali3865]

Literally my thoughts watching this part.

[@pavuk357]

Nah, I don't think so. They still sell CDs for a reason. Music streaming doesn't have large margins actually. Overall, streaming makes a lot of money, but selling CDs and vinyl still makes much much more per user with all overhead. With movies and TV series math works out differently though.

[@DigitalMoonlight]

Sony used to install rootkit DRM on your machine if you wanted to listen to their music on your computer or rip it for your MP3 player, the MPAA also tried to ban VCRs and the RIAA killed digital tape as well as hamstrung Sony MiniDisc in the name of “preventing piracy”

[@s8wc3]

Yeah. Google "ea $10 used game fee"

[@IgnatiusZaaijman]

I have 3000+ classical cds, collected over 20 years, and it’s just the tip of the iceberg of what’s out there. The body of works that make up classical music is vast, various in style, you can listen to new works and composers literally on a daily basis. There is something for everyone. Keep exploring Wade, until you find a composer you really like. Btw the CD was a Godsend for classical fans, no scratchy surfaces, clear sound, and especially the fact that it can run for 80 minutes uninterrupted, so you can listen to whole symphonies without getting up to flip the record. Only for the very longest works you have to stretch to 2, 3, even 4 CDs.

[@richmorrison8194]

I much prefer to listen to classical music on CD. It's annoying when your listening to a vinyl album (and as you know there are many quiet passages in classical music pieces) and out comes the pops and clicks.

[@IgnatiusZaaijman]

@@richmorrison8194 Absolutely agreed! I honestly don't bother with vinyl anymore, I try to get the CD, otherwise a decent download.

[@peppermintpig974]

@@richmorrison8194 Agreed. It's harder to listen to classical on vinyl. Care is needed in owning vinyl. Brand new vinyl often contains traces of the release agent used to press the record. Most manufacturing places for records are dusty, dirty places. For that reason alone you should clean a brand new record before you play it, because the oils from the release can heat up and cause pops from the friction of the needle. I use Dr Bronner's liquid soap to gently lather and then rinse. A cotton towel to pat dry, and a clean microfiber cloth afterwards. Then after two hours or so you can play the record. On very dirty records the needle will actually break up dirt/dust in the grooves after a cleaning. Tite Bond II Wood glue can be used in extreme situations as it sticks to everything except the vinyl itself. You'll want it to soft set but not harden a sheet of glue over the grooves, then peel away after a few hours of setting. The peeling action will introduce static to the record surface, and it doesn't hurt to clean with soap afterwards. After that the record should play fine and as clear as possible. This is recommended for archival recording preparation since it quiets the sound floor considerably. Besides vinyl, older records may be shellac, like 78rpm discs. There's also some 1950s records that used blends of vinyl and other plastics that resulted in many more pops. This is true for at least one jazz album I own. Unfortunately it's next to impossible to source the master recordings for a lot of these older albums, and there isn't always a reel to reel option. Software continues to improve the ability to post-process and remove vinyl noise. I mainly buy vinyl if it's an artist I like, or an album that has not been reissued on CD. I steer away from digital remasters on vinyl, and also artists that are pretty much mastering digitally since it often defeats the purpose of hearing the dynamics. Sometimes the very fact that an album is getting a digital remaster will result in a lower price for the more sought after analog original. That's worked in my favor a few times when buying (Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas).

[@richmorrison8194]

@@peppermintpig974 I can tell you are a Cocteau Twins fan with a name like Peppermint Pig. Huge Cocteau Twins fan here!

[@peppermintpig974]

@@richmorrison8194 Right on! Great to see another fan on here. Here's some recommended music for you! 1. Dmitry Masleev - Rapid Movement This one was released in 2019. Masleev plays piano, covering works from Kapustin, Shostakovich, and Tsfasman. I'm a Kapustin fan so this really hits the spot. Have a listen here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYuQZYKZp9iHarc There are live performance recordings on KZbin as well that are a pleasure to watch. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3KZe2yVf5dgrKc 2. Bela Fleck & The Marcus Roberts Trio - Across The Imaginary Divide I saw them live when it first came out. Magical! Even better than the recording. Everybody was mobbing the artists for their autographs, and I stood quietly in the back in no rush. Bela came up and shook my hand and introduced himself. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZ2XmGmFhp2Gjtk 3. Raymond Scott Orchestrette - Pushbutton Parfait kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppbXn3WuZ66JsJI 4. Ulli Boegershausen - Tides Fingerstyle guitar. Video not from the album, but shows one of the tracks being performed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4Olm3ushdWDhs0 Happy music adventures.

