Why You Should Buy CDs NOW in 2024!

[@mikecampbell5856]

I used to belong to an audio forum. A guy said that he ripped all of his CDs to his computer and sold all of his CDs. His computer crashed and he lost everything. I'll bet he wished he had kept his CDs!

[@andygilbert1877]

I’ve known a few people that’s happened to. Could have been avoided by having backups of course! I did the same when the iPod first appeared, and now rip all my CDs to WAV, but one thing I never did was sell any of them.

[@marioplus321]

I ripped all of mine,but never sold and I will never do it.

[@gomey70]

Now he probably has a spotify account and could care less.

[@johnbrentford5513]

I got 4000 cds ripped to a computer but I keep four back ups in a fireproof box.

[@Thr3-Words]

back in 2003 I ripped all my CDs, 600+, then stored them all in three huge CD wallets together with the accompanying sleeves and threw away the plastic thingamagics (diamond something-something?). I did that so I could store my CDs at my dad's house without taking up too much space and simultaneously carry my music with me. All three backup hard drives mysteriously died while doing some reorganisation of my data in 2013. I can't begin to describe the euphoria I felt when I realized that all those CDs where safe with my dad back home!

[@henryashley9945]

I own about 4,000 cds. Never getting rid of them. Made the mistake of selling over 6,500 vinyl albums in 1996.

[@audioarkitekts]

Yeah those 6,500 vinyl albums would translate into a lot of money today. However it's time to look forward and I think the CD will be the next big thing in the coming years.

[@snörre23]

@@audioarkitekts Really ? Who buys vinyl ? How would you sell it as a private person ? I sold my 1000 vinyl LPs to someone who paid me 2000 Euro for them. Yea sure he had some albums in his shop priced for a 100 later. But does that mean they are worth it and anybody will buy them ? Same with CDs, i have a Blues collection that would be impossible to replicate but what is a CD worth ? 50 cents ?

[@geo7660]

@@snörre23 " How would you sell it as a private person ?" Easy with the internet.

[@Zulonix]

Shades of Imelda Marcos, former First Lady of the Philippines... and owner of 3,000 pairs of shoes. ;-)

[@henryashley9945]

@@geo7660 an old friend of mine had a record shop and he bought the whole collection. He still had records that had been mine in his bins for a very long time.

[@Living4JC]

I've been collecting cds since the early 80's. I have over 9000. I enjoy them all the time. I don't use spotify etc

[@RobertQuant]

Streaming is garbage 🗑️ Spotify is garbage 🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮 cds 💿 forever better sound quality and u own the Music 💿💿💿💿🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@thefreestylefrEaK]

I'm sitting at around 12,000 at the moment. Mostly classic rock, heavy metal, glam rock, new wave, 80's pop, freestyle (latin hip-hop), classic rap, Miami Bass, Eurodance, and reggae.

[@TyroneEpps]

I hear u brother

[@user-ui7tn1fq2b]

@@thefreestylefrEaK where are you putting them?? i would need another house lol

[@zebrafood]

IT'S OVER 9000!!!

[@TheVoiceInYourHeadd]

I'm an independent musician about to release my first CD and Vinyl. I want to thank you all for buying physical media and supporting new artists 👏

[@DanielByers-qf9qi]

You are very welcome, speaking for those like me. I always search first for physical media from the most obscure indie artists. Good luck.

[@madhammer232]

Its the me me me guy

[@lejoserex]

Bro, do that shit! Make sure to shop them around where cd lovers hang out, all the geeky places. All the best to you

[@sidblack7125]

@@lejoserex hey just wanna know how would people go about listening to your music when most don't own a cd player?

[@quas3728]

@@sidblack7125 It's cheap af compared to vinyl player

[@purplesabbath9057]

I bought CDs all throughout high school, despite their decline in popularity (this was the early 2010s). I got made fun of for lugging around a portable CD player and 2 or 3 CDs, but I stubbornly stuck with the format. One of my favorite things to do at night before bed was picking out the CDs that I would take with me to school the next day. A decade later, I still buy CDs and will continue to buy them for as long as I can.

[@marioplus321]

👏

[@kakayou546]

Dude ur old school

[@albertpintor3522]

I started middle school in late 07 and everyone already had mp3 players and ipods while portable cd players pretty much gone. Cds were still popular for at home or the car.

[@marioplus321]

@@albertpintor3522 portable cd players were awkward because you needed to take several cds to play over some hours. I remember,I used to have 2. I rather used them in a garden etc. Mp3 players....those rocketed portable music😎

[@Group-935]

​@@marioplus321I can understand that. But me personally? I was a bit weird. I only needed the one CD, so no need to lug around multiple jewel cases. Just the player was all. I loved listening to an album until I memorized all or at least most of the songs, only then would I trade the CD out for another. But that's me. Just sharing my thoughts is all.

[@Perseusgorgonslayer]

I just started last week. I'm going full steam ahead to gather all the music and movies i love on COMPACT DISC.

[@audioarkitekts]

Now is the best time!!

[@pedroantoniodacruzferreira1487]

If there is a catastrophic event that takes the internet down, you will be happy to own your own entertainment in form of CD's and DVD's. I sure as hell will keep mine. If it is digital you don't own it. Your account can be cancelled, you can be banned for whatever reasons you don't foresee now from any platform. The level of control over me, as an individual is just too much. The same goes with money. If you don't hold it, you don't own it. Might sound a bit "dark" or pessimistic, but that is my opinion, so excellent job Michael in supporting this cause. I am with you on this one!

[@emptylikebox]

Exactly!

[@LXT43]

If the internet goes down and being unable to play cd's and DVd's will be the least of your problems.

[@jtstanley26]

@@LXT43isn’t that crazy? Wasn’t much a problem 20 years ago.

[@SpectreOZ]

Orwellian censorship of streaming media is far more likely (aka Disney back catalogue) than a complete outage however your point is valid 👍

[@JoeJ-8282]

Internet ISN'T REALLY an absolute "requirement" for survival, it's just a "nice convenience to have", but you could definitely still enjoy your music collection on a hard physical media such as CD, even if you had no internet... As long as you had a working CD player, (easy to find and cheap to get, especially used), amd you at least had power... And even if the main grid was ever compromised, you could still have plenty of electricity with solar/photovoltaics and an inverter!

[@alakablam7901]

Nothing quite like unwrapping a special release gatefold album. Digital will never replace the feeling of sitting down and pouring over the album art while listening to a new release of your favourite band.

[@AVincentDesign]

Damn, I almost forgot about that!

[@armoris66]

You describe the vinyl experience succinctly 😑

[@Josianne-Music]

I absolutely agree

[@Abridgimation]

Yeah, I hate that almost every PC now has the disc drive removed. I tried getting an external one and it doesn't work :/

[@juanvillanueva77]

Of course

[@mikebabiak]

I'm about to turn 24 years old, and my CD collection is getting close to 500. All my college buddies joke that I'm singlehandedly keeping the CD industry alive lol. Always will be a champion of buying CDs!

