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Does anyone still buy/listen to CD's?

Posted on 4/13/17 at 1:37 pm
Posted by SaintlyTiger88
Louisiana
Member since Apr 2013
2230 posts
Posted on 4/13/17 at 1:37 pm
I feel like I'm in retro mode nowadays when I pop a CD into my CD player in my car. Everything is digital these days, which definitely has its upsides, although I'll always have fond memories and a soft spot in my heart for CD's. How many of y'all still buy and listen to CD's?
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 4/13/17 at 1:38 pm to
Every now and then I'll buy a used one to throw in the car CD player. Sometimes it's just easier to queue that up than connect the phone and search for something on Spotify.

And some of the LP's I buy come with a CD included.
Posted by Brosef Stalin
Member since Dec 2011
42608 posts
Posted on 4/13/17 at 1:43 pm to
I bought the new Mastodon cd a few weeks ago.
Posted by JohnZeroQ
Pelicans of Lafourche
Member since Jan 2012
8536 posts
Posted on 4/13/17 at 1:44 pm to
Still buy CDs and still use CDs.

not as much as streaming or iPod but I do use them.
Posted by TU Rob
Birmingham
Member since Nov 2008
13578 posts
Posted on 4/13/17 at 1:52 pm to
I get them from a fan club I'm a member of every year, and occasionally will buy one if it is a good concert or something new from an artist I like. I have about a dozen or so in my Jeep and will pop one in now and then when I'm not listening to podcasts or XM.
Posted by northshorebamaman
Mackinac Island
Member since Jul 2009
38577 posts
Posted on 4/13/17 at 1:55 pm to
I pick them up at the used book store when I see a good one. They sound better in my car than mp3's or satellite radio.
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
46425 posts
Posted on 4/13/17 at 2:01 pm to
I do. Bring a CD player to work because of the lousy music on the PA.
Posted by Sayre
South Bend, Indiana
Member since Nov 2011
5754 posts
Posted on 4/13/17 at 2:14 pm to
Yes, buy them all the time. I prefer not to steal music from the musicians I like.
Posted by Marco Esquandolas
Member since Jul 2013
11880 posts
Posted on 4/13/17 at 2:26 pm to
I do.
Posted by MountainTiger
The foot of Mt. Belzoni
Member since Dec 2008
14974 posts
Posted on 4/13/17 at 2:49 pm to
I still buy CDs because I like to have an uncompressed version of the music available. I can rip it to FLAC for my home stereo and also rip it to mp3 for the iPod in the car.

It seems stupid to me to have to buy physical media so that I can have all of the bits but the music industry is nothing if not stupid.
Posted by Cdawg
TigerFred's Living Room
Member since Sep 2003
62218 posts
Posted on 4/13/17 at 2:52 pm to
Certain bands I still buy CD's.
Posted by lammo
RIP LAMMO
Member since Aug 2005
9358 posts
Posted on 4/13/17 at 5:00 pm to
me
Posted by kciDAtaE
Member since Apr 2017
17800 posts
Posted on 4/13/17 at 5:09 pm to
I don't bc of the obvious. But I still can't bring myself to toss the hundreds of CDs I have. Even though I ripped them all or purchased a digital copy...not sure why. Haven't listened to a CD in years. I even packed them all up and moved them when I got a new place
Posted by Deke
Palm Coast, Florida
Member since Jan 2004
1265 posts
Posted on 4/13/17 at 5:10 pm to
What are cd's? I still listen to record albums...vinyl.
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
71199 posts
Posted on 4/13/17 at 5:15 pm to
yes, especially for local bands, because my car stereo lacks an aux jack.
Posted by stinkdawg
Savannah, smoking by the gas cans
Member since Aug 2014
4072 posts
Posted on 4/13/17 at 8:06 pm to
I do CD exclusively. Other than radio.
Wished I didn't give my 500 album collection of vinyl away 15 years ago. Not for the snaps and pops but for the artwork.
Posted by auzach91
Marietta, GA
Member since Jan 2009
41497 posts
Posted on 4/14/17 at 12:16 pm to
no....i just got the new SCI vinyl though
Posted by Champagne
Sabine Free State.
Member since Oct 2007
56200 posts
Posted on 4/14/17 at 12:46 pm to
Some of the longer songs are left off of MP3 sales and are available only on the CD or vinyl album.

I have no idea why and I think it is stupid.
Posted by Bubbles Up
Member since Jul 2011
3031 posts
Posted on 4/15/17 at 9:42 am to
I still buy CDs. I like having the "album" along with the liner notes and artwork. CDs sound better and I can rip them onto iTunes to use digitally for my iPhone to play in the car. When you rip at 320 kbs it is almost as good as the .wav file, but not quite.

I made the mistake long ago in the 80s when I was a youth to get rid of all my vinyl records and move to all CDs. I have about 800 of them. I wish I still had all my records and I'm not making that mistake again.
This post was edited on 4/15/17 at 9:46 am
Posted by ynlvr
Rocket City
Member since Feb 2009
5628 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 9:30 am to
I have about 500 CD's that I have no use for. Any recommendations on where I can recycle them?
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