[@MGlBlaze]

Disc rot is a thing, so CDs aren't necessarily a 'forever' thing, but you can rip a CD and you have that music basically in perpetuity as long as you keep backups. Streaming services? Load of shite, you can have your access to something you paid for be revoked at any point for any reason. It's convenient short-term, but it's a nightmare if you want to revisit something and the service either lost the rights or decided something wasn't profitable enough and axed the thing you wanted to revisit. In terms of music CDs specifically, there's a phenomenon known as "Loudness War" that effectively makes the audio quality more shitty as record companies keep adding sound compression to make everything louder or to make everything approximately the same loudness as everything else, which means you lose out on any kind of nuance. Parts that should be quiet aren't, the percussion doesn't stand out as much because it isn't much louder than the rest any more, sometimes it screws with the mixing so the vocals don't stand out as they should. Going for early audio CD releases can get around that trend by basically going back in time to when the audio was handled properly.

[@RealEpikCartfrenYT]

ah yes, smashing the levels with the hypercompression and clipping to the point where there's actual audible distortion is horrible, but that's just how they did it.

[@redacted8109]

SOAD comes to mind

[@stitchfinger7678]

@@redacted8109 The loduness war was like already over by the time SOAD was blowing up

[@TallicaMan1986]

@@stitchfinger7678 Well, like yeah it was over, but Loudness basically Won during that time and so that just mean't my music has to be louder than your music just cuz.

[@totalphantasm]

I think people overstate the impact of the loudness wars. It certainly was a thing, but it wasn’t a thing on all albums, and certainly not the point of being detrimental to them all.

[@The-PolarBear]

Aussie man yells at shiny plastic doughnuts for 11 minutes straight. 10/10 would recommend

[@mkelly0x20]

Mmmmmmmm.... forbidden doughnut....

[@SpindlyJohnny]

I'd say they're more like plastic pancakes. 🥞 🤤

[@samgiven7901]

My dad has a huge selection of CDs and I've set up a plex sever with over 400gb of his music on it and it works a treat for being a "free" streaming service for all of his music for whenever he is away or on the way to work

[@Downhuman74]

Those CD's are also likely to have superior masterings as well. The loudness wars blossomed in the mp3 era. Anything you're listening to on streaming is likely a heavily-compressed remaster that's had the dynamic range squashed out of it so it sounds nice and loud on your crappy earbuds.

[@AndRewUK24]

Oasis to Metallica. So basically anything before 1994 and anything after 2008. Is superior in sound. CD wise.

[@olevet75]

whoa that's horrible!

[@girthquake1413]

And it's also lingered thanks to limitations with data throughput for streaming. Even streaming Mp3 at 128kbps for some services was touted as a big deal.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Depends a bit from when the CD is. Earlier ones obviously still have great dynamic range, later ones already suffered from the loudness war.

[@DDramKing]

In practice, most digital music released after the 80s has been degraded by the loudness war trend. That is, the dynamics of the sound are very low and everything sounds loud. Only classical music is spared from this. That's why I still buy used CD albums released in the 80s because they simply have better sound quality than streaming services or remastered versions. I've tested services like Tidal, Amazon music, Spotify, etc., but record companies have rarely put dynamic masters on them.

[@ChristianStout]

"Bruce" is my new favorite unit of measuring mass.

[@SuperiorToiletTissue]

Is it really mass? Or rather volume?

[@deathstinger13]

looked more like a unit of volume to this one, but it's hard to tell for sure

[@rares3968]

You can fit about 70 FULL albums in MP3 format (192kbps) on a single DVD. And if your car supports DVD's, you can make your car an iPod.

[@mlcs]

MP3s are gay

[@YE4rt]

@@mlcs Been a while since I heard someone use that word to describe something.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Or more precisely, around 2 days, 6 hours and 24 minutes on a single layer and 4 days, 2 hours and 50 minutes on a dual layer. Just in case the random viewer want's to do do the the math themselves.

[@BilisNegra]

@@HappyBeezerStudios That was helpful. Who in their proper mind would burn a dual layer recordable DVD though? The value is terrible, they're like 2 bucks apiece.

[@richmorrison8194]

@@mlcs Honestly, I can't tell the difference between a MP3 file and a WAVE file.

[@MrGul]

I've been staying with my CD:s since the early '90:s (I was born '82) and I'm not gonna change that now, especially since there are so many good deals to be found. Lately I've been picking up all those "too expensive for me as a kid" albums, and it's a total blast. My collection isn't huge by any stretch of the imagination, probably around 500 CD:s or so, but it's all stuff that I actually like to listen to. I will NEVER give up on CD:s! First thing I do when I get another CD is to rip it in high quality to my computer, and I regularly update the USB thumb drive that I keep in my car so that I can always listen to everything I own even when I'm in the car. No streaming service needed, and it's MARVELOUS!

[@yag821]

I love his one-word intros. Like "Po-ho-nes" and "sdz"

[@irondandrummer]

Bandcamp. So good. Can buy digital copies in hi-res and it directly supports the artists, and you can use it to stream your purchases, like other apps. Plus, if you buy a vinyl or a CD from an artist, you'll generally get a d/l code for a digital copy and that copy is any file format you want. Very versatile.

