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I’ll always be a physical media guy. Right now, CDs are actually making a comeback. I love owning a tangible music collection that I can play anytime I want. Don’t need an WiFi connection , don’t need to worry about if an album or artist is available on a streaming service. And I also like that my purchase of a bands cd supports that artist
I am one of those people who began collecting vinyl records in the 1960's, well 1964 actually, after I discovered The Beatles. In 1983 or 1984, I was sold on cd's. Not only the sound, but the convivence of their relatively small size. So, as my cd collection grew, I found I listened to my vinyl records less and less, vinyl was obsolete. Jump ahead to the age of streaming services, and the conundrum of cd vs streaming. While I still buy cd's for all the reasons I always have, it's becoming somewhat harder to justify spending $15.00 - $20.00 on a single cd when I can get the music on that cd and literally thousands more albums, ep's singles etc. for the low, low price of $10.99 on Amazon or Apple Music. I struggle with this all the time. Now there are some artists no matter what, I have to have their music on cd. I find there are a lot of bands I like to listen to just to be experiencing something new and different, but that I don't want to shell out real money for, so that's where streaming really comes in handy, Lots of options, and so little time. Thanks for an interesting discussion, Larry. Keep enjoying the music no matter the format.
I mostly stream now and have only bought three CD boxsets in over a year. LPs are the big thing at the moment and last year I sold almost half of my LPs. I still have literally thousands of CDs and still listen to them, but have almost stopped buying any more. You don't have to get rid of your CD collection if you start streaming. You can enjoy both!
I love both formats' CDs & vinyl LPs. The real truth is that often times analog vinyl sounds better than digital. Likewise, CDs can sound better than vinyl. It all depends on the sound engineer and the remastering process. Some vinyl enthusiasts will say vinyl always sounds better than CDs. If the music was recorded digitally, CDs will often sound better. I think both vinyl & CDs sound way better than streaming!
The great thing about streaming is the endless variety of music to check out at the click of a button, especially new albums. I like the convenience, but I prefer the physical copies of Vinyl and CD's. With streaming, it often feels to me like I'm "renting" the music, with my collection I have the perception, at least from my own perspective that I have invested something in the artist.
I miss collecting vinyl. I was really into the hobby during the 2010s. The high prices made me have to stop. CDs have been much more accessible but even then I usually buy them from a secondhand store.
I have been streaming music a lot this year and it’s great. I have packed away a lot of my cd collection. I will hold onto it for a few years before I get rid of it because we do change our minds. I have put most of my music on my computer so I don’t really need the cds.
I'll love CDs no matter what! I will wait an eternity to get the album I want on CD. I'm slow on switching to streaming, I NEED the physical. If I had the space and the money, I'd collect vinyl. This is a subject close to my heart, as I have talked about it a few times.
Hi Larry I started collecting records in the early 70s still have a lot of them never play them. then I switched to cassettes still have a lot of them rarely play them. then switched to cds I play them Pretty much every day and have a pretty big collection that goes way beyond what I had on vinyl, or cassette people have been telling me don't collect cds for over 20 years I still do and am often finding ones I love the only thing I am finding is some of the less common ones are getting hard to find and or expensive I don't want to give up my great collection I have I may weed out some I don't care about what happens though is you care about those ones after they are gone.
Streaming for checking out unknown music, CDs for the convenience and price, LPs only if the artist is CAN or Hawkwind or The Residents !!!!! Rock On !!!!
Larry. I’m a streamer having collected vinyl and CDs in my time. 2 reasons I do this is 1) Space 2) Cost I’m not a purist but times change and the cost is very prohibitive when trying to start a collection from scratch again. I’m cool with it and that’s the way I roll
Larry. If it’s an artist I really love I will buy any album they release. Most of the time on CD, sometimes both CD and vinyl. I stream artists I like casually.
I like both CDs and vinyl. I stopped buying vinyl when CDs came out but never sold them. I've recently started buying vinyl again but only used. I was surprised at the good quality of used vinyl from a few local record shops, and the average price is only $15. I wouldn't buy new vinyl except for very special releases.
I like the physical format, and I like you have hardly any LPs left, either sold lost or damaged, I prefer the sound from CDs and still have them all and strangely enough I still have all my cassettes, I don't stream but I have all my collection digitised on hard drives.
There is too much music out there to get it all in physical format. Also to check out/test new stuff, streaming is a valid option. But albums I really like, I still get on CD or (increasingly) on vinyl.
Physical CDs only. Very versatile. Buy the album in .wav format and get a good quality CD to burn it in. You can also print the album and print a custom art onto the CD and it’ll look as if it the legit thing. Stick to CDs bc streaming could always remove it anytime
It sounds like that King Gizzard album is out of print on CD currently, it will probably come back soon. A lot of smaller labels have smaller runs of their albums pressed and it’s probably only on vinyl currently because it hasn’t sold out yet.
