15 reasons why I STILL BUY CDs

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[@Sparkyzilla85]

One of the reasons why I still buy CDs is because an artist can remove their music from Spotify, but they can't come into my house and remove my CDs.

[@ryeofoatmeal]

lmfao good one 🤣 in fact it could be rare items too

[@hajilee4539]

Exactly why I like Blu-rays and DVD's too. Netflix removes things all the time, and for film trilogies they typically only have the last two films. It's so aggravating, physical media is just the way to go in my opinion.

[@lamecasuelas2]

Yes! I'm so glad that I got a Neil Young box set for example

[@kylebookout1789]

Neil Young is on his way right now.

[@WebtoonMan]

What if I look you up on whitepages and come to your house and steal all of your cd’s?

[@TheMultiGunMan]

I still buy CD's. You can't beat having a physical copy of an album.

[@vitorfernandes651]

Of course you can. I have all my library on my external 1 terabyte and sd 1 terabyte for the car. You can’t take your 1000 CDs in the car or on your media player when going for a run Even at home i save so much space. Then I don’t suffer from disc scratches but the best reason to not buy CDs of that I search the web for the best masters from each album. I listen to around 4 or 5 masters from each album to decide the best sounding. I have a mixture of high resolution, SACDs, vinyl rips and flacs from cds. One of his reasons for cd is less likely to get damage in transit. That’s hilarious. You still have transit? You have to wait to get the cd? Haha. Another big issue I have with cds. There’s on many álbum songs that I don’t like and prefer to delete. You can’t delete songs on cd.

[@JALC-x]

@@vitorfernandes651 sure for convenience purposes and use cases where quality isn't necessary streaming music or using downloaded files is technically better, but I'm not sure how you're shipping and handling CDs so poorly that you manage to scratch them so much

[@codname125]

@@JALC-x "use cases where quality isn't necessary" lol you do realise that digital files can be the same quality as CDs or even better? Btw CDs also just store digital files. I rip almost all of my CDs to my pc so I don't have to the deal with the hassle of always changing them also I can put them on my phone this way. phones theses days have enough space to store thousands of lossless music files.

[@MIB_63]

I have it the same way. I have 10.000+ cds in my collection and a large percentage aren't available for streaming. Besides the cover art and the booklet with liner nores are a part of the enjoyment, especially when it comes to albums from the 70s and 80s. Bands like Pink Floyd spent minor fortunes on creating imaginative album covers that matched the concept of the albums.

[@psyche234]

@@vitorfernandes651 I still stream music, but it’s a great feeling to physically own something from an artist you love.

[@SuperButterfly217]

I will always buy cds. I love having physical copies of my favorite artist's music.

[@JohnnyTurnerMusic]

Heres the first and only reason. You actually OWN the music.

[@thebestoffools]

The industry is killing vinyl with their ridiculous asking prices. People who prefer a physical format and were into vinyl for the last few years are simply shifting back to CD. 💿

[@radioseppe]

I said years ago, will cdr be the next cassette? Hip kids dig r/w cd-stations from fleamarkets etc?

[@leonardo060472]

I have a collection of vinyl records too. I stopped buying vinyl in 1989 and now I'm selling my collection for prices that I wouldn't pay myself for them, but there are many vinyl lovers that will pay those high prices.

[@Pauldjreadman]

You just have to look around. However, I completely agree with you.

[@codname125]

CD is the superior format anyway

[@TheBomber15]

Yeah the pricing has become a massive hurdle. There is a supply and demand element that exists. We simply don’t have enough pressing plants around the world to meet demand. It’s an obvious opportunity for a business for those with enough money.

[@NedenaBeerFarm]

Two more reasons: when you go to a live show, the performers will have a table set up where they sell CDs and merch. If you buy a CD, you can support the artist directly and get their autograph on the CD. That's a lot of fun and you can't do that with streaming. Plus, CDs make great gifts that you can give your musically enlightened friends.

[@xzandher6812]

Damn true!

[@ryangunwitch-black]

Reason #11 really needs to be reason no. 1 I make sure to have a physical copy of anything I love. Albums, movies, books. The digital version can go away at any time. Chapters considered "problematic" cannot be excised from my book shelf. A copyright dispute won't cause a song to disappear from a CD. Nobody can ruin my CD collection with their awful remaster.