[@MoxyDave]

So cool to see this. I'm currently ripping a large collection, on year 2 now and I've only done about 1K discs. Disc Rot is real. Many of the 20+ year old CDs have have it, they are either scratched too badly or have literally started eroding on the inside. You can hold them up to a light and see tiny holes all over the disc. It's wild. I only keep the 100% perfect ones. I still have a lot of MP3s but I prefer lossless. Back then, people didn't have the storage space and they didn't care about audio quality - 192k MP3 was adequate. Now that storage is nearly infinite and cheap, you can rip CD quality everything. I use EAC to rip to ALAC & FLAC. I love reading the liner notes when I rip each one. That's a huge haul; that would take me an eternity!

[@AfferbeckBeats]

Do you need to rip all of them though? Unless your collection is super obscure, chances are you will be able to find FLAC rips to download of most of your collection and save you a lot of time and energy. I often download music I own on CD instead of ripping it myself because it's quicker. I just have to "seek" within my "soul" to find it.

[@girthquake1413]

Do you use any other ripping program than EAC? I remember not being able to understand EAC at all, but maybe I'm just a fool.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Lossless is great, no doubt, but there is always the quality vs capacity question. I found 128 kbps mp3 to be fine for the typical nugget pods (because with average headphones and the DAC in most small devices more won't give any improvements), 192 kbps fine for most stereo sets and 256 kbps be basically transparent even for the casual audiophile with great equipment. Modern LAME is much better than it was 15-20 years ago, and worlds apart from the original Fraunhofer codec. And 128 kbps was pretty much the standard back then, but I wish I could rip and "find" some of my files again in better quality.

[@MoxyDave]

@@AfferbeckBeats I download some FLACs for stuff I don't have, but I prefer to rip them myself because then I know they're perfect. I have a very nice stereo at home and that's where I do most of my listening so quality is paramount.

[@MoxyDave]

@@girthquake1413 I have not used anything else. I remember it was kind of a pain to set up the script to rip FLAC then convert to ALAC too, but after that's done there is no further configuration. There are lots of tutorials out there ...

[@coolerthansteven]

My dad was a jazz pianist who passed in 2017, he had several of his own bands including Too Blue Lou In The Groove. He had a deep passion for finding new music. I have now inherited his collection of about 700 cd's mostly from artists I have never personally heard of. This video totally makes me want to go through and listen to each one and rip them to add these songs to my collection. I have not really have been thinking of them until now, thanks Wade!!

[@cd̈]

Probably illegal but you should upload them to the internet archive :)

[@TallicaMan1986]

@@cd̈ You can't. They get lawsuits for that. All he can really do is Hold on to them and basically privately hand the files off to someone.

[@coolerthansteven]

@@cd̈ where is a good place to upload just audio?

[@AfferbeckBeats]

@@coolerthansteven You can put it straight on youtube. If it's in the youtube database, it will just get automatically claimed by the rights owners and they will receive any revenue. If it's not, it'll just be a regular youtube video. I imagine your Dad would have had a lot of obscure stuff from musician friends that wasn't widely released or made it on to streaming services, so getting it onto youtube would be a great thing for posterity. Just search them first to see if someone hasn't already done them.

[@brycehasyoutube5163]

Been growing my small CD collection in the UK. Charity shops sell them for £2-3 and I’ve just been collecting some cool stuff. Wrote my dissertation on album artwork and I kinda concluded that CDs where the best time for music. Artists made money, consumers pay a reasonable price and the artwork is iconic

[@coxfuture]

You should set up a Plex server so you don't have to manually put them on your iPhone. Rip them all onto the server and then you have your own spotify that you can stream from anywhere

[@ferretyluv]

Plex sucks. Kodi is leagues better.

[@JessicaFEREM]

also jellyfin is 100% free version of plex and it's better imo

[@thomass.6328]

As a Plex user myself, ripping thousands of Discs sounds like an insane project.

[@FunkyStudios]

Plexamp my beloved

[@tim3172]

Remember when Plex snitched on that guy in Denmark and he got sent to prison? Good times...

[@XxjeffersonDkidxX]

1:00 HE BOUGHT THE DIP!

[@AnonymousYoutuber69]

He bought? Dump it.

[@Lewis_Treff97]

Bonus of CDs is having the full album. Many songs I've burned on iTunes from my cds are now no longer available or not available in my country, even whole albums being non existent now but I still have the CD for it

[@Jrodsly]

As someone that works at a place that constantly gets CDs in for trade, this warms my heart. I'm in the buyback department of that place and I'm the one tasked with buying in DVDs and CDs (and games too). People still buy DVDs and CDs all the time here. Hopefully this continues.

[@Dawn_Hannah]

Can you say where? Totally understandable if you can’t.

[@Jrodsly]

@@Dawn_Hannah I'm sure they won't get ornery at me for saying it, so it's 2nd and Charles in Matthews. Worked in Charlotte for 4 and a half years and transferred over to Matthews where I've been for almost 3 years. Been the media buyback guy for most of that 3 years.