I get it, Larry. I say whatever you can afford both monetarily & space wise you should do. I know that as we get older, we really don’t want to accumulate more stuff. I actually for the first time ever instead of buying a book that I wanted I’m getting it where it’ll be sent to my phone. I can listen to it whenever I want. I went back-and-forth on it, but I thought to myself do I need another book on my shelf once I’m done with it? We’ll see how it goes.📚
I gave all my records away Larry to a church that auctioned them off,I kept two that were framed and ended up buying one of my albums back at the auction!,Paul's Russian album,that was pretty dumb of me but oh well it all went to a good cause and I haven't listened to a record or CD in years,I listen to what I want to hear on You Tube. Bob
Physical media--records, CDs, even cassettes--has never been more important. (I would also add books, DVDs and blue ray discs to my argument.) The reason all comes down to one concept: Control. Who has the control of the media you get to see, hear, read, etc? Are you going to leave it up to the corporate giants? Or are you going to give that control to yourself? If you pay a monthly bill to the corporate giants, then they get to decide what you can hear, how, you can hear it, IF you can hear it, or maybe they'll edit it, cancel it, whatever. Suppose they all get offended by Sparks or Led Zep or whoever... and they take down all their music? Where are we gonna go to hear it if no one has any physical media from those bands? I know where I'll go! I"ll go to my CD rack and pull out whatever album I want to hear. And I will hear it in its glorious uncompressed format with all of its hi fi sound quality. I will enjoy the album artwork. And it's essentially free after I have made my original purchase to own it. One financial exchange; not some monthly bill. Plus, I just love the physical media. I love owning the stuff. It's cool. That may be why CDs are making a comeback.
Thank u that’s why cds 💿 are wayyyy better than cheap ass streaming better sound quality and they offer more stuff like bonus tracks than cheap streaming will ever do 😅😅😅😅😅
I don't trust streaming to always have what I want to listen to. If I want to listen to something, I want to know I got it available to play. I love the physical media too much to give up, at least at the present time. Down the road things could change. Cheers!
Hey Larry, I get it also from a fan of classic rock with a ton of CDs. I can go into many different things about CDs and have thought about streaming, but most of the time, I can buy a cd cheaper than buying on Apple Music . Of course streaming can be free, but what’s the fun of that✌️
I love music but am not a purist, and embraced CDs when they arrived and stopped buying vinyl, as they took up less space, plus I could listen to the whole album without turning it over 😀. I've also embraced streaming as love my music on the move. Now I only buy CDs for my favourite bands as I do like to have the physical item. I also like to support the artists with the purchase as I understand they don't earn much from streaming services.
I believe the music industry doesn't want to make cds anymore for whatever reason. if holdouts like you and me didn't keep buying them they would have stopped making them a long time ago they even quit selling the cd players in stores to discourage the format from being used but we keep buying them some day they will probably win and they will quit making cds.
Cds will always be around in 2025 as long as people are buying them and supporting their favorite artist 🧑🎨 The the only way artist make their money on records and cds 💿 so keeping physical media is alive and important 👍👍👍👍📀📀💿💿💿💽💽💽 streaming will always rob Artist and remove all ur music easily 😅😅😅
I still buy cd’s, both new and secondhand. I still have some vinyl, but LP’s are so expensive these days... Plus - and this is sacrilege to many music lovers 😁 - I prefer listening to music without crackling and popping noises. But I understand your frustration about not being able to purchase certain cd’s you really want. For a long time I’ve been looking for both ‘Indiscreet’ and ‘A Woofer in Tweeter’s Clothing’ by Sparks on cd, but they are apparently out of print. At least they’re impossible to find for me.
I like to own the album personally..I take pride in growing and managing my collection…99% of artists release in both formats..I am assuming King Gizzard fans are mostly into vinyl and their CD sales are low..I only use steaming as a tool to give a quick listen to something I have not heard before..Don’t sell Larry…you will regret it…
For me I do still stream a lot but I like owning the physical thing too since I don't know when my favourite band or artist might be taken off streaming (looking at you Neil Young and Joni Mitchell) so I don't want to be unable to listen to certain bands or artists for reasons outside of my control. I don't think anyone should be belittled for however they listen to their music. Some people out there will still be buying cassette tapes. That's their choice ultimately, they're still listening to the music and that's what counts at the end of the day.
I sold many of my vinyl albums in the 80's & 90's & most were in decent shape but had been well played & had ringwear & didn't have hype stickers & would be on the lower end of the discogs price. I don't miss them.
I think that streaming is only good when you want to check out new music to see if you want to buy the album As for vinyl records, they are really cool, but the negative is that they take up a lot of space and as a visually impaired person, I always have to ask someone to help me play them because if I try to play them on my own, I always miss the grooves I love CDs because they don’t take up space and they have a really good sound I will always treasure my CD collection I will never stream music unless the album that I want to listen to is not available on CD or if like I said in the beginning, I want to check something out to see if I want to buy it
I had the same issue you had with King Gizzard, with an album by the group The Warning, "Error". It was only available at their webstore, but sold out. However, I grabbed a CD at eBay, but for way too much money. Their webstore got it in eventually, so I bought another, for safe keeping. And I was right to do so, you still can't buy it at a regular store or online retailer. I mostly buy CD's, but I started getting into LP"s again in 2020. But, that was short-lived. Vinyl records just cost too much these days. I'll buy a few, every now and then. Just special ones, like the upcoming The Beatles In Mono US Albums set. I would never stream. That would be boring to me. I need to have the physical release. Plus, songwriters get really ripped off by streaming sites.
