Does anyone else buy CD's anymore?

[tommy p]

Just wondering because I got three today and thought "What a dinosaur I am."

Kix - Rock Your Face Off

Tom Petty - Hypnotic Eye

Ozzy - Diary of a Madman 2-disk reissue

[maxschrek]

I recieved three from Amazon a couple 'o' weeks back.

YES- Heaven & Earth

SYD ARTHUR- Sound Mirror & On An On

[MCChris]

I've been 100% digital downloads since the release of the first Black Country Communion album.

[Cary]

I do, but it's been a while since I've bought one.

[elduave]

Yeah, but I buy as much or more new vinyl. If I buy a CD these days it's a band I want to support or something cool and elusive.

The Kix CD, for example, I'll buy, the Petty, I'll get the vinyl. A recent drawback is when a band releases vinyl of their latest effort at a later date than the original (CD-digital) release date.

[Thundersteel]

I just bought a Saxon 10-CD set.

[rugby1970]

I buy them because I am a dinosaur.

[Ralph]

Gotta have the cover art.

[G Man]

Yes, I don't believe I've ever paid to download music, streaming or CD for me.

[Hamersaur]

Still buying CD's but not as many as I used to (have about 400 now) and still playing vinyl as well (have about 1500 including my first LP purchase in "73 when I quit buying 45's- 45's long gone). Still playing all this through my 27 year old (not surround sound) Harmon Kardon amp. My cave rocks.

[Sugartune]

Yes, but those bands may qualify the "dinosaur" moniker more than the discs themselves...

[zorrow]

I do. A lot. I in fact collect CDs from bands I specially like, or albums that are significative to me for some reason. That's why I own hundreds, or even thousands of CDs.

[Submariner85]

There are certain bands I always buy CDs of when they come out with new ones: Megadeth, Metallica, Stone Sour, Slipknot.

I just bought a CD like 2 days ago because it was 1 dollar: Anthrax - Persistence of Time. I owned a copy before but have no idea where it went.

[crunchee]

I got out of the habit of listening to CDs, and I don't like to download anything because I can't physically 'hold' what music or content that I've purchased...plus, I'm afraid to lose it if something catastrophic happens (I still don't completely trust computers). If I want to listen to or see anything specific nowadays, I'll do a YooToob browse until I get bored.

[stonge]

Yep. Old 97's, drive by truckers, Bob Mould, speedy west and Jimmy Bryant reissues. A lot of albums on Amazon throw in the mp3 version when you buy the CD, so I'll put the mp3 on my work iPod and read though the liner notes when the CD arrives. Always liked the liner notes and lyrics, but between the smaller print on the CD jackets and my aging eyes it's a little tougher nowadays lol.

[Hackubus]

The new Kix is only $7.99 for a physical disc and a mp3 download on amazon. The best part is, it's actually really good IMO.

[Crimsontider]

It's funny how the industry made us believe they were superior to the cassette when they 1st came out. Have you listened to an early CD recently? The EQ sounded like /

They were cheaper to make but cost more.

Anyway. If I bought today I probably would just go digital download and listen off a jump drive in my car. I would rather a band I like skip as many middle men as possible.

But yes, the day of the CD is coming to an end. The day of the CD/DVD player is coming to and end. When you put a DVD in your computer, it has to read the entire disc as opposed to flash memory.

I can see media going on flash drives in the future, they are extremely cheap to make and package and read and write much faster than the old CD/DVD drive. Just stay away from static electricity.......zap!

[django49]

One more vote for "yes", being that I am another dinosaur. I like a product I can hold in my hand and POSSESS, even if I rip the tunes and use (primarily) in a digital format. Not really cool, I suppose, but I don't care. Somehow an MP3 is not the same thing.......

My latest purchases are limited edition "jazz" collections of two long ago artists from the collector oriented folks at Mosaic. Precious stuff!

[zorrow]

the day of the CD is coming to an end. The day of the CD/DVD player is coming to and end.

They said the same about vinyl and for some time it looked like it was going to be true, but see where we're at now. They're back!

[Disturber]

Yes, I buy a bunch of CDs every month. They are kinda cheap these days, even new releases. I buy vinyl as well, but I choose more carefully, as they are about double the price.

Listening to Spotify and similar services is good, but not the same sound quality as a CD or LP.

[Crimsontider]

the day of the CD is coming to an end. The day of the CD/DVD player is coming to and end.

They said the same about vinyl and for some time it looked like it was going to be true, but see where we're at now. They're back!

Vinyl to cassette to CD were all different technologies that resulted in detectable differences in sound. A CD is just storage for a digital file, putting it on a flash drive has zero effect on the sound compared to a CD or anything else that stores uncompressed digital music. There is no personality unique to having something on a CD than any other digital storage, like with analog Vinyl and cassettes.

I have my entire music collection on one flash drive that I listen to in my car, versus 10 songs to a CD, that's where my hunch is coming from. It's just seems like a no brainer to go that direction if record companies can make a flash device that does not allow you to erase it, so it's still a solid object, but better technology, still the same file type, not a MP3.

Mechanical Hard Drives, which work like CD players are being phased out too. They reached a density limit and are being replaced with solid state hard drives, which is flash memory.

It's ironic that Mechanical Hard Drives and CD/DVD players work like record players.

[DBraz]

Yep, me too. Well over 1000 in my collection. And I haven't replaced the vinyl yet...

For me there is still something wonderful about being able to listen to an album whilst going through the CD "sleeve" and notes, reading the lyrics etc without resorting to a computer.

[BubbaVO]

Count me with the CD gang. I'll buy, rip and store. If anything crashes, I'll have the originals. I know that's old school thinking, but that's my comfort zone. One nod is that some CDs I buy from Amazon allow me to download an electronic copy - best of both worlds as far as I'm concerned.

[RichRS6]

CD buyer here too.

I tried to do the download thing but it always ended up with me loosing them somehow when I changed computers or phones and then having to spend so long trying to get them back that I gave up.

[hamerhead]

Count me with the CD gang. I'll buy, rip and store. If anything crashes, I'll have the originals. I know that's old school thinking, but that's my comfort zone. One nod is that some CDs I buy from Amazon allow me to download an electronic copy - best of both worlds as far as I'm concerned.

Me, too.

It's nice to have the CD as a backup for when sh!t crashes (plus I use them in the guitar room), but most everything I listen to now is on a flash drive (car) or MP3 player (work).

Just ordered the EC/JJ Cale CD yesterday, and recently got ZZ Top's Futura and re-released original-mix box thingy, Eric Johnson's Up Close, and Nancy Wilson's live solo acoustic disc.