[@crimtsun]

I've started collecting CDs about a year ago, mostly to get obscure indie J-rock (a lot of touhou stuff). I really love that balance you get of it being a high quality format while still being, as Wade puts it, _a dingus that spins._

[@IdiotGamer99]

Ayy i know you from the nfc discord, good to see more of us enjoying the magic of CDs

[@crimtsun]

@@IdiotGamer99 small world, lol

[@vancecroowatwo]

TOUHOU MENTIONED! good to see a fellow Touhou fan under DankPods' comment section

[@rchlclr]

CD gang rise up! I swear with the enshittification crisis going on right now, CDs are even more useful than they were 10 years ago. Bit perfect audio quality in a convenient format that works with both old and new gear? I don't know what more I could want.

[@cd̈]

The good thing is if you have the CD you can legally rip it :)

[@cd̈]

@notanetcherIf you keep the disc, it is indeed legal.

[@BuildHousing]

Wow, officially verified CD commented

[@cd̈]

@@BuildHousinghaha!

[@xXx_Regulus_xXx]

​@notanetcherlegal or not you'd have to be insanely disruptive for anyone to a) notice and b) prosecute you for buying, ripping, and then selling your CDs. I've ripped CDs openly in public libraries before and been completely fine

[@GoHardDrive-b9f]

Comact Disk association requires you to make the cd ripable or you cant legally say its a compact disk.

[@WolfworldEntertaiment]

as much as I love physical stuff YOU DID WHATT??

[@PhsycoRed]

He filled a Bruce !

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

You absolute mad lad. Those are a lot of CDs. I still have mine. Haven't bought any in years, but still have all the CDs I bought and burned over the years. I can absolutely see why CDs are making a comeback. They still work, they still have the same good audio quality. And they have the big benefit of owning the physical thing. You can listen to them as long and as often as you want. You can still rip them and throw the files on your phone or your nugget. You can listen to it without internet, when you're in that black hole with no connection.

[@sakurasfingernails7247]

10:24 DUDE THOSE ANIMALS ARE SO FUNNY IT MAKES ME WANNA MERGE WITHOUT LOOKING

[@GageHeibeck]

I love CDs, they've always been my favorite form of media. Especially early CDs when they actually cared about how they sounded. The original run of Genesis CDs from 1994 have been the main focus for me to collect, mainly because Spotify still doesn't understand that the 2007 and 2008 remasters sound like dogshit. Same thing goes with Rush and Megadeth with the 2004 remasters. Those years when they tried to make everything loud as shit for no reason really killed CDs. It did make them cheaper, but it ruined the image of CDs and now most people think they're much inferior to vinyl despite being nearly identical in sound if you play an old CD on a good setup.

[@RAHelllord]

I love CD's, but I'm still salty minidisc never saw more revisions to make it truly lossless. Between CDs and Minidisc I still think MD is the more retrofuturistic, and it's just so satisfying to put those things into a player. I should really get back to putting more of my CDs onto my stack of empty MDs.

[@AfferbeckBeats]

I don't think anyone considers CDs to be inferior in quality, just that they can be depending on the masters. And there was/is always a big problem with old music re released on CD in a cheap and nasty fashion once they took off in popularity. Worst is when they did horrible remasters or bragged about using some trash 90s noise reduction software. And that's often the only version available today since that's what got transferred to all the streaming services. So original vinyl is the only way to hear the original music. The other issue with CDs is they're a cheap nasty plastic disc and case that isn't satisfying to own or use, tiny art, looks the same on the shelf as a copy of Microsoft Publisher 98. I was glad to no longer have to spend 30 bucks on a CD.

[@AstonsVintageTechnologyWorkshp]

Well, good call. CD's are really coming back big at the moment, I'm reconditioning Pro-grade and Audiophile players and they are selling really well, because I think people are realising something tangible in your hands, (on a subconscious level), sounds better. Maybe it does, maybe it doesn't, but the players that I'm selling from the 80s are beautiful tactile pieces of technology, which must go some way to understanding why people love this format so much. And at the end of the day, high-end stuff was always something pretty special, and squeezes the best out of the CD format.

[@DeweyKentM]

I just finished putting all of my dad’s cds on iTunes and rebuilding my sister’s old iPod 5.5 for him. It took a few months to get through maybe 3 of your shelves worth, and it’s made me really appreciate going to secondhand stores to look through all their cds for stuff I know he’d like and stuff I want to get into. Tons of work, but so much fun. There’s a lot of stuff that didn’t automatically fill in with tracklists and album art, so I’d have to typer from the case, or Shazam tracks for the title, and then either google image the artwork, or take the cds to the library to scan in the booklet, email it to myself, and crop and resize it. I feel like I’m collecting album art a little more than cds at this point.

[@SpikeKastleman]

I am so envious! I was building a CD collection, but I am a single adult without children, and I live out of one small room, so I don't have the space anymore.