Imagine if somebody remastered the Mona Lisa. Said well, you know he meant to paint it this way, but he just didn’t have the tools at the time… We would laugh and say no. Appreciate the art for what it is at it’s given time on It’s given medium.
Only CD's for me. I had hundreds of records back in the day - sold them for a pittance back in the 90's when you could hardly give them away. I've regretted doing that in the last few years. I prefer CD's over vinyl. Don't know anything at all about streaming. I would say - keep buying the CD's (when you can) - at least then you have physical collection of something.
I love all three formats. I think for new artists I will start streaming as I am running out of room. For certain acts (i.e. Sparks and The Beatles) I would keep the cds. It gets annoying that cars no longer have cd players and computer hard drives but that's just the way it is. It also doesn't help if you live with someone, and it gets on their nerves with a big collection. lol
That’ problem has been solved Amazon and eBay sell cd 💿 transports for new cars 🚗 to play cds and eBay sells cd 💿 drives for new laptops I just bought one yesterday so problem solved 😅😅😅😅😅
Physical media for me. I'm a bit into hifi gear, so I like the ritual involved in playing physical records. I prefer vinyl to cds. Vinyl, particularly vintage vinyl copies, sound better to my ear. I do buy cds, but only when the vinyl album's price is excessive. Even the price of the cd version of some of the more sought-after albums is getting a bit on the high side now.
Well, the advantage of physical albums is that they can't just disappear. That can happen with streaming services, for example in the case of disputes over rights and shares. However, I actually listen to my music almost exclusively via streaming services. I still buy albums on CD, though. However, the albums in the sector that I primarily consume are not comparable to this cheap, junk plastic. They are designed packages with photo books, lyric booklets and additional merchandise.
I haven't really bought any new album in ages, but this year I finally broke down and bought DEEP PURPLE =1 and loved the music, however, it sounded compressed to heLL. There was no chance to turn up the volume myself! What is wrong with this industry? Shouldn't the sound quality be just as good as say, Purpendicular from 1996. That album sounded great. Feels like the industry is trying to a sabotage itself. Thanks Canadian stud muffin for a chance to rant.
I won't be coerced into buying new releases for $60. So I just don't do it. Cd works fine for me. If they don't offer it, I'll skip it. I have thousands of records and thousands of cds. I'll buy records if it's something special but I have enough to listen to until I'm dead. I don't stream.
Maybe downsizing your collection at some point would be a good idea, for the sake of practicality. I tend to only focus on my absolute favorite artists, like a tidy archive. Most of my collection consists of the Beatles and some other band...
Shybringmyibuprofin?!No, 🍅 soup...(yes I edited this). In truth, is everything out there available on streaming? Maybe some but Dead Kennedy's, Beef heart, Minutemenetc?
6 days a week cd, 1 day a week streaming to discover new artists / releases / decide if I want to buy the cd. Artists I love, the studio and live collection is complete. Artists I like is on release by release bases.
I prefer CDs. They are more durable than vinyl records. And repeated listens do not wear them out. I'm not selling my collection. I don't believe in that "warm" feeling that vinyl buyers stand by. It's all perception and what the listener finds pleasing. I do not stream although it seems to be the most popular method for music consumption for the foreseeable future. Isn't there hi-res streaming? When we lose power and the Internet on occasion, I have physical media that I am thankful for. Different artists seem to be doing different things with what they think will sell and get their music heard. Maybe if there is demand - have you tried emailing King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard or their management about your concern? If you buy the LP you can always have someone rip it in a lossless format, save it to a USB flash drive and put it on a CD yourself. It depends on what having the music is worth to you.
I own lots of vinyls and I kept them despite the bad reputation they acquired as CDs were the big thing (1980-2000). No scratches, wonderful thing. No need to record them on cassette in order to listen to music in my car. Vinyl was on an extinction course. During this period, I bought most of my good vinyls on CD. My turntable was getting old. But I never totally was anti-vinyl. Now that the vinyl has recovered and is the favorite format of "melomanes" I'm glad I did not discard my old albums and I bought a brand new platine. And one of the great strengths that vinyl has over Cds is visual. The splendid covers, often gatefolds for a better experience. These days, when I have the choice between listening to music in vinyl or Cds I choose vinyl. Cannot fully explain why. Streaming is of less quality in my opinion and we don't have covers and lyrics, but streaming gives us access to infinitely more music than traditionnal supports like vinyl or CD. So it has to be taken in consideration. And cars don't have CD or cassette players anymore. Just blue tooth. Significant advantage.