[@sirspookybones1118]

I guess it didn't occur to me that a streaming service could just leave up a shit remaster (Megadeth Rust in peace for example) instead of providing the original. On CD I can get the original at any time, but some might cost a bit extra.

[@samwright8599]

Agreed

[@rosstudisco8650]

One of my favorite pass times is going to a store and looking at cd’s.

[@rustymertz]

Hell yeah. Every payday, I’d go to buy music. I’d also hit music stores on campus and buy Japanese import singles that would have non-US released songs on them.

[@erilaz7]

I love doing that, too. Being a big fan of Japanese pop music, I especially love rummaging around in second-hand CD shops in and around Tokyo. Each of the six times I've gone to Japan, I've brought about 100 CDs (a mix of albums and singles) home with me. And since I was buying the vast majority of them second-hand, I only paid between ¥30,000 and ¥45,000 for each of those loads. That's an average of less than USD $4 per CD - much cheaper than buying them new, and much, MUCH cheaper than buying them new and paying for shipping from Japan!

[@Butterfly-ql4pg]

If I'm going off my own reasoning, I just find owning physical copies of music to be a lot more satisfying than just having a bunch of digital downloads on my devices. And I just find CDs to be a lot more convenient than more vintage formats like vinyls and cassettes because they're often a lot cheaper, I don't have to rewind them after every use, and I can skip to whatever track I want without ruining them

[@jeffking4176]

I agree. 📻🙂

[@LKonstantina915]

they are a lot cheaper and easy to find. You can just get dozens of blank CDs and record whatever you want. Vinyls are too expensive and you need good equipment and cassettes are expensive too but also hard to find and break easily.. CDs are the best format if you want to own a physical copy of music.

[@JezJerzy22]

There is 1 main reason I love CDs: you can stay disconnected from internet / PCs, no FANs noise or shitty adverts in the browser or streaming services. Only you and music... brilliant experience.

[@PROGROCK-tr9hw]

So true.

[@ugur3527]

You can play your offline audio files (FLAC, Opus, M4A...) without internet on your PC and even on your phone. If you don't want fan noises you can buy fanless PC's which their performance is highly enough for playing audio files. Nowadays CDs are completely useless.

[@hajilee4539]

@@ugur3527 Completely useless is quite harsh. Just say it's not for you.

[@yostabbastabba1864]

I'm switching back to CD's after a 3 year affair with vinyl. I just can't deal with these ridiculous vinyl prices. Great video....

[@njp100]

Good point. I mix it up myself.

[@FM4ever]

I buy CDs. I rip them to flac files, to play back. It is so great to have a tangible thing. And it is great to support artists at gigs, by buying albums from the merch stand

[@the-mr-paul]

Cds are still big in Japan. We still have several Tower Records and HMVs in Tokyo. Both are always busy and most of the customers are young.

[@Pufoe67]

I have been collecting, buying records since 1978. I started, and switched to collecting CD's in 1987. I love owning physical copies. This will never change. I use streaming services reference new artists, bands to see if I like , then buy later when I can afford.

[@Pinstripedood]

I like physical formats mostly for the last reason. I like sitting down and listening to an album in full, rather than skipping around or doing playlists.

[@n.m.saseendran7270]

Why I still prefer CDs are because of its quality / hearing experience are entirely different from any other medium/format

[@billpetersenjr.5781]

I bought a Cambridge Audio CD player a few years ago because I wanted to start listening to my archived CD collection (I had ripped them about 15+yrs ago to a portable HD so I could listen to music at work thru winamp!) When I started purposely listening to my CDs and LPs again, I realized how much I had been missing from just sitting down and only listening to music. As you mention, it's about holding the physical element, reading the liner notes, the cover art, the portability, and the price point. Not to mention that the sound quality of CDs are still phenomenal. There are CDs I have that aren't on streaming platforms and never will be. My love of collecting CDs and LPs came from my parents who ran a record store back in the early 80s. I'm passing that love of the physical element of music on to my kids, especially my oldest daughter who loves the physicality of CDs herself. They represent some kind of musical magic for her.

[@michaels-r448]

I couldn’t get my eldest to bite. Where did I go wrong? Kids just like the plug and play option.