[@jscientist204]

only $25 each, Im willing to see you early 2000s CD from my collection. $15 each for burned CD mix from lime wire

[@ricknelson4793]

Cool, I have close to 600 cd,s in my collection but i'm not quite as young as you. Rock On 🎼✌

[@Truthinshredding1]

3500 CD's.

[@GetOffMyLawnRecords]

I just built a floor to ceiling 8'x8' CD Shelf I've got 16 years on you, and it's about 1/3 full. Turning records face out fills space.

[@capancrunch2426]

Mike the truth is folks are starting to buy more and more cds tapes and vinyl, since music is a part of our identity we need it to be tangible, sure at first when media was introduced as convenient we all were amazed but eventually that burns out because when it comes to media particularly our music we need it to be tangible, this is the way we are wired, study is showing that alot more folks are buying cds tapes and vinyl now and it's only gonna grow, sometime in the near future you'll see these formats in brick n mortar

[@marcob.7801]

I'm from Brooklyn, NYC......where we used to have a record (and/or CD) store on every block! NONE of these stores exist anymore!

[@MentalPistol]

RIP out to Beat Street and Music Factory, downtown BK. Sorely missed.

[@DeeMacias]

How sad. And you are from a BIG city. I'm from a small town in Italy..same situation here!!

[@j.t.cooper2963]

I've bought about 400 CD's over the last 4 years. A lot of them are rare OOP first pressings from Japan and West Germany. I will never give up my physical media collections.

[@GordonPyzik]

Yes. Early pressings of CDs are best. Remasterd CDs not good. Synthetic tone and lack of focus. Good job my man

[@j.t.cooper2963]

@@GordonPyzik I don't really buy remasters, unless they are good ones and thats not many.

[@cruzfishburn8015]

8 track baby😊

[@j.t.cooper2963]

@@cruzfishburn8015 Oh ya!!😁

[@raymo6795]

...wise.the end may be near.

[@vectorhold6489]

As a solo music producer I still press my music on CD. I sold hundreds on my bandcamp page alone. Great channel, glad I found it.

[@scottmerrill2416]

I love the fixation people have on vinyl, it lets us by CDs for one third the price.

[@audioarkitekts]

Agreed lol

[@hipidipi20157max]

and new turntables are crappy plastic or very expensive, but the same is also for cd players

[@nanchanger]

And they don't sound as good...

[@1000π]

More portable music for me

[@kayakuprising5914]

You go right ahead and leave the vinyl to us. My records from the 60s and 70s aren't flaking or rotting and sound great.

[@birdy3934]

I recently started listening to my old CDs recently. Great sound quality with no threat of an advert suddenly interrupting

[@GOGGLETUBESUCKS4UIC]

Unless you are on Odyssey.

[@Ta_nuz]

👍

[@SquareNoggin]

I respect it and all - but obviously people who like music and use the streaming services are gonna pay for premium... right? If you had money to buy CDs then you have money for premiun streaming. The only streaming I pay for is youtube premium - it seems to be the best bang for your buck. I do a family plan with other family members so it ends up being cheap, and you get youtube music (IMO the best music streaming) as well as youtube premium - which comes with essential perks (no ads, download, background play, some extra playback controls and queue making stuff, and I'm convinced the recommendation algorithm becomes more tailored and sophisticated when you have premium, though I don't know it for a fact). The content you can find on youtube is 10million times better than Netflix or Prime or whatever anyways. Point being, as much as I admire the people who have physical music and I miss the days of browsing the music store - the premium music streaming has amazing value and it's a hard sell to get me to turn away from it. The sheer volume of content on youtube music is so massive, and if there does happen to be really obscure stuff that's not available, if I can get the file (from a CD or anywhere else) I can load into the streaming app and slot it into my playlists easily. I understand the nostalgia but if you truly are a music geek who loves enjoying music for it's own sake, the streaming services are amazing and people 40 years ago would be very very jealous of the low cost access we have to mind boggling oceans of music.

[@synchronicity67]

But how? I cant find a cd player😮

[@swishstudios285]

How do you listen when your away then

[@INDOMINION]

Releasing my CD as an indie artist in a couple more weeks! No online distribution!

[@kickassv8]

I’m not sure where you came from, but I’m glad you landed in my feed. I still buy cds, cassette, vinyl, even 8-tracks. I still have my mom’s Radio Shack 8-track player.

[@cassie101]

Where do you buy your vinyls and cd's...thanks

[@audioarkitekts]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@thechuckster6838]

I own thousands of CD's ranging back to 1985. The problem with download is not only sound quality, it's also the availability of certain versions of songs. Some of the versions that I want to hear are just not available on streaming platform. I see albums disappear and never to show up again. I like to own my recordings and knowing that I have the version of songs that I want to hear.

[@scarletspider1240]

Not only should people be buying up physical media…you should also be buying up the players that allow you to consume them. DVD players, cd players, cassette players, record players, 8-track players…:everything. And make sure you have backups in case they break.

[@jimgardner5129]

We've got 6 or 7 players in the house. And three DACs, in case we're not keen on the sound of a player.

[@arandomkaz]

Im always gonna try and have an external disk drive. I'm collecting disk based consoles and videogames and for the old ones that are easly moddable i do backyups to keep the original disk in good shape

[@MorgMorg-uf6ps]

An older laptop with cd is also a good idea for some backup playing. Cd/dvd players are still available because of cd sales. Got an new Aiwa for cheap. Classic make as well. Retro

[@JoeJ-8282]

Yep, agreed, and used CD and DVD players even REALLY nice ones with great features and sound and build quality, and from very reputable vintage brands, can be had for about the exact same price as a new CD nowadays, if you look for them in all of your local thrift stores and such, so it's a no brainer!

[@Pidalin]

You should mainly visiting concerts, because that is what give your favorite bands the best support. If your favorite bands are still alive. 🙂

[@overtonesnteatime198]

I recently found an entire box full of metal albums next to a dumpster and most of the bands i had never heard of... This resparked that love for listening to physical media and i am pretty thankful for that.

[@PsyphaX09]

Nice! Which bands are they?

[@dzailibu]

Was it heavy?

[@irocitZ]

It would have been like hitting the lottery for me, I like both kinds of music. Heavy & Metal

[@robertburch1998]

You're so lucky! Metal on vinyl is crazy expensive these days. Whoever tossed them out is a fool or some kids parents.

[@islamicsalami7208]

They were near a dumpster for a reason!

[@robertreid2637]

You hit the nail on the head. “Loosing sense of community. Keeping bricks and mortar stores open is vital

[@audioarkitekts]

It's #1 right now on things we need to save!

[@CMZIEBARTH]

Losing

[@RunninUpThatHillh]

And books. Get all the cd's, records, movies, books before they're memory-holed.

[@eltiochusma]

Community through commerce? Community through consumption? Are the brick and mortar stores allowing you to hang out, have coffee, and have listening parties with your friends?