Enjoy the music but you might consider reducing your intake of "tomato soup." For those who care about sound quality physical media currently sounds better than streaming. Of the two abundant forms, CD and vinyl (let's face it, reel to reel, although best sounding is not a practical consideration) vinyl is my preference. I use streaming the same way I used to use FM radio, as a means to discover music unknown to me, and as background music. Cheers.
Streaming adds compression and normalization. I say listen to each album the way they were released. 60s/70s records listen best on vinyl. 80s records sound best on cassette 90s record sound best on CD late 2000s... any record never before released on CD was designed for streaming. So listen on streaming. Period.
@@canadianstudmuffin well thats my point... CD has the best quality of all mediums. Im just saying new records post CD era were not designed for CD or ever released on Cd so they might sound best ...on any lossless file? but theres still agreat charm to old records on cassette or vinyl
Hi there no i wouldn't stream it, to listen to my old music doesn't that come with a cost? Surely down loading its not free. Luckily i still have my original vinyl i bought back in the 70s then re bought them on cd aswell why pay again ?, to own a vinyl or cd in your hands feels like you've got something physical, and not from a click of a button. I know i listen to music on TH-cam , but its there why not.?
My main objection to streaming and streaming services such Spotify is that you rent the music. It doesn't belong to you. If a band decides to remove their albums from Spotify, the platform will have no choice but to remove them. Also, with Spotify, there are statistics and you are tracked: Spotify knows what you listen to, what you like. Some don't care, personally I don't like it. Before I only listened to CDs. I had no choice but to start buying vinyl records again: as you say, some albums will be cheaper than on CD. Purely digital is my last option. As far as possible Bandcamp, or iTunes (it is possible to buy the files).
I've never seen it as an either or, I use both (or all three with some older stuff, that I still have on vinyl). For a lot of bands it's not easy for me to get the albums, they sell only on their own web shop, so I have to transfer money to some company that runs the webshop, have to take the risk of the CD getting damaged during transport when it's shipped around half the globe, and I might also have to pay import tax. If i can get it easily through Amazon Germany and the price isn't ridiculous I like buying a CD, after I listened to it a few times on Spotify, I wanna know what I'm getting before I spend money.
As I had mentioned I went to streaming a long time ago. I did burn most of my collection to a hard drive but the physical CDs I have are just collecting dust.
Something to consider would be Bluetooth streaming in conjunction with Bluetooth cordless headphones so you could wander around your flat day or night (occasionally naked to give your neighbours a thrill) listening to music and not disturbing anyone. Whenever Spotify or Amazon Music don’t have something I want TH-cam music usually has it, so that is one to consider.
For me physical media is a must. With streaming they can take it from you whenever they please. Or just keep upping the price. On the other hand streaming is great for the variety. I’ve listened to so many things that I never would have if I would have had to buy the cd first.
Lol imagine buying CDs. Get some blank ones and burn some cds it’s way cheaper and you can have what ever songs you want. If you know how to get the mp3 files that is
Spotify all the way! I can explore so much different music. It’s right at my finger tips. It’s like I have the largest record store in the world right in the palm of my hands. I no longer care about listening to my Cd’s or albums, which I have a huge collection of. I’d rather just throw on Spotify. I’ve discovered literally a 100 new/old artists/bands because of streaming. Albums I never would have bought but can just check it out on Spotify for $15 bucks a month. I love it!
Spotify sucks low quality cheap ass sound cds 💿 wayyyyyy better sound quality Good luck paying high prices for music u will never own 😅😅😅😅 I have my cds 💿 collection on my bookshelf 👍👍👍👍💿💿💿💿
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I’ll always be a physical media guy. Right now, CDs are actually making a comeback. I love owning a tangible music collection that I can play anytime I want. Don’t need an WiFi connection , don’t need to worry about if an album or artist is available on a streaming service. And I also like that my purchase of a bands cd supports that artist
I am one of those people who began collecting vinyl records in the 1960's, well 1964 actually, after I discovered The Beatles. In 1983 or 1984, I was sold on cd's. Not only the sound, but the convivence of their relatively small size. So, as my cd collection grew, I found I listened to my vinyl records less and less, vinyl was obsolete. Jump ahead to the age of streaming services, and the conundrum of cd vs streaming. While I still buy cd's for all the reasons I always have, it's becoming somewhat harder to justify spending $15.00 - $20.00 on a single cd when I can get the music on that cd and literally thousands more albums, ep's singles etc. for the low, low price of $10.99 on Amazon or Apple Music. I struggle with this all the time. Now there are some artists no matter what, I have to have their music on cd.
I find there are a lot of bands I like to listen to just to be experiencing something new and different, but that I don't want to shell out real money for, so that's where streaming really comes in handy, Lots of options, and so little time. Thanks for an interesting discussion, Larry. Keep enjoying the music no matter the format.