[@glennaa11]

That's a good point about things not being available for streaming

[@SteveGuttenbergAudiophiliac]

Thanks for the shout out John, great episode!

[@LuxAudio389]

Steve, you And Darko are true aficionados of CDs. I'm still warm hearted by your review of the Luxman D-10x . ❤️ I bought its sister with the 509x integrated. Soon I'll splurge on the D-10x❤️❤️

[@joker_on_blitz2669]

Having a car with no bluetooth, aux, and a broken antenna forced me into playing some of my old cd's. Now I'm hooked and my collection is slowly growing. It's nice not having to connect my phone to the car and just let the cd continue from where it left off. I too hate when some of my favorite songs get removed from spotify.

[@kiddcapri1711]

Reason 15 - Like you and probably everyone else that has been "forced" to listen to whole albums over the year's 2 things tend to happen. 1. Anywhere from 30% + of the rest of the album's song's are really good, you would have never gave them the time of day if not for CD. They grow on you "because you're forced" to listen to them. The main reason you bought an album was probably because of 1 or 2 songs, but after listening to it a number of times, you'll find a number of songs grow on you. 2. When your out and about and you hear a song that you have on an album you really love. When that song finishes your mind automatically thinks the next track will be whatever (is next on that album), only to be disappointed with another song from a different artist.

[@stevelawlor5456]

One idea that I don't think anyone has mentioned is, when we are no longer alive, our cd's can be given to our friends and family, you can't really do that with streaming music. Even those cd's that none of our friends or family like can either be sold online or given to one of the many charity shops in the UK. Love the updated video you've made @Darkoaudio and have just subscribed.

[@clemleg123]

The single biggest reason that's missing here is economic value. When you buy a CD you own it as opposed to just having a right to listen to it for a definite period of time. Streaming is great on the go or to discover new artists but realistically you generally end up listening over and over to the same songs or artists that you like most. If you pay £10pm for a streaming service that's as much £2500 after 20 years and the minute you terminate your subscription you lose every right to listen to any of your tracks while you could have bought 300 CDs or more in the meantime that you actually like and own. It's a bit like renting your home vs owning it. You may think you're better off spending less cash on a monthly basis but at the end of the day, if you've paid for your house then you have an asset while if you rent you have nothing.

[@papoosee]

Getting into vinyl records made me appreciate CDs again.

[@Christian-iy9ox]

No advertisements on CD's! That's my reason

[@patcoston]

This reminds of why I like DVDs. DVDs have extra content like commentary, bloopers, the making of, behind the scenes, interviews, and so on.

[@gabesz]

One point in addition: you can gift CD’s. You can’t do that with streaming. Music can be a gift to somebody who you like :)

[@janpierzchala2004]

cds

[@elwyn5150]

Bandcamp has streaming of purchases and you can gift a release to somebody else.

[@hajilee4539]

@@elwyn5150 But it certainly isn't as special. Getting an actual item is more special than receiving a digital code for it.

[@RocknRollkat]

CDs sound SO much better. That's all I need to know. Excellent presentation, thank you. Bill P.

[@ApplesauceNinja]

I buy cds for the same primary reason I buy physical copies of movies and games - I want something tangible for my money, and not having my entertainment intruded upon by the online gatekeepers is invaluable to me. Here in the states, pawn shops are lousy with cds, with my local one selling them for $1 apiece. Good luck getting an entire album for that price anywhere else.

[@steveclark5206]

Same reason for me. Owning something I can touch makes it “real”. Plus as technology changes I can use my CD to make a new digital copy. I remember in the early 2000s when people copied their CDs to mp3 and then sold all their CDs. I was happy to buy or take them for free from them. Then after higher quality digital (FLAC etc.) they asked to borrow them back to re-download them. So as far as I’m concerned, until streaming/iTunes type of services are of higher quality than available on CD, I’m “future proofed”.

[@ROOKTABULA]

As long as they make them, I'll buy cds. That said, I remember polling students back in 1999 and asking them: "If cds were $9.99, would you use Napster and Limewire to steal music?" 95% of them said No. Had the labels not be so _GREEDY,_ CDs would have had far more popularity to this day.

[@ScogginsDiscGolf]

I absolutely love the CD. I have close to 10,000 in my collection and continue to purchase them on a weekly basis. There is nothing like physical media!