[@RunninUpThatHillh]

@@eltiochusma Honestly... yes. The one in my area that closed did lol. You could smoke cigars in there too.

[@DavidSimons-ss5kn]

One little point though - maybe it would be an improvement if those fragile plastic cd jewel boxes could be supplemented with more durable ones in say aluminium.

[@motuknight5569]

It’s fun to dig into the old CD collection and find the ticket stubs from concerts attended in the jewel cases where I used to put them. The 1993 Pearl Jam live performance ticket stub with a $15.00 entry fee is always excellent to run into.

[@IdeologieUK]

Many of my jewel cases still have remnants of coke :)

[@BadWolf762]

I lost all my old ticket stubs. Van Halen 1980 for something like $10, ZZ Top 1979 probably $8. Plenty more big names from the late 70s to early 80s.

[@sameold5050]

Concert ticket stubs...now a thing of the past too.

[@deathnsd6953]

I found some old sheets of acid lol

[@ezioauditoredafirenze5453]

​@@deathnsd6953No you didn't

[@ZackMorris1015]

I'm 42 and never stopped buying cds. I'm also very fortunate in that there is an incredible independent cd/Vinyl shop 10 minutes away from where I live. The store is pretty huge and has a seperate area for metal and underground bands. A lot of people say physical media is dead and yet every time I go there, the store is packed. The great thing about it is directly next to the store is Half Priced Books which carries tons of cds/vinyls for dirt cheap. What I do is buy a cd, rip it to my computer and sync it to one of my MP3 players. I use the cds as a backup in case they stop making mp3 players or my computer crashes. Also have a respectable amount of Vinyl which I started collecting right after high-school. Only buy Vinyl for bands I really love. Thing is, I don't have a Vinyl player and only buy the vinyls for the cover art as I display them. There's something special and tangible about holding an actual album in your hands, looking at the art and reading the liner notes. Something that is lost with a digital only collection.

[@amyboone125]

Wish there was a store like that by me.

[@starscreamthecruel8026]

If you are fortunate enough to have a local music store that does underground Metal as well as mainstream, you are blessed and I envy you :)

[@ZackMorris1015]

@@starscreamthecruel8026 this store really is amazing. I've been going to it since I was in high-school. The metal section is its own thing. In that section, the walls are all black and it's dark on there. There's posters and metal shirts on the walls. They sell patches, stickers and all of that. Really a great store. And I absolutely feel lucky to habe something like that.

[@2009ccastillo]

🤔 I agree...when u put the record and check the art cover and read the inside feels like they were telling the story to me..instaed of streaming it feel unpersonal. I always ❤ and I kept tangible art, book, records, etc. (shout out 2 my hobby for move them with us) It makes me super happy that most of ppl now are getting back to the light path😅

[@birdy3934]

Also with an album cover to read you can learn about the artists, producers and record label which can help make a good purchase next time. Download only people won't know anything. Not even the name of the song likely

[@PlayitagainVHS]

I've been telling people for years that cds will make a huge comeback down the road.Alot of people laugh at me.I don't care , just like vinyl came back , cds will be back! What's old , will become new again.I say , keep buying cds and don't listen to others who laugh at you.Physical media is and still will be. , very inportant ! CDs are awesome. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🙂

[@audioarkitekts]

Yes!!!! I completely agree!!

[@PlayitagainVHS]

@@audioarkitekts 👍🏻🙂

[@RobertQuant]

Thank u ima keep buying cds 💿 forever I Don’t care about this new technology streaming is garbage and pathetic for lazyyyyyy people that want Music for free and don’t care about Artist 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤮🤮🤮🤮🤢🤢🤢 let’s keep buying cds 💿 and suppoort our favorite artist Real music lovers will own the music forever 😅😅😅😅😅

[@PlayitagainVHS]

@@RobertQuant I agree 100 %👍🏻🙂❤️

[@yes-gs2rd]

CDs and cassettes are huge among small artists and labels currently, I suppose due to being easy and cheap to produce. More and more bigger artists are releasing them again as well. I would say the resurgence is well under way but the biggest problem preventing them from going mainstream again is that CD players have been taken out of everything nowadays (cars, computers, etc) and they lack the display value and uniqueness vinyls have.

[@dynamicdingus]

It's funny that this has been recommended to me since I started buying cds last November as a 23 year old. I only have a cd player in my car, but I feel like I just appreciate music more when I go through a whole album from start to finish and have access to only music that I own. I have 18 so far.

[@2009ccastillo]

...great! there is still hope for new generations...B sides are a must when listen on their own physical form. You won't regret it!! 😊 yr favorite album + B side...I want to cry

[@Sweeptheleg83]

Yup. Can't appreciate an album trying to listen to it on KZbin..

[@zebrafood]

So true! I find that I spend more time with the albums I buy on CD and really get to know them. On streaming, I add way too many albums and only listen to them once (if ever)

[@Beardodoomus]

I've been collecting CDs for 30 years now. I have a collection nearing 4000. I'll never give them up. They're still the first format I go to for physical music purchases.

[@DNashvegas]

Cool! I've been buying them since late 90s when I was in high school. I'm not sure what my collection is up to but it's a good chunk

[@amyboone125]

I've also been buying them 30+ years. I only have about 2500 though. What a really miss is the music stores that you could browse around and look at and buy lots of great cds. Keep collecting! 🎵

[@DNashvegas]

@amyboone125 that's awesome! Do you not have any local indie stores near you? They have record store day and you can snag up some unique vinyls if you're into collecting those too

[@amyboone125]

@onewhitepony None to my knowledge. The ones I used to shop at are all gone. I'm in IL, not willing to go to Chicago even though it's not far. I'll stick to the suburbs. I'll have to look into what might be around. Music has always been my passion.

[@starscreamthecruel8026]

Where avaliable, I buy CDS from independant artists and the labels. But a lot of bands dont seem to have CD format anymore. Some have cassettes but I dont own a cassette player anymore so I cant buy them, so I am just stuck with the digital option.

[@lucianoluggren]

Hello, I am a sound technician who records albums for indie bands and I made many CD masters for duplication so that the band can make copies and sell them at their shows and recover the money invested, but that is another topic. Another reason to buy CDs is that if they are old CDs they almost certainly have the original mastering which surely has more dynamics (and is approved by the band/artist) than the remasters from platforms like Spotify which have almost no dynamics and are brighter than what was originally planned at the end of the mixes. Especially if they are CDs from the 80s and much of the 90s.

[@Cucumberflavoredmustard]

I can't believe minidiscs didn't take off harder. Infinitely re-recordable, impossible to scratch, a MD player in your pocket was only about as big as a pack of smokes.

[@MrGarb0]

Still use them as a music tool

[@saejinlee6304]

Minidiscs. Man, that takes me back. Watching Sylvester Stallone pop in a minidisc in Demolition Man. That jet never quite took off, did it. What about DATs? Are those still around? It came out around the same time, didn't it?