I mostly stream now and have only bought three CD boxsets in over a year. LPs are the big thing at the moment and last year I sold almost half of my LPs. I still have literally thousands of CDs and still listen to them, but have almost stopped buying any more. You don't have to get rid of your CD collection if you start streaming. You can enjoy both!
I love both formats' CDs & vinyl LPs. The real truth is that often times analog vinyl sounds better than digital. Likewise, CDs can sound better than vinyl. It all depends on the sound engineer and the remastering process. Some vinyl enthusiasts will say vinyl always sounds better than CDs. If the music was recorded digitally, CDs will often sound better. I think both vinyl & CDs sound way better than streaming!
I just downloaded the vinyl only albums by King Gizzard and just burned them on CDr’s and printed out the tracks. Saved me $350 in vinyl prices
The great thing about streaming is the endless variety of music to check out at the click of a button, especially new albums. I like the convenience, but I prefer the physical copies of Vinyl and CD's. With streaming, it often feels to me like I'm "renting" the music, with my collection I have the perception, at least from my own perspective that I have invested something in the artist.
I miss collecting vinyl. I was really into the hobby during the 2010s. The high prices made me have to stop. CDs have been much more accessible but even then I usually buy them from a secondhand store.
The prices for physical music are so often ridiculous - paying more than $10/£10 for a record seems like a rip-off
CDs all the way for me! 👍xxx.
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I have been streaming music a lot this year and it’s great. I have packed away a lot of my cd collection. I will hold onto it for a few years before I get rid of it because we do change our minds. I have put most of my music on my computer so I don’t really need the cds.
I'll love CDs no matter what! I will wait an eternity to get the album I want on CD. I'm slow on switching to streaming, I NEED the physical. If I had the space and the money, I'd collect vinyl. This is a subject close to my heart, as I have talked about it a few times.
Hi Larry I started collecting records in the early 70s still have a lot of them never play them. then I switched to cassettes still have a lot of them rarely play them. then switched to cds I play them Pretty much every day and have a pretty big collection that goes way beyond what I had on vinyl, or cassette people have been telling me don't collect cds for over 20 years I still do and am often finding ones I love the only thing I am finding is some of the less common ones are getting hard to find and or expensive I don't want to give up my great collection I have I may weed out some I don't care about what happens though is you care about those ones after they are gone.
Streaming for checking out unknown music, CDs for the convenience and price, LPs only if the artist is CAN or Hawkwind or The Residents !!!!! Rock On !!!!
Larry. I’m a streamer having collected vinyl and CDs in my time. 2 reasons I do this is 1) Space 2) Cost
I’m not a purist but times change and the cost is very prohibitive when trying to start a collection from scratch again. I’m cool with it and that’s the way I roll
Larry. If it’s an artist I really love I will buy any album they release. Most of the time on CD, sometimes both CD and vinyl. I stream artists I like casually.
I like both CDs and vinyl. I stopped buying vinyl when CDs came out but never sold them. I've recently started buying vinyl again but only used. I was surprised at the good quality of used vinyl from a few local record shops, and the average price is only $15. I wouldn't buy new vinyl except for very special releases.
I always preferred Cd's. Best of my generation.
I like the physical format, and I like you have hardly any LPs left, either sold lost or damaged, I prefer the sound from CDs and still have them all and strangely enough I still have all my cassettes, I don't stream but I have all my collection digitised on hard drives.
There is too much music out there to get it all in physical format. Also to check out/test new stuff, streaming is a valid option.
But albums I really like, I still get on CD or (increasingly) on vinyl.
Physical CDs only. Very versatile. Buy the album in .wav format and get a good quality CD to burn it in. You can also print the album and print a custom art onto the CD and it’ll look as if it the legit thing. Stick to CDs bc streaming could always remove it anytime
It sounds like that King Gizzard album is out of print on CD currently, it will probably come back soon. A lot of smaller labels have smaller runs of their albums pressed and it’s probably only on vinyl currently because it hasn’t sold out yet.
I get it, Larry. I say whatever you can afford both monetarily & space wise you should do. I know that as we get older, we really don’t want to accumulate more stuff. I actually for the first time ever instead of buying a book that I wanted I’m getting it where it’ll be sent to my phone. I can listen to it whenever I want. I went back-and-forth on it, but I thought to myself do I need another book on my shelf once I’m done with it? We’ll see how it goes.📚
I also decided to keep
My best ones I can’t live without and get rid of dead weight that I don’t listen to. So core albums vs bulk.