[@MrHack4never]

Bedrollers are great for storing CD's, bring along ~8 crappy jewel cases to measure if they're tall enough and if they're tight or loose fit in the width

[@kyledavidson8712]

I went with folders. Got rid of around 5k jewel cases about 20 years ago never looked back

[@trevorrobyn950]

I’m in the same boat, I have to be pretty picky now since I recently lost my apartment as the business I was renting the upper flat from wanted to use it for storage, so after lots of downsizing I get my childhood bedroom back. I got 2 I’m never going to part with, Foo Fighters Medium Rare and the cd/dvd version of of Jay-Z/Linkin Parks Collison Course

[@Chilakkuma13]

@@kyledavidson8712 I started to get rid of a pile of jewel cases and I kind of regret it. I think maybe for the stuff that is less special to me it can get swapped into a folder. Started looking for new jewel cases, but maybe I can swap some of them over. Best of both worlds.

[@meahall]

CD's are my primary way of listening to music. I like owning the thing I bought, and CD's were the last successful music format where audio quality was the primary concern. Disc rot isn't too much of a concern, so long as they're stored okay, they should be fine. Badly stored vinyl would go bad as well.

[@richmorrison8194]

I've only had two discs go to rot in my entire collection of 1000+. The original pressing of New Order - Substance from 1987, and Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden from 1988. The Talk Talk CD was only buggered on the last track "Wealth". I've been collecting CDs from 1986. They were easy replacements.

[@abouncyfrog]

I’ve been buying CDs like crazy because I KNOW I’m in that delightful little slump where CDs aren’t quite vintage enough to be cool, and I can still find the Lost Highway soundtrack at a thrift store! I’ve also been hoarding any CD player that works and is halfway decent sounding because YA NEVER KNOW!

[@nickwallette6201]

Oh I know. And it's bleak out there. Get them while you can.

[@handsomerob1223]

Cassettes at secondhand shops? KEWL VIMTAGE!!1!!1 $15 a cassette, CDs? Old, skanky, unKewl ¢50a dozen must buy 2 dozen.

[@yesed]

I wonder how many people realize that a lot of them are almost at the end and will become unusable lmao. Plastics degrade

[@mikafoxx2717]

​@@yesedwritable CD's degrade badly but CD's that were properly pressed dont degrade very nuch at all.

[@alext6933]

So are you saying it's time to buy every DVD collection from every pawn shop within 3000 miles? I bet some of them would sell pretty well in 20 years

[@xXx_Regulus_xXx]

don't buy em unless you plan to rip kthx

[@maciejstachowski183]

Eh, Sturgeon's law applies. There's definitely fun to be had going through old B-movies, especially ones that are probably never getting a better quality release, but I doubt the clearance 3-pack DVDs are ever going to be much of a valuable collector's item. I collect CDs, and there's some I have that have climbed up in price to over $100, but most I bought at around $5 and they haven't gone up in price much since. And I'm buying specific albums of usually well-selling bands (people still want to buy Dark Side of the Moon, not so much The Best Damn Thing) - the compilations and old radio hits are even more of a bulk item. Not everything that's old and not produced anymore is going to be valuable.

[@ElCidCampeador1994]

But you have to storage it in a temperature and humidity tha preserve the disc from corrosion.

[@mromutt]

I really hope people dont... As someone that buys lots of old cds and dvds I would hate for my literal only affordable hobby to be ruined lol I am already worried this is going to turn into ipods :/

[@trashtrash2169]

I don't think CDs have the novelty of ipods or vinyls yet. You never know though.

[@RovingARock]

From the Unofficial Anthems CD, I only recognized Men at Work and INXS. It's cool to learn about some uniquely Australian music we didn't get in the US, despite sharing a common language.

[@mugiwaramatt]

Oh man I manage a charity shop and the BEST part of it is how many people just mass dump their old CD collections and I not only get to rummage through em but then chat with the customers who come in also wanting to rummage through these grand heaps.

[@AfferbeckBeats]

Having worked in charity shops, unfortunately it's 99% compilation junk or the same popular albums you get more of every day and have to immediately throw in the bin. Vinyl was the same, I jumped on everything that showed up which was less and less over the years, and it was rarely worth looking through. Lots of scratched up copies of "Some Guy and his Orchestra play 20 Golden Classics". I have maybe 5 or 10 records worth owning from my time there. I wish I had worked in those stores 10 years earlier, it would probably have been a gold mine.

[@Noel_Mellor]

Oh maaaaate, this one really spoke to me. After giving up on CDs many moons ago, I actually started a new collection from scratch a couple of years back and it’s been a good time. I like to go to record fairs and find the one stall that has them and get excited when I find a charity store still willing to keep them in the shelf. And, when I discover a new band (or a band I love has a new record out) I now always buy the CD. The main reason for it was the lossless and to have ‘a collection’, but it was also to bring me back to actual albums - and get me away from ‘living life on shuffle’. That said, I do rip them to my newly refurbished iPod 5th gen too, so when I’m on the move I’m good there too! On that point I was wondering, what’s your stance on ALAC versus FLACs? Love the channel bud.

[@marcusborderlands6177]

Genuinly zero reason to support ALAC... It's an apple format, trying to replace an open source format... Supporting that is not in your best interests as a consumer.

[@Chilakkuma13]

Listening to a full album is the best.