[@MrGarb0]

I wandered into a film crew a few years ago and had a sly look at the sound guys set up. They were recording dialogue on a Fostex DAT. I was really surprised.

[@dixieflatline1189]

I lived for a while in Hong Kong and travelled a lot through Asia. Minidisks were a big thing back in the late 90's and you would see them everywhere. At the same time in Europe and North America just didn't pick up on minidisks l& then the 1st gen iPod was released......

[@swojchop5982]

Mini disk had too much data compression and poorer sound quality than CD.

[@shreddherring]

I never stopped buying cd's, and have kept them as my main source of music, but have been playing the ripped tracks from my pc for the better part of 20 years. This year I finally got myself something to play/transport them on, a 20 year old cd/sacd/dvd audio player, to give me flexibility for surround music later on. I honestly don't know why I didn't do this sooner, it sounds better than my computer (even as a digital transport) and is so much more enjoyable and relaxing as a listening experience. It even prompted me to buy my first shm-cd, which again, I don't know why I didn't try this sooner. I'm now carefully laying out long term plans to upgrade this device as my digital audio platform, and adding way more cd's to my wishlist as a result. I can't say this is nostalgia, because I never stopped using cd's, this is more borne out of my hifi journey than anything else, but I am thoroughly enjoying it and see my house filling up even more with discs in the future

[@SHAHALAM-oq5ji]

I love digital optical storages so much!

[@SomeoneInChains]

I love the message u leave with this video! Im a 15 year old and even if my collection is extremely tiny compared to other peoples collection i love listening to all of them when i come back home. I think people these days dont get why is so important for artists to buy cds or any kind of physical media because streaming dont gets them any money, also it feels so good having ur favorite album in cd or a collection of ur favorite band/artist, i think people dont lose anything by buying a cd and i wish more people got into collecting them

[@shaungreer3350]

i started to collect records a few year ago but never really considered CD collecting until i met my girlfriends dad, he literally never even spoke to even one of her ex boyfriends but JUST because i have a similar music taste to him we got talking. that day i came home with about 80 CDs from him and now if i see one for a good price i’ll 100% pick it up. physical music isn’t just actually owning your media and being able to do whatever you want with them, it’s a social experience that helps form connections!! Great video man 👏👏

[@Dms7tv]

I am so happy I found you! You are well spoken and I appreciate your content and everyone in our community in the comments on your videos. Thanks man!

[@audioarkitekts]

Thank you for the kind words. The CD 💿 community seems to be thriving!

[@wdgbirmingham2]

Some of my happiest memories are buying cd's, opening the jewel case, having the lyrics to read. All tangible. Im a 20th Century boy and proud of it.

[@DanielByers-qf9qi]

"All tangible": Physical media is personal property, and can be bequeathed to another; digital media is leased/rented, and cannot be bequeathed to another. (The Great Reset: "You will own nothing, and be happy.") In addition, Red Book [CD: 44100] provides consistent audio fidelity'; I am an audiophile, and I find lossy [MP3] anywhere from disappointing to unlistenable. I rip CDs to hard drive, and store the CD; combining superior playback software with a superior offboard DAC, I am able to approach "analog" listening pleasure from my computer. I am finally content without vinyl.

[@wdgbirmingham2]

@@DanielByers-qf9qi I'm glad you're pleased without vinyl. I, however, like holding the CD in the light and seeing rainbow prisms, the buzz and click sound of it being loaded into the CD player. Again, I'm a 20th Century boy and am proud of it. If, in the future, we will be allowed to own nothing, then I'll be listening to Pictures of You on CD when they bust down my door to arrest me for still owning CD's.

[@nanchanger]

That an impressive accomplishment...

[@joshdieckmann595]

I never stopped buying CDs. I've always enjoyed the physical nature of music consumption, whether it's placing the record on the turntable or popping the CD into the car stereo. I like discovering new music through KZbin and other means, but my collection of music is large enough now that I have more than enough to listen to for the rest of my life. I don't need streaming services because I created my own, in a manner of speaking. I run a home media server and can stream my own music I ripped from my own CD collection. But physical media is important for a number of reasons. As you mentioned, the ephemeral nature of digital marketplaces is very real. Whether it's a lot of video games being lost with the closure of the original Xbox Live service or the Wii Shop Channel, or music being delisted because of label/artist disputes, licensing issues (soundtracks), or other reasons, by keeping some measure of physical media around, it helps to preserve the music. Sometimes remasters don't sound as good as the originals (Megadeth). Sometimes re-releases can toy with the contents of the original and change it (Star Wars, anyone?), such as the later re-prints of Ozzy Osbourne's music removing Bob Daisley's bass work because of disputes. It's vital to keep the medium around so that this art can remain relevant years beyond any commercial viability. Buying records in the mid-90's when they were out of fashion was how I discovered bands like Yes, ELP, Asia, and Steely Dan. I'm hopeful that for younger folks, they'll have similar experiences buying cheap second hand CD's of older music that they may not be aware of, but can find something they connect with.

[@HolidayRips]

have been collecting vinyl again but so many are arriving warped when I order online from Amazon. I’ve returned over 50. going to local stores only for now on. But this video made me double take on a thought I had and a semi intuition that I should be buying CDs instead. They can’t get warped , don’t weight anything, and will likely last longer. U can also play them from any boombox or walk man that takes batteries. Ensuring u can listen to your music even if the grid were to fully go down. Good looks.

[@edwardjohnson2645]

Great content. I’m about 3 years from retirement. I’m building my collection, so when I retire, I will have my own permanent library. I enjoy the whole vibe. Going to the few media stores left. Shopping on eBay and Amazon. Recently I have been making purchases from the artist website, so that they can get the profits that they deserve. Another great thing about CD’s is that I can skip, repeat tracks, play whatever track I want, without scratching my disc. Thanks, keep up the good work. 👊🏽

[@MrSparklespring]

The quality of sound (with my B&W speakers) is just superior with CD's compared to (compressed) streaming. That's another reason I stick to cd's.

[@samlaser1975]

I started collecting 78s when the disposal stores were throwing out by the bucket load. That was in the early 60s. I then started with LPs (from the el cheapo "Pye" labels and the Record Club re-records to the Deccas and DGs and Verves). I embraced the CD revolutions with a passion as I still to do today-although I do stream (Tidal). I use that to find the music I can't do without as I fear streaming tends to be a transient phenomena apt to be lost in the ether (or the "Cloud"). Hello CDs!

[@brunop3845]

I totally agree with you! Streaming is for exploring CDs and vinyls are for collecting and for supporting the production of new contents ( which I would hope improving in quality) I’m collecting physical formats since 40 years, own 12k + pcs and never sold even when offered good cash and would not even think replacing with streaming nor digital formats, all subject to potential tech failures. Value is another topic, but I’d bet it will as an average increase.

[@eraeusboorwel]

Clearance sections are my general go-to for interesting titles I wouldn't otherwise be aware of. I do buy the occasional brand new full price title, but most of my collection came pre-owned from various clearance sections. What's especially fun to discover, though, are CDs in clearance that are still brand new sealed but are being liquidated out, due to not selling or whatever.