I gave all my records away Larry to a church that auctioned them off,I kept two that were framed and ended up buying one of my albums back at the auction!,Paul's Russian album,that was pretty dumb of me but oh well it all went to a good cause and I haven't listened to a record or CD in years,I listen to what I want to hear on You Tube. Bob
Physical media--records, CDs, even cassettes--has never been more important. (I would also add books, DVDs and blue ray discs to my argument.) The reason all comes down to one concept: Control. Who has the control of the media you get to see, hear, read, etc? Are you going to leave it up to the corporate giants? Or are you going to give that control to yourself? If you pay a monthly bill to the corporate giants, then they get to decide what you can hear, how, you can hear it, IF you can hear it, or maybe they'll edit it, cancel it, whatever. Suppose they all get offended by Sparks or Led Zep or whoever... and they take down all their music? Where are we gonna go to hear it if no one has any physical media from those bands? I know where I'll go! I"ll go to my CD rack and pull out whatever album I want to hear. And I will hear it in its glorious uncompressed format with all of its hi fi sound quality. I will enjoy the album artwork. And it's essentially free after I have made my original purchase to own it. One financial exchange; not some monthly bill. Plus, I just love the physical media. I love owning the stuff. It's cool. That may be why CDs are making a comeback.
Thank u that’s why cds 💿 are wayyyy better than cheap ass streaming better sound quality and they offer more stuff like bonus tracks than cheap streaming will ever do 😅😅😅😅😅
I don't trust streaming to always have what I want to listen to. If I want to listen to something, I want to know I got it available to play. I love the physical media too much to give up, at least at the present time. Down the road things could change. Cheers!
Physical Media is the only media for me.. Have only brought CDs since 1988.. Streaming... Nah.
Hey Larry, I get it also from a fan of classic rock with a ton of CDs. I can go into many different things about CDs and have thought about streaming, but most of the time, I can buy a cd cheaper than buying on Apple Music . Of course streaming can be free, but what’s the fun of that✌️
I love music but am not a purist, and embraced CDs when they arrived and stopped buying vinyl, as they took up less space, plus I could listen to the whole album without turning it over 😀. I've also embraced streaming as love my music on the move. Now I only buy CDs for my favourite bands as I do like to have the physical item. I also like to support the artists with the purchase as I understand they don't earn much from streaming services.
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I believe the music industry doesn't want to make cds anymore for whatever reason. if holdouts like you and me didn't keep buying them they would have stopped making them a long time ago they even quit selling the cd players in stores to discourage the format from being used but we keep buying them some day they will probably win and they will quit making cds.
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I went from vinyl to CD to digital
I used to burn my own CDs, including burning playlists of favourite tracks to CD... I think it is still quite a good idea
They have USBS for that also
I still have all my vinyl, lost a bunch of C.D.s in a move.
I still buy cd’s, both new and secondhand. I still have some vinyl, but LP’s are so expensive these days... Plus - and this is sacrilege to many music lovers 😁 - I prefer listening to music without crackling and popping noises. But I understand your frustration about not being able to purchase certain cd’s you really want. For a long time I’ve been looking for both ‘Indiscreet’ and ‘A Woofer in Tweeter’s Clothing’ by Sparks on cd, but they are apparently out of print. At least they’re impossible to find for me.
I like to own the album personally..I take pride in growing and managing my collection…99% of artists release in both formats..I am assuming King Gizzard fans are mostly into vinyl and their CD sales are low..I only use steaming as a tool to give a quick listen to something I have not heard before..Don’t sell Larry…you will regret it…
Streaming is the last resort for me. CDs, vinyl, cassettes, then streaming if that's the only option.
Actually, I'm starting to miss cassettes! I will have to get a cassette player somewhere first...
For me I do still stream a lot but I like owning the physical thing too since I don't know when my favourite band or artist might be taken off streaming (looking at you Neil Young and Joni Mitchell) so I don't want to be unable to listen to certain bands or artists for reasons outside of my control. I don't think anyone should be belittled for however they listen to their music. Some people out there will still be buying cassette tapes. That's their choice ultimately, they're still listening to the music and that's what counts at the end of the day.
I sold many of my vinyl albums in the 80's & 90's & most were in decent shape but had been well played & had ringwear & didn't have hype stickers & would be on the lower end of the discogs price. I don't miss them.
I think that streaming is only good when you want to check out new music to see if you want to buy the album
As for vinyl records, they are really cool, but the negative is that they take up a lot of space and as a visually impaired person, I always have to ask someone to help me play them because if I try to play them on my own, I always miss the grooves
I love CDs because they don’t take up space and they have a really good sound
I will always treasure my CD collection
I will never stream music unless the album that I want to listen to is not available on CD or if like I said in the beginning, I want to check something out to see if I want to buy it
I had the same issue you had with King Gizzard, with an album by the group The Warning, "Error". It was only available at their webstore, but sold out. However, I grabbed a CD at eBay, but for way too much money. Their webstore got it in eventually, so I bought another, for safe keeping. And I was right to do so, you still can't buy it at a regular store or online retailer. I mostly buy CD's, but I started getting into LP"s again in 2020. But, that was short-lived. Vinyl records just cost too much these days. I'll buy a few, every now and then. Just special ones, like the upcoming The Beatles In Mono US Albums set. I would never stream. That would be boring to me. I need to have the physical release. Plus, songwriters get really ripped off by streaming sites.
Like the great Jeffrey Lewis I got the disease for LPs and CDs.
Imagine if somebody remastered the Mona Lisa. Said well, you know he meant to paint it this way, but he just didn’t have the tools at the time… We would laugh and say no.