[@nlgbbbblth]

Great video. Disclosure #1 - I have bought vinyl since 1981 and never stopped. Disclosure #2 - I have bought CDs since 1986 and never stopped. CD works better for longform pieces, classical, live recordings, tracks with quiet passages etc. Also genre box sets (e.g. the ones that Cherry Red release) are just impractical on vinyl. And for V/A compilations, CDs are much better - I remember buying the Deep Heat series in 1989-1991 and the vinyl was crammed with sides of 30+ minutes. Very difficult to cue up and the gain had to go way up. CDs of those were a godsend even though CDJ players were a few years away. There's a weird form of snobbery coming from this new generation of Born Again Vinyl Junkies (WHO IGNORED VINYL FOR YEARS) who are totally dismissive of CDs - it's like they're trying to over-compensate. Good point re cassettes. In 1988, four out of every six new albums sold was on cassette. It did serious damage to vinyl sales during the 1980s - a fact that many people conveniently forget in their fetishing of tapes while simultaneously hating CDs.

[@RutgerSteenbergen]

Here a CD-buyer as well. Hunting for cheap, second hand albums is great fun. And I really like a physical collection. Flipping through my albums and surprising myself. From pop to jazz and from soul to dance. A digital experience is completely different. One more reason: I listen much more thoughtfully. When the CD is on, I listen to it all the way through.

[@AD-fx2qd]

My man! CDs forever. Been collecting since I was like 10, have so many, still buy multiple a week. Superior format!

[@sonicboompole2774]

I love CDs. Very good points. One big point you didn't mention was that CD's are recordable. Major advantage over vinyl. Another great point missed was how naturally easy it is to make an MP3 from a CD vs. Vinyl or Tape. CD begat streaming in the same way tapes begat tape trading and mix tapes. Finally, I think it would have been worth mentioning random access and programmability of a CD player over vinyl or tapes.

[@richardrose2606]

Reason to buy and listen to CDs: 1. They sound good.

[@Shadowborg]

My last car had a pretty good aftermarket sound system. I noticed a BIG difference in CDs vs bluetooth streaming. I started collecting them from antique stores. People thought I was crazy.

[@w122ArD]

Same with me. I listened to one album in my car and I noticed a huge difference in sound quality and separation of instruments. CDs have higher quality for sure

[@mikelastname6722]

People look at me like an alien when I tell them I only buy CDs and DVDs

[@astronaut2005drummer]

Cool subject! I still buying CDs. My entire collection is in CD format, because to listen the whole album I don't need to read A side and B side, it's all in one side. I can play them in random mode, repeat mode, select songs, it's very portable, I play in my PC, my hi-fi, and are cheaper than LPs. Are smaller than LPs. About the sound... they sound very good to me. Finally, I can do backup of any CD, with the same quality sound. That´s my opinion. Long life to the CD format. :) I hate the clicks and pops of vinyl. One more subscriber.

[@ericlawrie7044]

Really glad to come across your channel. Fascinating to watch and listen to. Sound (forgive the pun!) arguments and views. Nice one!

[@alexmathewmendoza]

2017 was the last year that I regularly purchased CDs (I believe it was "DAMN." by Kendrick Lamar), and then I began streaming my music more regularly and I've basically stayed there. However! As a younger millennial I grew up on the CD and still have a healthy collection of CDs and I again yearn for the physical interaction of opening the case, placing the disk into a player, opening up the booklet (which were sometimes printed on plush paper, if that's a thing) and reading the lyrics, liner notes, thank you's, and looking at photographs. With LPs often being two and sometimes three times the cost of a comparable CD, I've very much considered launching back into CDs for most of the reasons you've listed. Big thanks for this video, from Austin TX.

[@maciejkowalski2759]

Reason #8 for me is the most important one. I'm a prog guy and the majority of my favorite albums have tracks seguing into one another. I cannot even imagine listening to "Abbey Road" or "The Wall" or "Scenes from a Memory" through a streaming service.

[@bronxvinylfunk2007]

I still to this day purchase cds. I made sure my Suv had a cd player, It's a 2020 vehicle, they are phasing cds out. I'm ok with continuing to buy the cd and vinyl format rather than streaming.