[@Vampyre_Media]

I'm 💯 with you, on buying CDs. I buy at least one a week. U currently have around 1,500. I do own some vinyl, and high resolution download files. But nothing will ever replace my CDs.

[@audioarkitekts]

I am the same way!

[@eherrmann01]

I'm 58 years old and grew up listening to all my music on vinyl, 8-tracks and cassettes (and a few reel-to-reels). I never really cared too much for CDs, and actually only own three audio CDs. I appreciate and listen to streaming services for, like you said, the convenience and easy access to new music, but all the music that I really care about I buy on vinyl. Thank you for your thoughtful video and for helping keep physical media alive.

[@johnbrentford5513]

I still buy CDs, but the prices are going up. I started buying CDs a lot in 2008 at that time people were giving their entire CD collections to thrift stores. I would say the golden age of used CD buying was from 2008 to 2018. Most CD owners have already given those huge CD collections away. Thrift stores don't produce the great results they once did. Goodwill would get in thousands of CDs each week they had nowhere to put them all. Goodwill was trying to sell them for two dollars each no one would pay two dollars each. They would put tables up front and sell them for a dollar each just to get rid of them it was a pain in their ass. On a few occasions they went down to fifty cents each. On a few occasions, I would buy one hundred to two hundred CDs at one time.

[@jacksmodelcargarage9165]

I found a store in town that sells cd’s dirt cheap and they have thousands of them , it’s amazing. I go in and buy 4 or 5 each time I go there .I’ve owned cd’s since the 80’s and will continue to collect them

[@katoness]

When the WEF goes around telling people they will be happy and have nothing, with that in mind, I will keep buying CD's.

[@carlosacta8726]

Back in the day in NYC, there were two great spots... Tower Records on 66th and Broadway and HMV on Times Square!!! Loved and miss those places!!

[@nanchanger]

W. 4th location was better...

[@fortunatejeremy]

People forget how good sounding CDs are.

[@stevenpike7857]

It's literally the same ones and zeros that are played from a file.

[@rupe82]

CD's are just WAV files.

[@RusRus72]

@@rupe82redbook audio exists, 16bit 44100hz.

[@DM-rc4yu]

@@stevenpike7857 Most people listen to streaming services which is compressed audio. So not really the same ones and zeros.

[@intromortti]

@@rupe82 Yes, they are lossless. Not lossly packed like streaming mp3 files.

[@werefed8613]

CDs will always be on top. With a good system, dac ect, they still sound the best

[@pnichols6500]

I did what a lot did, replaced my vinyl records with CD'S in the 80's/90's and been my main source of listening ever since. A few years ago my wife suggested we get a turntable again and we really got immersed in albums again and couldn't be happier. I am retired and this is a hobby for me so I enjoy all the things that go into it. Stream for casual background listening, still play a CD every now and then, but for me nothing comes close as a complete music experience as playing an album on one of our turntables. All that said, if I see a CD I don't have and I like, I'll buy it.

[@Shadow-7773]

@pnichols6500' I was just about ready to sell all of my albums tapes, turn table, ipod classic , ipod touch both have lots of music on them- plus cd's and receiver. Most of the songs i love are on drives and cell phone. I never play the other items. NOw you give me pause?

[@DJRenee]

The record ⏺️ player definitely hits different m

[@intromortti]

I never gave up from vinyl's, cassettes or CD's. From some artists I have same record in all 3 formats. CD sounds the best when it is about sound quality, but vinyl or cassette can also sound very pleasant with good old stereosystem.

[@astrozoo]

Lately, I've gotten back into the CD format. I enjoy the consistant sound quality--just push play, sit back and enjoy.

[@kualii1987]

Just getting back into buying CD’s. It means so much when a favorite artist autographs it. Now days I don’t know who decides what songs stay or leave platforms . Many times I’ve purchased a song on iTunes & try to look for it on streaming platforms & it’s no longer available.

[@jamesisaac7684]

That's why piracy and physical copies rule supreme. Digital is wonderful but it can screw over the customers royally if the companies don't like you or your country. Sony has shown its flaws on a few occasions. Ubisoft used pirated copies to fix it's own digital copy.

[@biggrime]

Great video. A lot of great points . My CD and cassette tape collection is growing

[@audioarkitekts]

As it should!!! Thanks for the kind words!

[@xOWARx]

I agree so hard. The physical release is a necessary element of the entire project. Without question something is missing with only streaming

[@SuperSnakePlissken]

I picked up during Christmas break sales the Van Halen Collection 2 on CD, and in my 1999 Panasonic Shock Wave 505 cd player paired paired to my Bose QC 25 wired headphones it sounds incredible. I compared it to the streaming version on KZbin premium with my Bose 700 headphones and my iPhone 16 Pro and they are night and day. CDs will always win. What you’re missing in the streaming version is the highs and the lows, and it’s incredible how much bass and side sounds that are cut out for streaming because there’s not enough bit rate. I just ordered the Moondrop CD player 2 Ultra and I’m excited to hear how great my CDs sound on it.

[@StephenHopkinsVaults]

I still wear wired headphones

[@RoseNZieg]

I can't stand the random static on Bluetooth headphones. it ruins the mood.

[@sincerelyrob4240]

As you should Less harmful than wireless

[@mho...]

OFC! nothing beats wired connections!

[@rupe82]

Wired headphones are still the best when it comes to sound quality.

[@Gregoryno6]

I spent bucks on getting Bluetooth/wired headphones. I used the Bluetooth function for five minutes when I took the out of the box, and haven't done so since.

[@CoasterMan13Official]

Music is a lot like wine. You don't just buy a bunch of CDs and listen to every single one without letting the music sink in. You need to savor it. Every song. Every bit of detail in the music.

[@intromortti]

Good music is like that, crappy sh*t like rap or hiphop is not.

[@DeeMacias]

Right, and streaming phylosophy is the exact opposite!

[@fnd111]

You can find many CDs at thrift stores very cheap - and very good titles. Good advice.

[@uunoturhapure]

Good titles have dried up quite lot at least here in northern europe in last two years. The best CD hunting years are sadly already over 2010-2022. You got to pay now for great titles, albeit not insane amounts like for vinyl.

[@brocksamson9737]

CDs will always resonate with me forever. I still have all my original underground hip hop CDs from the 90s and early 2000s. Being a late 90s/early 2000s kid. I can tell you much like crate digging for vinyls, I also love CD digging as well. There's a pure joy and mystery going to places like CD EXCHANGE, half price books and independent brick and mortar shops scouring through the cds. I collect most underground/ indie hip-hop artist. Remember there was no KZbin or streaming platforms back then, so the only thing I got to go off by was the cover of the cds. ESPECIALLY for underground artist. But there was always a shrill of excitement and uncertainty of what I was about to hear. Putting that CD into my car CD player would be a sonically incredible experience. Because there's no telling what I'm going to hear within a 12 track album .Could be gold, or could be dirt. Regardless that's why I loved buying cds. The sheer excitement of just cruising around town listening to something new.