Appreciate the art for what it is at it’s given time on It’s given medium.
Only CD's for me. I had hundreds of records back in the day - sold them for a pittance back in the 90's when you could hardly give them away. I've regretted doing that in the last few years. I prefer CD's over vinyl. Don't know anything at all about streaming. I would say - keep buying the CD's (when you can) - at least then you have physical collection of something.
I love all three formats. I think for new artists I will start streaming as I am running out of room. For certain acts (i.e. Sparks and The Beatles) I would keep the cds. It gets annoying that cars no longer have cd players and computer hard drives but that's just the way it is. It also doesn't help if you live with someone, and it gets on their nerves with a big collection. lol
That’ problem has been solved Amazon and eBay sell cd 💿 transports for new cars 🚗 to play cds and eBay sells cd 💿 drives for new laptops I just bought one yesterday so problem solved 😅😅😅😅😅
Physical media for me. I'm a bit into hifi gear, so I like the ritual involved in playing physical records.
I prefer vinyl to cds. Vinyl, particularly vintage vinyl copies, sound better to my ear.
I do buy cds, but only when the vinyl album's price is excessive.
Even the price of the cd version of some of the more sought-after albums is getting a bit on the high side now.
Well, the advantage of physical albums is that they can't just disappear. That can happen with streaming services, for example in the case of disputes over rights and shares. However, I actually listen to my music almost exclusively via streaming services. I still buy albums on CD, though. However, the albums in the sector that I primarily consume are not comparable to this cheap, junk plastic. They are designed packages with photo books, lyric booklets and additional merchandise.
I haven't really bought any new album in ages, but this year I finally broke down and bought DEEP PURPLE =1 and loved the music, however, it sounded compressed to heLL. There was no chance to turn up the volume myself! What is wrong with this industry?
Shouldn't the sound quality be just as good as say, Purpendicular from 1996. That album sounded great.
Feels like the industry is trying to a sabotage itself.
Thanks Canadian stud muffin for a chance to rant.
I know, I tried listening to a newer Yes album, and it sounded so NOISY it made me literally nauseated.
I won't be coerced into buying new releases for $60. So I just don't do it. Cd works fine for me. If they don't offer it, I'll skip it. I have thousands of records and thousands of cds. I'll buy records if it's something special but I have enough to listen to until I'm dead. I don't stream.
Hi Larry, l don't buy vinyl anymore, l prefer cd's for many, many years, so, l can say, l love cd's, and l hate vinyls, take care larry.
I don't like streaming. I like cds and vinyl. I buy cds more then vinyl
Maybe downsizing your collection at some point would be a good idea, for the sake of practicality. I tend to only focus on my absolute favorite artists, like a tidy archive. Most of my collection consists of the Beatles and some other band...
Shybringmyibuprofin?!No, 🍅 soup...(yes I edited this). In truth, is everything out there available on streaming? Maybe some but Dead Kennedy's, Beef heart, Minutemenetc?
I think cd sounds better than streaming. Period.
6 days a week cd, 1 day a week streaming to discover new artists / releases / decide if I want to buy the cd. Artists I love, the studio and live collection is complete. Artists I like is on release by release bases.
I prefer CDs. They are more durable than vinyl records. And repeated listens do not wear them out. I'm not selling my collection. I don't believe in that "warm" feeling that vinyl buyers stand by. It's all perception and what the listener finds pleasing. I do not stream although it seems to be the most popular method for music consumption for the foreseeable future. Isn't there hi-res streaming? When we lose power and the Internet on occasion, I have physical media that I am thankful for. Different artists seem to be doing different things with what they think will sell and get their music heard. Maybe if there is demand - have you tried emailing King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard or their management about your concern? If you buy the LP you can always have someone rip it in a lossless format, save it to a USB flash drive and put it on a CD yourself. It depends on what having the music is worth to you.
I own lots of vinyls and I kept them despite the bad reputation they acquired as CDs were the big thing (1980-2000). No scratches, wonderful thing. No need to record them on cassette in order to listen to music in my car. Vinyl was on an extinction course. During this period, I bought most of my good vinyls on CD. My turntable was getting old. But I never totally was anti-vinyl.
Now that the vinyl has recovered and is the favorite format of "melomanes" I'm glad I did not discard my old albums and I bought a brand new platine.
And one of the great strengths that vinyl has over Cds is visual. The splendid covers, often gatefolds for a better experience.
These days, when I have the choice between listening to music in vinyl or Cds I choose vinyl. Cannot fully explain why.
Streaming is of less quality in my opinion and we don't have covers and lyrics, but streaming gives us access to infinitely more music than traditionnal supports like vinyl or CD. So it has to be taken in consideration. And cars don't have CD or cassette players anymore. Just blue tooth. Significant advantage.
U do know Amazon sells cds 💿 transports for new cars 🚗 so problem solved 😅😅😅😅
Hi Larry, stil have all my CDs, lps, & Reel to Reels .Streaming does have its moments though.