[@RAHelllord]

I'd suggest keeping FLAC on your PC and then use ALAC on your iPod until that one finally croaks. This way you get the best quality on either device, and you can always convert the FLAC to other formats for different players, but you can't do that with ALAC as much.

[@DJBathtub]

My mate owns a secondhand record shop and he’s selling a shit ton of CDs at the mo. Apparently people are collecting first edition CDs now like records back in the day.

[@ABRAoriginal]

Something I haven't seen anyone bring up yet, the disk at 3:48 might be a sample CD. The name "cold cut" is a name I've seen pop up on a number of Sample CDs when I was trying to find sources for samples used in Jet Set Radio Future. Never seen that particular one though.

[@thernymous]

There's a band named Coldcut. They did a lot with chopped up sampling, which is probably how they ended on sample discs.

[@ABRAoriginal]

@@thernymous from what I can gather from what I've heard on the sample CDs, it sounds like they'd make songs from samples and then release those same samples for others to use. Smart move TBH

[@spamnigiri2625]

Saw mighty dub katz on the artists featured and decided to google it since I like some of their songs Discogs has it listed as a compilation album from Addiction Records in Australia and it looks like it's half remixes and half original songs - I also skipped through the tracks to vibe check and if you like the JSR vibe, there are definitely a few tracks on here that fit that vibe (first three + fixy jointy). Kinda sucks that they used the same name as a The Who album so I've just resorted to looking up the remixes. Fun release tho for sure, I'll definitely be going back and listening to some of the tracks in full.

[@XOXOX007]

You’re both right Coldcut issued some very useful sample CDs However they also did some tasty House “people hold on” with Lisa Stanfield is a banger Go look for it

[@dcarbs2979]

Coldcut were a UK dance act around lat e80s'-early 90s. They had a couple of #1 hits like with Lisa Stansfield (People Hold On). They may well use samples, but primarily it's an original commercial recording.

[@TheRarenth]

In 2013 I bought 2 copies of Pokemon White brand new and sealed for like $30 total because nobody wanted them. At the time.

[@crashn2me105]

And nobody still does

[@SamuelSmith-ip2pg]

I had somebody offer me $200 for an emerald cartridge without any case. Just because it wasn't possibly a scam online. The fact that that sort of thing was a $15 pawn shop find like 10 years ago. Going to keep all my games and "junk" till I'm 50 or something I guess

[@ORiOh4582]

@crashn2me105 they're pushing 100 bucks now lol. You can get rips but original ds pokemon games have definitely gone up in value since the end of that era

[@spaszek195362]

3:45 “stuff no one knows about” genuinely one of my all time favorite CDs was a marlboro copper label promotional CD called “the latest” and it’s just a bunch of mid-2000’s alt rock bands that nobody’s ever heard of. front to back heat. highly recommend trying to find it if you can

[@Chowder77654]

1:51 I have been weezered

[@winterblessed.]

ooh wee ooo

[@Shattered_Universe]

“WHAT’S WITH ALL THE WEEZER MEMES?!” -Schlatt

[@linfoxof2013]

and mused too (the first thing i noticed)

[@RedLoTheCake]

green album😊

[@AdmiralMoo]

This is exactly the video I wanted, just when I wanted it! I’ve been collecting CD’s since 2018, and I listen to music exclusively on them now that my library is big enough to cover most of the stuff I like. When I’m at home, I’ve got my thrifted hi-fi stack and my CD’s, and I bring them with me on my iPod when I go out! Really cool guy and a great channel

[@Senthiuz]

9:45 All that he wants is another CD

[@CheesE_BurgeR_MaN__]

11:00 frank time

[@KJ.420]

Truly a frank tiem

[@JackKrivan]

Frunkus

[@AerialEmber]

7:43 Come On Eileen!

[@andrewsmith1615]

The other fun thing with CD is that you can get an older mix of an album. I've done that for The Cure's 80s albums and Soundgarden's Superunknown. AFAIK, streaming doesn't offer the original mixes.

[@shironhun]

6:53 🎶TIME TO PLAY THE GAAAAMEEEE 🎶

[@kaylo8641]

bigdaddymarc40 the goat

[@Zestypumpkin821]

CDs will always be my preferred method of listening to music

[@Nahyoudontgetthat]

CDs nuts!

[@putridabomination]

​@notanetcherIf owning is garbage then I don't want to know what digital is 🤡

[@RealEpikCartfrenYT]

@notanetcher sure they won't survive a nuclear blast like a compact cassette would but hey, you can just choose the track instead of having to dive for the fast forward and rewind button.... i still like both equaly

[@p00tp0t]

​@notanetchervinyls are literally obsolete and digital will only keep getting better, COPE!