[@WheresWaldo05]

I listened to hip hop/rap also until 2005 when i graduated college. Then i grew up into a man and realized i was no longer into childish stuff. Then switched to grunge. So somewhere i still have a big binder with 300 rap/hip hop cds i used to keep in my car. Now i cant stand that music. And the stuff post 2010 is 10 times worse than the classic stuff i was into.

[@Gottalove_willa]

I’m 13 years old, and have a couple hundred cds in my collection. Most of it if from my dad’s old collection from the 90s and early 00s, and I actually listen to them every day. My sister says that it’s a waste of money and that I should just use digital, but honestly with digital you lose the art of the lyric booklet, extra posters, and so many more things you don’t get with digital listening. Never have had one regret collecting cds.

[@KarlGeyerAsmr]

Spotify still costs $100/year and depends on your internet connection. For the same price you can get dozens of used CDs and still own or resell them after a year. Won‘t work with streaming.

[@Elcaminotodeath]

The enjoyment is in the physicality of the item. Having it in your hands. Great video

[@johnstory4571]

Everything this person said is the truth and should not be ignored. I still purchase music CDs, to this day, and I do not agree with the fact that there are less CDs on the shelf in Retail and Music Stores. I am truly thankful that this video was made.

[@stringbean3442]

In my country we don't have music shops anymore you can find some cd's online if you lucky... It sux😢

[@kevinyoungM14EBR]

I never gave up on CDs, my home system utilizes a nice carousel changer with an external DAC and both of my vehicles have either a CD player or a CD changer. Vinyl holds a nostalgic place in my heart and I do have a nice vintage Technics TT, but it rarely gets played and my LP collection collects dust.

[@davehall1924]

I started collecting CDs when there was one store in London with a rack holding all 20 available CDs. My first purchase was about 1983. I also have a bunch of vinyl dating back to the 70s. My mind was blown when I first heard a CD. No hiss, crackle or pops. And no jumping and no more cleaning. There was a concern in the early days that the CDs would fail over time. But 40 years on they occasionally discolor but still play. Plus you can rip them to create playlists and have them on your phone!

[@marioplus321]

My first purchase was in 1990. And it is still in progress... :)

[@andygilbert1877]

My first ones are from 1985, and yes they still play. CDRs from around 2000 too.

[@tomgillett4791]

In 1984, I took a Sony Discman to the main Melodiya shop in Moscow and nearly created a riot.

[@marioplus321]

@@tomgillett4791 😅 those were the days...it reminds of me selling the one to a friend of mine,who was robbed of it the next day while walking in a park.

[@backrowbrighton]

You beat me by a couple of years. I bought my first CD in 1985 from Our Price Records. Still have it. I also remember the rumours about CDs self destructing after a couple of years, never had one fail on me yet.

[@heavychevy4616]

loyal "hard copy" cd collector here my friend... great video, thank u sir

[@spectrelayer]

Nice video ... 2500+ comments would suggest that viewers agree! I'm biased to physical ownership of media because more & more people are discovering that their subscription terms changed & what people thought they OWNED - they discovered they could not access. And, my profession strains & breaks many traditional codecs causing artifacting. CD's however, are lossless. Best wishes.

[@warmsignal]

Nah, I don't wanna see greed and speculation ruin another avenue of physical media like it has video games. I'm a collector, but I hate some aspects of collecting, like entombing things and artificially inflating the market. WATA are proven frauds. I hope it doesn't happen to CDs.

[@pervertedalchemist9944]

I never caught on to streaming music. I have always leaned heavily towards physical media. In fact: I pre-ordered new albums on the physical format.

[@DavidMander-rs4uk]

I've never subscribed to a music streaming service.

[@marioplus321]

@@DavidMander-rs4uk 💪

[@zickarjay]

Only good about streaming music is to discover and search artist that made you to choose to buy physical media.

[@marioplus321]

@@zickarjay I do use streaming in much amount to experience new releases , at most. I also buy cds,still[ 1673 on my shelf] . Why I will be doing it in the future is the latest example - I wanted to listen to FIRE IT UP/J.Cocker on Spotify yesterday, but the release is NOT available there!!!Luckily,I own it on cd and I did listen to it:) cheers,mate!

[@johnlennon1049]

It’s the only way to go. Have LP’s since I was 13 years old. I would buy th3 Beatles new album every time they came out with a new one. This is back in 1964. I will be 74 years old this august and still purchase LP’s and CD’s. I used to live in Brooklyn and go to J&R music.

[@Sammy-34079]

In a quiet suburban neighborhood, lived a young woman named Mia who had a passion for music. Her days were often filled with melodies streaming from her speakers, as she explored the vast library of tunes available on KZbin. From classical symphonies to modern pop hits, Mia's musical journey was endless. She loved discovering new artists and genres, her fingertips always just a few clicks away from the next great sound. However, Mia's relationship with music was about to take an unexpected turn. One sunny afternoon, as she scrolled through her KZbin recommendations, a sense of frustration began to gnaw at her. The incessant ads breaking her immersion, the buffering issues that interrupted her favorite parts, and the ever-changing algorithms that seemed to push unwanted content onto her screen began to weigh heavily on her enjoyment. Sighing deeply, she leaned back in her chair, staring at her collection of CDs gathering dust on the shelf. Each one held memories of simpler times-times when she would save up to buy a new album and listen to it from start to finish, appreciating every track as the artist intended. A spark of nostalgia ignited within her. "Why did I ever stop using these?" she wondered aloud. She stood up and walked over to the shelf, pulling out a few of her old favorites. She carefully dusted off her CD player and placed a disc into the tray. The soft whirring sound brought back a flood of memories, and as the first notes played, Mia felt a wave of pure, uninterrupted joy. As the music enveloped her, she realized how much she had missed the tactile experience of handling physical music. The ritual of selecting a CD, reading through the liner notes, and listening to an album in its entirety was something she had taken for granted in the digital age. Mia made a decision that day. She would no longer rely on KZbin for her musical fix. Instead, she would embrace the charm of her CD collection, rediscovering the albums that had once meant so much to her. She relished the thought of browsing through record stores again, searching for hidden gems and expanding her collection. The transition wasn't without its challenges. Friends were puzzled when she declined their Spotify playlist shares, and her phone's music app lay dormant. But Mia found herself more connected to her music than ever before. The quality of sound, the absence of interruptions, and the tangible connection to each album made her fall in love with music all over again. Her evenings were now spent immersed in albums, each song a chapter in a larger story. She no longer worried about algorithms or data usage. The simplicity and purity of her CD player brought her a sense of peace that streaming could never replicate. One night, as she lay on her couch with her favorite album spinning in the player, Mia smiled contentedly. She had reclaimed her love for music in the most authentic way possible. The clicks and streams had been replaced by the comforting hum of her CD player, and in that hum, she found a melody all her own.

