Bushing CD’s...this hurts.

[-Quikness-]

I understand the sentiment...I just threw out about 100 cassette tapes...some I bought...others were “mixtapes” I made sitting by the radio and recording songs...some of these tapes date back to the late 80s/early 90s when hip hop radio shows came on once a week so some of those tapes had rare songs from local artists and shyt

my way to justify throwing them out was I had AMPLE time and the equipment/know-how to convert the music into MP3s but felt the process would be too long/tedious...I probably haven’t listened to any of those tapes since the late 90s...I low key regret throwing them out but if I kept them they would’ve just still been sitting there collecting dust/taking up space

I did the same thing the other day with my old cassettes too.

I’m starting to build up a collection of albums again tho. You can’t beat having a physical copy of an album.

I just copped Deathrow Greatest hits vols 1 & 2 .. still smokin .. and the Pac albums I lost over the years it’s been a long time since I held them

 

[shopthatwrecks]

Those CD’s are still for good use, you can still import songs from Disk to device. It’s getting hard to find the rare stuff too nowadays.

yep he gone be sick once he cant find certain shyt

 

[BK The Great]

yep he gone be sick once he cant find certain shyt

Yup, I’ve been checking mom and pop shops that sell used CD’s and they’re very hard to find nowadays.

 

[DaveyDave]

WRONG


CD QUALITY KILLS STREAMING QUALITY


ITS NOT EVEN CLOSE

but for the average listener it’s not that big of a difference. I have bad hearing anyway, one ear barely even works so I can’t tell the difference between something on Spotify and a CD, unless I had access to a super high end stereo maybe. Most people listen to their music these days with headphones or in the whip. For the vast majority of people I would say there’s very little difference between a CD and playing the same song on Spotify, especially if you’re talking about new music because it’s all recorded digitally as well, so there’s no extra warmth or anything you’re gaining from it being on CD or Vinyl, most new Hip Hop and RnB is made with digital equipment as well, 808 drums, digital VST packs, etc etc.

 

[JordanwiththeWiz]

I kept my cds and dvds, they in my storage room. They come in handy in the south because of hurricanes.

 

[CSquare43]

Exactly. I’m like where am I even gonna play a CD at this point? I ain’t buying a CD player for this shyt.


I don’t know, if this were my OG collections I had built from the mid 90’s, I’d feel different, but most of this shyt I copped in large batches on eBay after my original collection got stolen, but then two years later Spotify dropped and I had no desire to keep rebuilding. I know good and well I ain’t cracking these open in 20 years.

You know you better hit up Amoeba or Rasputin for that $8.75 cash out.



But on the real, I haven't downloaded a song/album in forever. Tidal gang..

 

[Sccit]

but for the average listener it’s not that big of a difference. I have bad hearing anyway, one ear barely even works so I can’t tell the difference between something on Spotify and a CD, unless I had access to a super high end stereo maybe. Most people listen to their music these days with headphones or in the whip. For the vast majority of people I would say there’s very little difference between a CD and playing the same song on Spotify, especially if you’re talking about new music because it’s all recorded digitally as well, so there’s no extra warmth or anything you’re gaining from it being on CD or Vinyl, most new Hip Hop and RnB is made with digital equipment as well, 808 drums, digital VST packs, etc etc.

IM SORRY BUT ITS VERY NOTICEABLE TO ME

SOME MUSIC WORSE THAN OTHERS, BUT THERES AN OBVIOUS DISTINCTION AND A LOT OF TIMES NOT JUST DUE TO IT BEING RECORDED DIGITALLY, BECAUSE MUSIC RECORDED DIGITALLY STILL >>>>> IN WAV THAN IN MP3. THERES LEVELS TO IT.

 

[erker]

They have external usb drives to import discs . They’re cheap too

Thanks man, gonna get me one of those!

 

[Playaz Eyez]

I've gave up CD's in the Napster and Soulseek days. Once torrents came around I've been free of all physical media. All that stuff is gonna end up in a landfill creating more waste.

 

[beenz]

I’m moving, getting rid of junk. Got two binders of CD’s and know I haven’t played any of them in 7-8 years. I don’t even own a CD/DVD player and won’t have a car - so no CD player there. I’m stream life, or if it’s not there, I’ll find it elsewhere. My CD collection used to be a point of pride, it was stolen in 08, I replaced some of it and of course bought new releases (that what comprises these two binders). But between downloading and buying on iTunes from about 09-14 and being a full streaming convert since 13/14, I listen to digital files. I’m somewhat of a minimalist, I throw out shyt if I don’t use it, I’m not one to hang onto things for sentimental reasons. It’s time to let this shyt go


I can’t bring myself to trash them, but I might throw them in my old bedroom at my parent’s house where I have other junk stored. Crazy that a decade ago, leaving them in a closet wouldn’t ever be a thought.

I have like 350 CD's in my basement on a bookcase. I ripped them all to mp3 well over a decade ago which was a project in itself. that said, I don't even have a computer with an optical drive anymore even if I wanted to play one.

I'd have to put it in my car to listen

 

[Trace]

BIG MISTAKE

I see what he's saying but I think he's confusing the qualify loss in transcodes from MP3 to MP3 with just simply emailing files. I don't think sound quality suffers cause of that.

Now CD vs streaming, CD may have the edge because you're not using any bandwidth for the information you already have physically. Lossless files would essentially be the identical copy hence no difference in qualify.

It is still hard to part with CDs tho.

 

[who_better_than_me]

I got all the AALYIAH albums. Been offered money for them multiple time. Apparently her album are. Valuable.

 

[shutterguy]

I got over 600 cd's, been collecting them since '92. I won't get rid of them, been ripping them to FLAC files on my NAS media server. I still buy them from Amazon.

 

[Supa]

It's called being ahead of the curve. I told my people disc drives would be obsolete in 2000 but they kept buying CD's loading shelves full of DVD's. Then when it's time to move they got 100lbs of junk to lug around or throw out. When I move my music collection fits in my hand

Yall ain't learn from cassettes, mini discs, laser discs, and VHS?

 

[Dave24]

@dora_da_destroyer i will take your collection if you dont want them anymore. Please send them my way. I still buy cd and dvd to this day and have no digital media.