[@Miradis]

@notanetcher LPs are garbage

[@mazda9624]

I honestly never thought I'd get back into CDs, but man they're just such a good value! I'm still rocking my iPod from 2001 (with an upgraded 20GB hard drive from a 3rd gen), and it is absolutely filled to the brim with music I've ripped to my Mac through CDs. I recently started hitting up my local library and have been checking out 70+ CDs a week just to rip them to my Mac. I wish I had started doing that sooner because plenty of the CDs I've found at the library recently have songs I bought on iTunes not that long ago. I could have saved so much money lol

[@dcarbs2979]

In 1996, my CD collection would have fitted onto and iPod with the slight problem it hadn't been invented yet. By the time it had been, my collection wouldn't fit on even the biggest (160Gb) in mp3. Today, I use FLAC and have 60,000-odd tracks, which fills 2TB!

[@thewikiwikiwildwest7141]

Fellow subscriber and CDs collector, I absolutely adore this!

[@fraqtl.]

Gen Beta are gonna have to learn to use them once the internet collapses and we have to revert to cd boomboxes

[@MeMemem-s4d]

I pray for that day

[@grooveline1000]

I am a Gen Alpha and collect cd's, cassattes and vinyl 🗣🔥

[@PredictableEnigma]

My 17 year old's first car has no aux port or bluetooth so he's learning to burn CDs 😅 I'm teaching him the ways

[@sgtsalmon]

i forget y’all are allowed on the internet

[@aussierobber]

​@@grooveline1000aw hell naah

[@AZ-wf4cj]

To be honest I have a bit of an obsession with CD collecting, I have some CD’s of my favorite artists I feel like I have a treasure trove nothing beats having a piece of your favorite album or something from the old days to keep for yourself

[@benjamincraig7198]

I've ripped something like 2200 CD so far for the audio quality, and let me tell you it is a whole task. Metadata becomes the hardest part as you are creating your offline library. Discogs and MP3Tag are your best friend. Also Batch rename software. Cheers mate, happy listening!

[@tjeuke9374]

Yeah man the metadata is the worst, Plex amp that doesnt recognise a lot of CD's that you need to put the aritst & artwork manualy in.

[@nickwallette6201]

I think I have run into maybe one CD (that isn't something esoteric like a demo CD, or music meant for commercial use) that FreeDB didn't recognize. I've been using that since it sprung up as the alternative to CDDB (later called Grace Note) when they went subscription.

[@Ahayri]

Most people cannot do ripping process properly though. They just extracting the content out of it and thats it, how do you plan to play interactive menu content with this way? If you dont care proper preservation, why do you care ripping in the first place, that song you try to rip is already available on various platforms anyway. Easiest and proper method is using MPF frontend and CDRwin format for CDs, ISO format for DVDs/BDs. Yeah disc images will requires much more space but there is no other proper preservation solution.

[@Henkibojj]

I've used Foobar2000 for my ripping. Is that an adequate tool? I used to use my PS3 to rip about 200 albums but since then their metadata server has been shut down so everything has to be entered in manually using a controller or a USB wired/wireless keyboard. It's fine for up to four albums at one instance but after that it gets tiresome so then it's PC for me. Still lands on the PS3 because it's my main media hub in the living room.

[@Ahayri]

@@Henkibojj You can rip discs using various software, including popular media and sound player software like foobar2000 and VLC. While these tools are excellent for extracting audio tracks, they don't create full disc dumps. For simply listening the discs or extracted songs, these methods suffice (especially using foobar2000 Audio CD and DVD-Audio plugins). However, if you aim to preserve a disc's entire content, including its menus, structure and metadata etc., a full proper disc dump is the recommended approach. And as i said, easiest solution is using MPF frontend and proper format for your disc (BIN/CUE for CDs, ISO for DVDs).

[@dansamolewicz3462]

There's a surprising amount of content that isn't on streaming services, which is why I still buy CD's sometimes.

[@RobertQuant]

Cds 💿 will always be better than cheap ass streaming people getting rid of their collection are stupid cause there’s money to be made on cds 💿 and will never own music same with movies blue ray and DVDs 📀

[@mekallow]

Cd's are having a huge resurgence which is awesome. I've been running a vinyl and cd shop for the better part of 7 years and cd sales in the last 2-3 years have boomed while vinyl has stayed at a steady level. Owning your music, higher quality and having shelves upon shelves of banger albums to stare at while inevitably listening to dookie for the 15th time is the best.

[@seaweedhajime]

love watching man yelling at circles for 11 minutes 🔥🔥

[@Elena-c5c]

I've started collecting more physical media the past couple years and I've bought some bulk lots of mainly horror dvds in the format I call "The Schlock Box" because 90% of them are terrible, but it's fun to find those gems.

[@frtzkng]

I'll steal that name, thank you now my CD collection has three tiers: the Schlock Box, the Horde, and the Rack of the Gods

[@NinjaTortoise42]

Actually so cool that you were able to do something like this, I hope to start my own "hoard" of physical media like this one day!

[@FlynnTheRedhead]

I’ve been getting back into CDs ever since I got into K-Pop. They still ship CDs with albums (though it seems like the industry is moving towards CD-less albums these days), but always been interesting to me

[@hahanah1463]

K pop. Ffs

[@FlynnTheRedhead]

@@hahanah1463 ?

[@Karmy.]