[@megmcguigan3857]

I still buy them. I bought my first CD 35 years ago and it still plays fine. I don't have a local music store so I have to buy online. They are so cheap most of the time! I want physical media and not to have to rely on the internet to hear music. If the internet ever breaks down I still have my music.

[@nanchanger]

If the internet breaks down we'll die...

[@ReasonablySane]

I sold hi-fi between 1976 and 1981. I built my own Dynaco 400 and Pat-5 before that. I bought records by the box lot in Seattle estate sales in the 2000's, typically for around $0.10 per record. I now have around 3,500 records and four turntables. With the exception of the TT I bought new in 1978, I never paid more than $30, and stayed relatively "high end" Direct Drive. Nobody wanted turntables either.🤣 I really enjoy the whole experience of playing records to this day, especially with a good single malt. But I also remember back in the day all of us audiophiles waiting in hot anticipation for the arrival of the CD. We loved 'em because they were quiet and had amazing dynamic range. Of course, things changed, as we learned about the problems they had (e.g. loudness wars), just as I learned to listen to MP3's and realized the problems they had. But I was in a Goodwill in St Cloud, MN in 2022 and they had a HUGE selection of CD's, all for $0.50 each. I had time to kill so I spend a couple of hours cherry picking the lot. And yes, there WAS some really good stuff there. I ended up with about a hundred, tripling my CD collection. I'm now always on the lookout for places that still sell CD's cheap, just as everyone was doing with vinyl back in the 2000's. Those days will come to an end, I believe, but change always happens. You never know what is going to become valuable. I sure wish I'd kept my 1954 chevy station wagon. 😁

[@nickknight5543]

I've been buying CD's since 1990. I never stopped.

[@robinkleinsteuber5217]

I love my CD's and am buying them in frequent purchases, either locally or via Amazon. My collection is growing, much like my LP collection did over the 1970's to the 1990's. I sold them off in the late 1990's as I fell on harder times and needed the cash. I'm older now, and don't have the time that I used to spend to give the LP's the TLC they needed for the goal of greater longevity. So, CD's are my choice now. CD's are perfectly fine for me today, so my collection grows! 😊👍

[@audioarkitekts]

Very nice! I’m glad to hear your collection is growing!

[@superunknown2812]

Try Discogs really good finds there on that community and they have a great rating system on condition of the cds too I have bought many and still do off Discogs

[@Josianne-Music]

I would like to know how to choose a good quality of cds, like choosing a first pressing or it doesn’t really matter…. 🤔 😊

[@superunknown2812]

@Josianne-Music that's debatable some first pressings are really good and sometimes very seldom remasters are better also I find It can kinda depend on what kind of music you listen too as well

[@Josianne-Music]

@@superunknown2812 Super.. Thank you for replying. I like 60’s 70’s 80’s, R&B music and etc. I will to buy some from Amazon and see how it goes… Thank you ☺️

[@carminedesanto6746]

GM ❄️☕️ from Toronto. I’ve had more than one song / album disappear from my streaming playlists 🤨 I just redid my cd 💿 playback set up. Audiolab 6000 CDT and a Denafrips Ares 12-1 DAC …quite possibly my endgame…and I’ve got lots of 💿. Yes, I stream ..and yes I go and purchase the disks that I find interesting on my streaming service. Great video 👍👍

[@awesomereviews1561]

For those who don’t know, Earbook are a thing. It’s a CD release in a Vinyl/book case. It looks great like a vinyl, and (obviously) has CD quality. It’s very popular in the metal genre, with bands such has Nightwish, Ayreon, Blind Guardian, Epica, Sabaton, Leave’s Eyes and more often release their album in that format.

[@superunknown2812]

As im watching this im listening too Black Sabbath The Dio Years on CD and i love it sounds so good and the engagement i get from CDs is so much more enjoyable then streaming music

[@blastfromtheeast]

That CD has amazing sound. Even the other albums from WB Rhino cannot match how great that album sounds on CD

[@fartman1510]

I still collect cassettes, cds and vinyl. Diehard collectors. I respect all music artists and I'll keep supporting purchasing the physical product in all formats

[@f.w.2054]

In the 90s I worked at Tower Records and it was great for someone who loves music. Only problem was, they didn't pay alot and everyday I would have to look at the CDs that I couldn't afford to buy! Fast forward to 2024. I have more money now and CDs are cheaper in most cases, and I buy them from the internet and record stores for a fraction of what I use to pay! I love seeing the same CDs that Tower used to carry at 1/4th of the price! I'm like a kid in a candy store! Streaming ain't for me!

[@chrisstephenson8311]

My mom still has her 80’s rock cassettes that she listened to in the 1987 transam she used to have…..man what a time that was👍🏻 cranking white snake or Motley Crue with the T-Tops off…..I wanna go back to the 80’s😢

[@WhyTheHorseface]

I remember cruising Friday nights with my pal in his 1987 Camaro listening to Def Leppard’s “Hysteria” CD. It always smelled like coconut, and the the girls loved it. What a time to be alive!

[@bodhi9464]

The 80s were great . Me and a mate ~ aged 19 (music duo) drove from Melbourne to Batemans Bay to Sydney to Broken Hill through to Adelaide and back to Melbourne ~ we took a stack of cassette tapes, BUT we mostly listened to (on tape) : Appetite For Destruction ~ GnR, Head Injuries ~ Midnight Oil and Def Leppard ~ Hysteria A 3 on the tree (manual car) 138 LJ Torana. 2 guitars and a bag of clothes and sleeping bags. He’s passed now 🎸 RIP; but I will always treasure those great times ~ no social media ~ no Google maps ; no mobile phones ~ we did everything the old fashioned way. 🇦🇺☀️🏄‍♂️💦 🎶 🦘 🦘

[@ShlomoZOGelstein]

That's how you were conceived baby! You're mom rocked!

[@meeee32156]

Well, just bought a nad c521 cd player off eBay to dip my toe back into cds. Bought some used vinyls and apparantly some were musty and made the rest of my records musty…annoying. So cds it may be for me lol. The nad has a coax so I can get a good dac one day for it if I like cds a lot. Excited to give it a shot. Subbed!

[@livingreflection5]

I love cds! I got rid of my collection years ago but I became so frustrated with listening to streaming music. Even though I bought tons of albums and songs from Amazon streaming, I didn't feel like I owned music anymore. Two years ago I bought a great stereo and began buying remastered cds. I've got my music back.

[@DaskaiserreichNet78]

I absolutely love the CD experience. CD's are forever even when your computer crashes and your had drive dies. CDs come with a little book contacting the Lyrics and often awesome Artwork.

[@sidvicious332]

If a hard drive takes a dump its because the user over loaded it. Otherwise hard drives are almost eternal.