[@snows4770]

My parents grew up listening to a ton of music in the 80s and 90s, and a week ago they realized I was starting my own cd collection. They gifted me a case full of well over 100 discs that I now have. Included are CD-Rs that my dad had with him during his war deployments. Heirlooms don’t get much more personal for me than stuff like that. Can’t get that from a Spotify playlist.

[@gnz-art]

Same thing happens here, I still buy CDs as well as games because personally I like collecting them and of course, I also listen to music via streaming services and when not possible I buy digital games but again, I will always love having the physical media. Like they say, "Nothing beats the original".

[@fredmccarroll3476]

I collect and listen to both CDs and vinyl records! I presently have around 1600 CDs and around 1100 vinyl records. I also collect movies on DVD and Blu-ray. I have around 1300 movies and out to those 121 are Rock concerts and documentaries. I also started collecting reel to reel tape.

[@derekherzer1957]

I love being immersed into an album with a CD and it's tactile packaging. Even just holding the case or booklet adds to the experience

[@gilbaptiste6732]

I haven't had a CD player for years and just last week I bought a used device from TEAC. I haven't regretted it for a second. It's just a lot more fun to listen to music like that.

[@phillipblades6784]

Hello, I too am never giving up my CD or DVD/Blu-Ray collection. I don’t like and have no need for streaming services. You hit the nail on the head with every reason! I started listening to music at about 6 years old with 8-track tapes, then migrated to the cassette, and then the CD. That’s where I’m staying. I do have a lot of playlists on KZbin and Applemusic/iTunes on my iPad, but I still have the CDs of that music also. Great video! Thanks for your analysis of why we shouldn’t give up our physical media music collections. I sincerely believe the same reasons should apply to DVDs and Blu-Rays. I even still have some VHS tapes left in my movie collection. Thanks again and I subbed while watching this!

[@DangerousDevilOfficial]

Not only do I still listen to CDs, I still sell my own new music on CDs! I will never give up CDs until we can no longer get them. 💿💯

[@christopheri79]

CD´s forever 🙂

[@DangerousDevilOfficial]

@@christopheri79 hell yeah!

[@therealautisticdj]

Just subscribed to your channel

[@orchardroadstudio]

Audiophiles wake up, I'm 65 years old and I have been through it all. Had most of my favorite albums on 7.5 IPS reel-to-reel tapes. But there was tape hiss. The records they made from those tapes also had hiss and they added some ticks and Pops. So when CD came out it had no hiss no ticks no pops no wow and flutter no tracking error. CDs were and are still the best with sacd being the best of the best. Streaming? I still have not heard a file sound better than a CD. So please sell all your CDs to me for about three bucks so that when the audio Community says yeah we're tired of making you buy all the records again, now by all the CDs again. It's just business

[@rorysuire6177]

15ips tape. Faster speed=No hiss. Problem solved.

[@gg.6967]

You missed me by 19 years on the cd or you would have a couple thousand jewels 💎 with lovely artwork for your wall racks Chris.😎

[@Model3GenerativeANdroid]

Nyquist Shannon Theorem rocks!

[@Voiceofreason99ify]

SACD v good

[@vjc812]

Also don’t forget the CDs don’t wear out… Every time you play tape or an LP it is wearing so it has a finite amount of playback before it gets degraded to the point of unbearable to listen to… In fact back in the day when I had vinyl I also bought a Nakimiji dragon which was fabulous I would buy a new LP and put it on to cassette metal tape through the Nakamichi dragon and played that all the time when I would wear out that tape I could always make another copy therefore extending the vinyl that I had… CD came out I dropped everything and continue to this day listening to CD

[@1Moggi]

Great video! I remember buying a lot of cd singles in the 90's and I loved the fact that there was often live tracks/remixes/covers that you wouldn't/couldn't find elsewhere. 👌

[@dimitris_kour1505]

Nothing's like buying a CD and jumping from excitement to hear it at home. You feel it as your own, as well as a closer connection to the artist, and it genuinely sounds better, cause it was mastered with CD players in mind, so you hear everything the producer wanted you to hear clearly!

[@dannybourne_]

I still buy on average 10-15 CDs each month, my collection is over 2450 CD... many are unique editions and signed by the artist...some legendary too. Also have 85 SACDs 😁

[@CBT5777]

For some of us, music is all we have. It "is" our identity.