I love collecting CDs, I can usually find them for 25 cents to a dollar at thrift stores here Still really jealous of that collection though lol

[@papusadrianus]

i've been getting back into cd collecting since 2022, glad to see you on along on the wave.

[@quickgenerichannelname3295]

Surprise Bruce cameo at 1:40!

[@SW99836]

When the Aussie guy that yells at iPods uploads, it's a fire day

[@Markimark151]

I’m now buying CDs more than vinyl records nowadays, since vinyl prices have skyrocketed while CDs are pennies on a dollar and even cars have ability to play them, there’s even CD changers!

[@thedarkknight1971]

10:57 - The track - 'Norma Rockwell - Prizefighter'. Now, if you listen to the track entirely, it sounds like the Zylophone player downed a whole bottle of 'High octane' booze in one go and then started playing, as, during the track, the effects of the booze slowly kicks more and more in their playing sounds like they are trying to get, errr, more and more 'Creative'? 🤣🤣🤣 with notes becomeing more more eratic going here there and everywhere. Still a FUN track though 😏. The track is also used to end each video for YT 'Robot Cantina' where he does crazy lawn mower engine swaps in old Honda Insight and a 1970s Renault car (along with a Kubota 719cc small diesel engine with a turbo and intercooler in a Honda Insight) for economy and... Power/Performance testing? 🤣🤣 DEFFO worth checking out! 😎🇬🇧

[@BrentBlueAllen]

9:03 deli-sliced Pavarotti, yum

[@scenedemon]

I started collecting CDs lately, and i absolutely love it! I adore the artwork and extra goodies they would package with albums. It’s like a treasure hunt!

[@e_Dave]

When I saw the video I legit giggled. I absolutely love and stand by CDs. Records and Cassettes are fun novelties, but CDs are where the good clean sound is. I have a portable player with a transparent window so you can see the dingus disc spin. So fun!!! And you can rip them into mp3s or lossless! I stand by them to this day, so good!!!

[@xXx_Regulus_xXx]

plus you're not scratching the thing up just by replaying it, all physical media rots or rusts in the end but CDs are longer lived than records

[@e_Dave]

@@xXx_Regulus_xXx Absolutely! I once accidentally dropped an unprotected disc on gravel, data side down. Not only did it still work, but there wasn’t a scratch on it!

[@RobertQuant]

@@e_Davedon’t forget their cd scratch removers that does the job too also with DVDs to fix scratches so problem solved

[@GH3PC]

You lot better not blow up the price in CD’s I swear to god 😂

[@moodwoboo]

TRUE

[@whiteroach3]

Agreed. I don't want CD to cost as much as Vinyl again.

[@arnox4554]

@@whiteroach3 In fairness, even with vinyls, only really special ones like Dark Side of the Moon are worth anything.

[@frtzkng]

In some places it has already started as Dank is far from the only one with this mindset. Even if it's still a niche. We're still at the bottom of that graph he showed but very close to that rising slope

[@mromutt]

I really hope that doesnt happen but its exactly what I am afraid of.

[@thisispeaceseekers]

5:13 as a hardstyle fan with a few "current" hardstyle CDs, now I'm curious of how that 2003 hardstyle sounds like compared to now xD

[@Im_Just_A_Dreamer]

The day after Technology Connections does an episode about MP3 CDs! You guys should do a collab, it’d be hilarious.

[@probablyanadult7354]

It would be like water and oil. One reads off a script and the other yells at an iPad with a random topic in mind. It would still be fun

[@RealEpikCartfrenYT]

and here is me with my mp3 cd boombox wanting to buy more CDs... I guess now I should

[@Im_Just_A_Dreamer]

@@probablyanadult7354 I just thought the contrast would be fun, is all.

[@Im_Just_A_Dreamer]

@@probablyanadult7354 I thought the contrast would be fun, at least

[@Im_Just_A_Dreamer]

I just thought the contrast would be fun, at least.

[@cyber_pirate]

FINALLY someone is saying it. CDs are gonna be considered collectible once day and i will be vindicated for buying albums on CD at the record store while everyone looks through vinyls

[@cyber_pirate]

i’ve gotten all my friends on board too. it’s happening guys

[@arnox4554]

CDs sound better than vinyls too.

[@richmorrison8194]

Totally agree with you. I can't wait for the day vinyl collectors will realize they've been had. The format is inferior. You get pops and clicks, even on new records you just picked up, or you can listen to an immaculate recording on CD. This is the emperor's new clothes. I jumped ship when they raised the price of vinyl albums that last round. Rich don't like greed.

[@monsterfuelsthesoul3539]

Kid from 2003 here. I still love CD’s I keep my favorites in my car to jam out to! If I like something enough I try to find physical media for it. It crushes me when I can’t though. A show I was super big into in 2016-2017 is leaving Netflix soon and they never did a physical disc set for it. Angers me since I won’t be able to watch it legally or easily anymore. 😢

[@Luke.]

Get ready to watch CD prices skyrocket like iPods did thanks to this video that will do millions of views!