[@DaskaiserreichNet78]

@@sidvicious332 I have a 17 year old Hitachi HDD It has had heavy daily use and it is still alive. On the other hand most Seagate and Western digital drives I owned died within 1 to 2 years. I even had two seagate drives die. they where both backup drives they never had to do any daily hard work nor where they ever exposed to vibration, shaking or impact. luck for me I always keep two backup copies. Most of my friends don't have any backup. They are IT literate people and their laptops have a lifespan of about 2 years when the first thing fails which is usually junk bloat to the point that their operating system stalls they will toss it and get a new one.

[@timhollis3390]

One other thing,you can take a scratched CD and use a good buffing machine and make it look like new.JFJ makes a pretty good buffing machine.Can't do that with vinyl.

[@fclefjefff4041]

“Can’t do that with vinyl.” 😂 Okay

[@timhollis3390]

@@fclefjefff4041 are you saying you can?You can use an ultasonic cleaner it but it will still be a scratched up and unplayable if they are deep scratches.So how am I wrong?

[@fclefjefff4041]

You’re not wrong, it’s just comes across like a goofy flex. 😆 No one said you could do that with vinyl.

[@user-lg9hc1nl9u]

@Audio Arkitekts Where you get that shirt, bro? I like it.

[@audioarkitekts]

I sell them on my website www.audioarkitekts.com

[@valourius17]

Couldn’t agree more. I still have my CDs and would part with them. How about some of the cool players back in the day? I still have my Pioneer 301 CD carousel player. I now run that through an updated DAC and it sounds great. Not to mention a mechanical sound when you go from disc to disc :)

[@audioarkitekts]

There are plenty of cool aspects to keeping things original.

[@hi-fihaven2257]

Hi Mike! Just picked up Amy Winehouse the Collection 5 CD box set. Still rocking the AudioLab 6000 CDT! Thank You much for suggesting it! 😎

[@audioarkitekts]

Hey buddy, I am glad you're enjoying the AudioLab!

[@conradconrad24]

I’ve always bought and collected anime, since the early 2000’s. I’ve also collected every Pokémon season box set (1-23). Unfortunately the latest season have been produced and owned by Netflix, and not available in a physical copy. So, once that content gets taken off their platform (like Pokémon TV did with all its episodes) they will no long be available to be view; questioning for future fans, if they ever existed...

[@DeeMacias]

This justifies a rip or copy from Netflix!!

[@RobbRumm]

I make weekly trips to thrift shops and buy CDs all the time..I've been collecting CDs over 35 years and won't stop..

[@imissmypencils]

I love my hip hop cds. I always look for the ones I grew up on like all the No Limit Records cds that were put in random bright color plastic cases. It makes me feel like a teenager again getting to find and open a new one

[@haroldfridkis9657]

My favorite hip hop star is Eminem. I have all of his CDs.

[@Waxadisc]

I used to work in music retail in the 90s and the excitement of having a cd single release with two parts that you collected over two weeks and joined up in a digipack was a good marketing technique and one which gave fans decent items for cheap. I actually miss CDs

[@innercynic2784]

I keep my physical media around "just in case" i lose or delete my music. And one of my tiny pleasures is hunting down CDs from bands of long ago or where I'm filling out my collection. I've so many hundreds I've lost count.

[@audioarkitekts]

I love hunting rare titles or CDs I used to have when I was young!

[@Vinylrebel72]

I still buy vinyl, cds, and cassette, dvd, and vhs…many of what I have cant be streamed, especially the movies. I still have my vinyl from back in the 70s and 80s, original Iron Maiden albums, Black Sabbath, Dio, I have my original Metallica CDs, Megadeth, Anthrax…and i have a box full of Anime VHS, that i got when i was a teenager…I have Ghost in the Shell, and Akira on VHS…I will NEVER give them up.

[@audioarkitekts]

I wouldn't give them up either!

[@totofan962]

Last year I bought a new CD Player: Marantz CD 60 for 800,-€. Sound is absolutely amazing. CDs are the best medium for me since 1983 until the rest of my life.

[@5446moto]

Oh man now I got to go digging in my attic!

[@maxdamiann]

Has anyone noticed that in general the price of CDs keeps going up recently?

[@audioarkitekts]

You just have to know where to look. Keep checking thrift stores and Facebook marketplace!

[@Anonymous-wb3nz]

No

[@ragnarbluechip8795]

​@@audioarkitektsI'd add Discogs too. Often cheaper to buy CD's than purchasing MP3 download

[@conan8880]

With every media change, there's countless albums that never make the transition. From Records to tapes to CDs to streaming and digital, there's a lot of music that is only available on a few formats. I have converted most of my collection to digital for ease of listening, but Im keeping all of my physical media. I also love having the physical product and the covers and sleeves and booklets. Buying physical is truly for lovers of the music.

[@LgnShorty]

I still buy cds and vinyl. I never fully stopped collecting. I now take my kids to records shops to give them a taste of that experience before its gone. I just bought a radio to show my kids

[@audioarkitekts]

It’s important to keep the nostalgia alive

[@haroldfridkis9657]

​@@audioarkitektsyes I agree with you there.

[@bushpig6837]

I had a hire car recently in Australia, it had no cd slot, just a radio and apple play/Android Auto. I wasted half an hour trying to pair my phone, started streaming something from SoundCloud, slightly annoyed that I was paying/using data. An hour later had no signal and no music. This isn't progress.

[@audioarkitekts]

We are regressing musically. Sorry for your experience.

[@Shadow-7773]

@bushpig6' Sorry i had to lol lol but you can buy an adapter that plays your phone thur you speakers

[@chicfini]

Thank you so soooo very much for your valuable insible💯. Not cannot reply the tangible experience of going into a physical store, wandering around , SMILING with the cashiers, etc. Irreplaceable!❤💯

[@O.G.LIL-MAN]

though I hear you loud and clear, as a former DJ I am not keeping CDs, Cassettes or Albums around anymore. After lugging crates between gigs and or different house moves, I have been waiting for the day to have my music on a hard drive without having to maintain all that physical media.. And after I had a 3000 piece plus cd/cassette collection get stolen in the early 2000s, it was the beginning of the end for me spending cash to rebuild my collection again. I need freedom to move where I gotta with my music, without being tethered to one place to enjoy it

[@audioarkitekts]

I can see your point, it's not for everyone!

[@ivonned32]

You are a dj makes sense. This non physical media may work for you but I will recommend to keep a tangible back up of all your music.

[@WheresWaldo05]

Sure. But make sure you have backups. And backups of your backups. And backups of those backs. Even in doing this i have randomly had external hard drives just stop working. Ones i never used and were just suppose to be backups. SD cards also will randomly get corrupted and stop working.

[@DeeMacias]

I'm a dj too. You have to pay for a special license to play files. If you play physical media, there's no license! Cost of the license in Italy is 300eur per year. It's a theft, especially for people like me who don't dj that much

[@gogo-fk1lu]

I have several sources of music...cd player, turntable, network streamer, fm and dab radio...well except the cassette player. I get to know new music through the streamer and when I like an album I buy it in physical form.