Music CDs: Who still buys them?

[Lastcallhall]

I have a 3TB drive full of FLAC, ALAC, and WAV rips; I eventually want to convert them all to level 8 FLAC to save as much space as I can for the time being, at least until I can get my NAS up and running with 12TB of space for media. I keep things lossless because 1) I don't trust someone else's shitty encode to MP3, 2) I CAN tell the difference when I listed back to MP3s vs FLAC and 3) Im driving an 04 Nissan; no aux out for an MP3 player, just a 6 disc changer for now, so I burn a lot of CDs from my FLAC rips, while keeping the originals pristine.

[Ninsega]

If by "CDs" you mean "MP3s" and "buy" you mean "pirate", then yes.
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On a more serious note, I just listen to songs on YouTube VEVO or whatever.

[profholt82]

Just like video games, movies, books, et cetera, I prefer the physical media to digital. That said, I don't spend a lot on CDs, but I pick them up at thrift shops and such. About 5 or 6 times a year a new album comes out that I have to buy. The last one I picked up was the new Liars record Mess. I've really been enjoying it.

[Segadream]

Hell no.
I buy Cdrs.
I did buy an album that is hard to get for free complete with p2p.
Meat Loaf Bat out of Hell 2.
I love that album.

[JFLY]

I still buy about 5 to 6 CDs a month. I've been slowly ripping my entire CD collection to FLAC files, luckily I haven't run into any CDs with disc rot.

[negative chill]

I'm more of "try before you buy" sort of person

I'll usually end up listening to an entire album that's been posted to Youtube and if I like it, I'll purchase it

[zetastrike]

I buy cheap $5 CDs a lot just to gut the cases for my Saturn games.

[KitsuneNight]

i mostly buy my cd's on fleabay for a fraction of their orginal price

[The Coop]

I still buy them. I don't buy music CDs all that often, but I do still buy them when a band I like puts out a new release.

MP3s are convenient and everything, but files get corrupt, website log in passwords get forgotten, and websites shut down. Thus, preventing you from listening to, or even getting, your files. And while CDs have their own set of problems, if you take care of a CD, you'll have it for a very, very long time. No passwords or websites needed.

[Waterfaller]

I prefer having the physical discs, so I buy them. Mostly to support my favorite bands.

[joyeux]

Some old LPs are being remastered for the second or third time, and I usually give a try at some of these. I'm not an audiophile but I am aware of brickwalled sound compression and other recording issues. A good example of a nice choice is the last Fleetwood Mac's Then Play On remaster, which sounds very superior than its last remaster, which is from the 90s. I acquired the new CD and felt amazed with the sound quality and dinamics, as well as the booklet, which I appreciated. About HD formats, my ears can't really perceive the difference from a normal CD.

[Falucho]

The last album i buy was Kiss Psycho Circus

[Diablo Griffin]

I really find that CD's are more pleasant to own just because of the liner notes and whatever other artwork they come with, like all other physical media. Digital files just aren't the same and lack much of the charm of their physical equivalents. So yes, I still purchase CD's (and occasionally vinyl) on a regular basis. Sometimes, I even buy multiple versions of the same album for better sound quality just because I'm sort of an audiophile.

[JFLY]

I'm so glad optical media hasn't gone away yet, and with the recent news of the successor to the Blu-Ray disc, the Archival Disc (http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Pr...1403/14-0310E/), it looks like it won't be going away for a good long while. I really love that archival discs are disc rot proof.

[xelement5x]

I'm so glad optical media hasn't gone away yet, and with the recent news of the successor to the Blu-Ray disc, the Archival Disc (http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Pr...1403/14-0310E/), it looks like it won't be going away for a good long while. I really love that archival discs are disc rot proof.

Very cool, long live physical media!