[@margaretjiantonio939]

I was disappointed when I bought my new vehicle it didn't have a CD player in it.

[@stevendphoto]

Dec-2022: Still buying and still enjoying CD's...!

[@sit1815]

I still love buying CD’s and always will! It’s more than just the music… it’s the lyrics, the artwork the entire concept of an album as a complete package. It’s all about the art of it all. ✌️🖤🤘

[@gameconsoletherapy4434]

All my friends laughed at me with my shelves of CDs that I have been buying since 1993. I was vindicated several times for my insistence on CDs. When the streaming services drop a song or artist or never carried the artist. My friends come over and we put the CD in and hang out and listen. As John said the CD is also a social thing. You put it in the player you hang out and listen to it like a concert. That's how I look at it I paid to see this show.

[@RUfromthe40s]

agreed i also started to buy only cds in 93 but when a copy of an old record appears and it´s better than mine i would buy it for the fact that old records in cd do not sound good or even average

[@dcpayne5264]

I have very small CD collection now. Most that I have kept are ones in cardboard cases. I hate HATE HATE those horrible crystal boxes. I wish all cds were in cardboard sleeves so it was more like having a smaller vinyl collection - that’s my rant

[@lawrencestalbow-best2317]

I adore this video. This is everything I feel about physical media. I wish I could help my friends understand this...

[@iainclark5964]

I still have CD and DVDs. I like to own what I want to watch and listen to rather that borrow it.

[@johnharrison8442]

Number 16 - Inheritance, with digital streaming who and how can you leave your curated collection, in your will? Where as with CD's and vinyl records you can leave your whole collection to one person or give individuals part or just one of your records to keep. I love CD's and vinyl for lots of reasons.

[@4034miguel]

Love CDs. I buy CDs and CDs only. Physical media is the only way you really own music and CDs are purest way to liten to music, when it is well mastered,. When their is a silence, there is silence and cracking or clicks and degradation after several listening. Impossible to listen Anton Bruckner with vinyl (poor dynamics) and no need to buy new needles, cleaning methods or equipment. It is perfection.

[@mateviragh823]

I agree with you in all reasons. Cool vids and channel! Great job! 👏

[@JoakimBertil]

My absolute biggest reasons for buying movies and music on a physical format is that I have it here even if the streaming service takes it away, I don't want to pay for it anymore or internet is down for the moment. Furthermore, quality is much better.

[@sbutler860]

There's one other reason why CDs rule streaming. The smell. Yep, I said the smell. There's nothing like the aroma of a freshly unwrapped CD booklet; you open one of its many pages, exhale as much as you can, throw your face into the booklet and sniff. Inhale. Breathe in. Let the aroma pass down your airways as though the first morning of spring...no, seriously, they smell great. Especially when they're released on thick, glossy paper, like the Suede albums used to be. x

[@Speedrunner0218]

I like having a CD play in the car so I don't have to have my phone out, plus at home, I can rip the CD to loseless audio, and then listen to the digital ripped versions most of the time, and then CDs either in the car, or sometimes, in my personal CD player since it sounds so clear plus yeah, the idea of physical items you can touch amuses me.

[@StsFiveOneLima]

Yep. If I want to own music, I immediately buy the CD.

[@starman1994]

Agree with most of the 15 reasons, now I shall add one more to the list which I find important enough that we CD buyers and supporters should not discount it. 16. Creation of digital catalogs that is easily transferable from your personal laptop/computer to your non-iphone mobile devices. Because you own the actual physical CDs, you are free to choose any songs or albums to transfer to your personal devices which can allow you to listen to them on the go with a pair of good headphones + portable DAC. Also, there are so many advances in technology in the past 10 years that you can literally copy the songs from a CD with higher bitrate than ever before (and the explosion of terabyte storages helps in this regard as the file sizes increases with higher bitrate copies). I am a big supporter of CDs because mainly the physical ownership as well as the privacy which it provides the listener. Thank you for your video.

[@StCreed]

I've ripped all my CDs to FLAC, put them on USB and a NAS. Now they're portable and available wherever I want them. I only download nowadays, and only FLAC.