Enjoy the music but you might consider reducing your intake of "tomato soup." For those who care about sound quality physical media currently sounds better than streaming. Of the two abundant forms, CD and vinyl (let's face it, reel to reel, although best sounding is not a practical consideration) vinyl is my preference. I use streaming the same way I used to use FM radio, as a means to discover music unknown to me, and as background music. Cheers.
I have chronic pain and the tomato soup helps me dealing with it on sometimes. Thanks!
@@canadianstudmuffin I did not know that. My apologies. Hope it brings you relief.
@@barrykrakovsky756 No worries!
Streaming adds compression and normalization.
I say listen to each album the way they were released. 60s/70s records listen best on vinyl. 80s records sound best on cassette 90s record sound best on CD late 2000s... any record never before released on CD was designed for streaming. So listen on streaming. Period.
I'll listen to my CDs, I am happy with the sound. Thanks.
@@canadianstudmuffin well thats my point... CD has the best quality of all mediums. Im just saying new records post CD era were not designed for CD or ever released on Cd so they might sound best ...on any lossless file? but theres still agreat charm to old records on cassette or vinyl
there's only one reason cd sales are growing and that's because they only cost 1.99 now...
That’s because ur buying them used Cds 💿 brand new are around $10 to $15 to $20 depending on the artist
I'm staying out of this one.
Hi there no i wouldn't stream it, to listen to my old music doesn't that come with a cost? Surely down loading its not free. Luckily i still have my original vinyl i bought back in the 70s then re bought them on cd aswell why pay again ?, to own a vinyl or cd in your hands feels like you've got something physical, and not from a click of a button. I know i listen to music on TH-cam , but its there why not.?
Why Larry keep saying 😅😅😅 streaming sound good make a comparison with ur cds 💿 then we see
It sounds good to me, and others might disagree but I am happy using Spotify when I need to. If I like the music enough I buy a CD of the album.
@ that’s ur opinion but everyone knows the truth 🤣😂
My main objection to streaming and streaming services such Spotify is that you rent the music. It doesn't belong to you. If a band decides to remove their albums from Spotify, the platform will have no choice but to remove them. Also, with Spotify, there are statistics and you are tracked: Spotify knows what you listen to, what you like. Some don't care, personally I don't like it. Before I only listened to CDs. I had no choice but to start buying vinyl records again: as you say, some albums will be cheaper than on CD. Purely digital is my last option. As far as possible Bandcamp, or iTunes (it is possible to buy the files).
I've never seen it as an either or, I use both (or all three with some older stuff, that I still have on vinyl). For a lot of bands it's not easy for me to get the albums, they sell only on their own web shop, so I have to transfer money to some company that runs the webshop, have to take the risk of the CD getting damaged during transport when it's shipped around half the globe, and I might also have to pay import tax. If i can get it easily through Amazon Germany and the price isn't ridiculous I like buying a CD, after I listened to it a few times on Spotify, I wanna know what I'm getting before I spend money.
As I had mentioned I went to streaming a long time ago. I did burn most of my collection to a hard drive but the physical CDs I have are just collecting dust.
Something to consider would be Bluetooth streaming in conjunction with Bluetooth cordless headphones so you could wander around your flat day or night (occasionally naked to give your neighbours a thrill) listening to music and not disturbing anyone. Whenever Spotify or Amazon Music don’t have something I want TH-cam music usually has it, so that is one to consider.
I use Bluetooth with headphones sometimes during the day.
@@canadianstudmuffin What is the source of your music when listening with Bluetooth?
Bluetooth sucks 😅😅😅 cheap low quality sound
For me physical media is a must. With streaming they can take it from you whenever they please. Or just keep upping the price. On the other hand streaming is great for the variety. I’ve listened to so many things that I never would have if I would have had to buy the cd first.
I still have my cds but mostly listen to spotify. It's just more convenient
Spotify sucks 🤮🤮🤢🤮 streaming sucks Physical media for the win streaming low quality sound garbage and u don’t own the music and need internet 😅😅😅😅
Lol imagine buying CDs. Get some blank ones and burn some cds it’s way cheaper and you can have what ever songs you want. If you know how to get the mp3 files that is
Don’t forget USBS also
switch to vinyl!
Spotify all the way! I can explore so much different music. It’s right at my finger tips. It’s like I have the largest record store in the world right in the palm of my hands. I no longer care about listening to my Cd’s or albums, which I have a huge collection of. I’d rather just throw on Spotify. I’ve discovered literally a 100 new/old artists/bands because of streaming. Albums I never would have bought but can just check it out on Spotify for $15 bucks a month. I love it!
Spotify sucks low quality cheap ass sound cds 💿 wayyyyyy better sound quality Good luck paying high prices for music u will never own 😅😅😅😅 I have my cds 💿 collection on my bookshelf 👍👍👍👍💿💿💿💿
But Do u own the music. 😅😅😅 I don’t think so 😮😮😮