[@colanitower]

Same here. Another advantage: it's not album based. It's fun to build sequences of the best tracks by artist. I did it for 2 decades on reel-to-reel tapes, now it's in playlists of flac files. For me, on average only 20% of tracks in albums really work. No need to have the rest taking up space and never be listened to.

[@cohenpeart]

I pretty much agree with John on all counts. Regarding CDs not requiring an internet connection, I'd add that it's not just about those times when your internet goes out and you can't stream - it's also about the fact that with physical media, your "device" never goes "Ding!" because you got a notification, nor does it ring because you got a phone call. Like John, I use streaming, CDs and vinyl - they all have their advantages and situations - but there are definitely times when I want to shut out the world while I listen to my tunes.

[@strangemagic5502]

I love my CD collection. I usually buy them 2nd hand and transfer music from my PC onto my phone to use in the car. That saves a lot of cash paying for streaming services and it's also nice to read the covers for the lyrics etc. Buying 2nd hand is also fairly environmentally friendly too. Nice video

[@YellowfinGrouper]

The only way you can guarantee access in perpetuity to content is to own a physical copy. You also have something which as a collector you can take out and look at. You can enjoy liner notes, artwork etc.

[@pmasuri1]

I love my CDs and will never get rid of them

[@pedroloco9327]

Physical ownership , with subscription you own nothing . CDs , DVDs I can watch when I want to where I want to . Artists can remove their work from the subscription service you pay for , power cuts , network issues can all remove your ability to listen to music or watch a film. Look at a few years ago , iTunes were removing limited editions , special editions , live versions , extended versions standard of tracks in peoples libraries and replacing them with standard versions.

[@markorchard2272]

Love your attitude to music and your philosophy generally. Ausgezeichnet!!

[@briansf7012]

I'm a huge Classical music fan. CD is the only way to listen to this beautiful music. Great video.

[@davemiles3387]

I agree with you completely. I was all in when CD came out. I will always remember the moment I listened to my first CD on the first commercially available CD player The Sony 101. It was magical! No background noise! I was, and still am, in love. I too have tried every format known to man. I really have never liked the vinyl format. That being said, I have been into physical SACD and DVD-A Hi-Res surround 5.1 discs as of late. I know another format from CD, but a close relative. Long live the physical disc!!

[@DerekTJ]

Beautiful video. I remember my first hearing of CD; it was the theme for The Oniden Line, in Peats hi-fi store in Dublin '83 ‐ I couldn't get over the clarity in sound.

[@sealisa1398]

Yes, still listen to and buy CDs.

[@stevemurrayphotos]

My Neil Young Unplugged CD literally arrived this week - bought it as not available on Spotify and I need to hear it!

[@jerryboese8820]

CD’s have and always will be the best format for music . I still listen to mine in my car

[@hinduismwithpremananddasbhagat]

Folks who don't buy CD's, such as the young, are missing soooo much. I once knew a girl who went and saw Roger Water's The Wall. She knew the songs via streaming, but had NO CLUE they all were from the same album and told a story!

[@keng.2468]

Great video! I still buy CD's and have a large collection and enjoy listening to music every day.

[@alejandra_asfa]

I love to buy CD's too, I feel like I have a little piece of the tremendous work and time the artist go through, it's so emotional to me. It's the first video of your channel I saw, but not the last, I'm in love with the way you feel music!

[@GoodHomeInspection]

Owning your content is king.

[@ayramz5029]

Correct! One price and it’s yours forever. Not like streaming on Spotify and “renting” your music.

[@pault6533]

This version of the top reasons is much better. Thank you for the remaster!

[@delefo]

I really appreciate how you made the music the priority more than the format, in spite of format being the main topic. Additionally I personally never heard any of the artists you mentioned and each time you shared one I was searching them on a streaming service. I really liked every one of them. Music is everything to me also. Please keep sharing artists with us as you help us navigate our way through our audio journeys. Best to you sir !

[@martinlarsson5254]

I bought 4 cds yesterday at a local secondhand shop. 5 swedish kronas (50 cent) per disc and that’s quality music. One of them was Neil Young that I can’t stream any longer. Great video and I agree totally.

[@spencerburrows5360]

One great thing about CDs not mentioned was the ability to rip them and have a digital copy that you can have on your phone, iPod, music server etc. Really appreciate your content, another great video .

[@MattTerrell]

I can't get on with streaming. I've been burnt a few times already when the versions of what I like, disappear from the streaming service. I've tried to like it, but prefer a physical copy. I literally don't want someone else in control of what I can listen to. I'll choose that thank you!

[@andreasxstavs9028]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. The gentleman is spot on in his assessment of the cd format. I love CDs!!

[@NoyaD9]

I started to buy cd when i was a teenager and you talk to my heart when you talk about "commitment"... I didn't have so much money, so when buying a cd i really committed to it and listened to continuously. Something I blame about digital music in general is the aboundance: this doesn't really let you to fully elaborate and concentrate on a specific album

[@simonjones7727]

I still buy CDs. I am getting more used to streaming music and am building up an MP3 collection too, but the liner notes that come with classical albums, in particular are often a wonderful way of getting to know a piece. Like going to a proper concert with a programme. Also, listening to a CD is an "event". Plus classical CDs in charity shops are often very, very cheap, at present. even top recordings on premium labels, sometimes just a few pence. Occasionally you can walk out with a collection of recordings that would have cost you more than a hundred pounds in the 80s and 90s and still get change from a tenner. This moment cannot last, surely, so enjoy while it lasts, I say.

[@davidwesthead4428]

I still buy CDs new and old, despite getting back into records (Vinyl) a couple of years ago and I also stream. Records take a lot more care and effort in playing and looking after than CDs so understand why it's not for everyone, CDs are a lot more resilient and play back is far more straightforward. I now rarely play a physical CD, as I have ripped them all (I have around 300) but I can still play them if I so choose. I mainly use streaming for being on the move/in the car/at work but also use it to listen to new artists and also new material from artists I follow. One of the reasons I may buy a CD is there are enough tracks I like but not enough to buy (the more expensive) record(Vinyl) - skipping a track on a CD is easy, a record not so.

[@mattspokane]

I have some reasons that are nuances of these: You mentioned that they don’t get damaged in shipping. More importantly to me, heavily used to come up for the story CDs garage sales in thrift stores are almost always still in perfect playing condition. At most they need to be cleaned with soap and water. Another reason that I like a physical copy is that it’s something that my kids or other people can discover later. Our kids will probably not know a lot of the music we listened to during this streaming era because our virtual history of it will be gone or not accessible by them. I can see my parents and grandparents LPs, CDs (and 78s) and see what they had. Unlike an LP, I can listen to a CD in a car. Even if your modern car doesn’t have a CD player, you can pick one up or use Bluetooth to connect one. You can also play one on a boom box for a portable disc player. For the preppers: when there is a big earthquake or other disaster, Internet may go down for a long period of time. Cassettes and CDs will still play well.

[@traderpete007]

I’m likely at about 6000 CDs now! Love it

[@donello430]

CDs are the perfect physical format. They got everything right 40 years ago and it still hasn't been improved on. People only mock cd's because they're unfashionable

[@sf6657]

Your video was, by far, one of the most cogent, well informed, well thought out discussions I’ve heard on this topic, on any platform. I am rarely logged in to KZbin because most of my viewing is news based. But I want you to know that after watching your discussion on CDs I made the effort to pause, find my password, log in, and give you a like. I spent my career producing music in NYC spanning the transition to digital. I lived on LPs as a kid, had my run in with 8 track tapes and had a long love affair with Cassettes. I do not consume huge amounts of music any more so the streaming services do not appeal to me at all. In the early 90’s I remember an important music industry person asking my opinion about the emergence of digital music delivery (pre iTunes) and I told him that it will be hugely successful but someday people will realize that they like to have personal position of their art. People’s relationship with musical artists is much more than just sitting in a room and hearing the work. I think the recent LP trend is the pendulum swinging too far in the other direction. There is a cult-like commitment to vinyl with young people which is a little sad to watch. When I tried to explain to my nephew that the fidelity of his 33rpm LP decreases the closer you get to the middle of the disc, or that a 45rpm disc has better fidelity than a 33,, his eyes glaze over and he mutters, but vinyl sound better than digital. Don’t get me wrong, for a music lover of a certain age, being able to acquire original copies of the albums that defined our youth is a worthwhile and rewarding exploration in nostalgia. But that’s a different conversation. I really enjoyed your video. I’ll be back.