5 Reasons You Should Still Be Buying CDs! 

I have about 5000 cds. Starting from 1987. I still buy them. People think I am nuts but cd's are cheap now and the interaction and satisfaction you get from a physical product is priceless!

The CD is like books, they will never die!

CD's never left...they still sell millions a year......and sales are increasing now.

Shhh! I'm trying to collect all the CD's of bands I loved that I missed back in the day. The last thing I need is a vinyl style resurgence pushing up prices.

The best format ever!! Still buy tons of cd box set, digpacks and jewel cases. Long live cds!!!

My cousin made three cd mixes for us to play at our family reunion. He past away 4 yrs later and I still have the cds he personally made for us. Physical media is more than the music.

This 65 yr. old boomer still loves both LPs and CDs, and believes in supporting art and local commerce. Thank you for this.

CD is alive and rocking at my house! As long as they’re not remastered and compressed to death they’re great!

I never stopped buying CDs. I think CDs are still great. They're durable and resilient. They don't warp. They don't get eaten. Magnets won't harm them. They have no grooves to wear out. You don't need to pay someone or buy special equipment to put your CD albums onto your computer. Finding specific songs is easier with a CD than with a cassette or record. They are easy to store and don't take up much space. While I think it's nice to have digital streaming, I never want CDs to go away.

I just purchased 120 used cd's for $40 and am so excited to go through each one.

I buy and listen to CDs, always have, always will. No nostalgia here. Just love the sound. Also, I like to own the discs, not be dependent on any third party streaming services for my music and know a lot more thanks to CD booklets.

Lower sales don’t necessarily correlate with lower use, as many play the CDs they already own. A bigger issue is the poor quality of most of the music today. But in one sense the durability and quality of CDs is why I think the industry has pushed streaming. Like renting culture, they like a regular passive income. Laziness and convenience is bound to appeal to many, but a physical medium does have its own unique advantages.

I've finished building up a 700 plus vhs collection, almost finished DVD collection, and have been working on my CD and Cassette collection. Have a 1988 Panasonic stereo set-up with the matching speakers, receiver, turntable, cassette deck, and cd player, and I completely put myself back into my childhood of the 90s. I'm doing my best to keep this part of history of alive.

I hope CDs don’t die. I am just happy that even though streaming and downloads are in trend, CDs, Vinyls and even Casettes are still manufactured. It’s just so fun to touch the music you love, to have a physical copy of an artist’s hardwork and artistry and keep it forever, not just some music stored from your phone.

I enjoy owning my music in physical format and always have. I still purchase vinyl albums, cd’s and 45’s with picture sleeves and always will because there is nothing like owning your music library and sharing it with others, listening that is. I’m in the process of upgrading my record and CD player, speakers and accessories in general. Enjoyed your show and take care all.

Still collect cds over 2,000 so far. If you can’t hold it you don’t really own it. Streaming a album is a rental you never know if they going to keep it online.

Love your content Mike. For me CD's are the closest thing to perfection. Sound, durability, ease of care,storage etc. I love the fact that people are shopping for vinyl and unloading their cd's cheaply. it's a Bonanza for those of us who love those shiny little discs.

I still prefer to own my music on cd rather than digital downloads and i am also buying stuff on cassettes again with new releases on the format .

I have cds, haven’t stopped buying cds here in Lima Peru.

i'm currently 14, and I have an unhealthy obession at this point with the 90's. I recently finally was able to start my cd collection and I can never go back to streaming services the sound of the cd is so much more clear and smoother than mp3's. Plus most cd's the songs don't cut abruptly they blend into eachother smoothly especially in trance all stars cd's. The feeling of going cd hunting and being able to find that cd you've been looking for is one of the best feelings ever, it gives you a feeling of nostalgia even if you weren't born in the decade.

Started collecting metal CDs 2-3 years ago. I have around 50 and I don't plan to stop...

I never “stopped” buying CD’s!! 👍👍👍

Thats right. There is too much emotional attachment with CD's. Our friends always shared CD's when we were kids.

I have been collecting CD's since 1989. I have almost 3000 of them. I am so glad I collected them now because when you have the physical CD in your hands, You can't beat that. Plus I have noticed from 2017 until 2021 lots of people are buying CD's now more than ever before! Thank you Audio Arkitekts, Great video. I am subscribed

Sound quality is way better than mp3. Enhances the sound quality of your system.

Great video. Long live the CD!!!!

I’m an old boomer and I love CDs! I grew up on vinyl and still love a good vinyl pressing now and then, but CDs are great! Everything you said is true! I buy CDs and burn them to MDs for frequent listening! Love ‘em both! Thanks for your video!

I never stopped buying CDs

If remastered properly, the CD is the best-sounding medium available. Add to that the photos and booklet containing track-by-track annotation -- all of which make the physical CD release a musical joy to behold.

I love my CDS collection! I will never stop buying physical media. I being able to have the cd in physical format is a totally different feeling! the cover art, the feeling put the disc in your sound system... This is a feeling that young people today have no idea what it's like.

I feel like CD's or vinyl's are definitely worth collecting, especially if they're signed by the artist. That makes them unique and priceless.

I used to work for Wherehouse Music and seriously miss the interaction with customers about music.

Imagine my surprise when i listened to my favorite songs on CDs and WAV formats, just feels like the music came into a different space, it came out of a tiny box and literally came into real life, the singers if it was mixed and recorded right, the singers voice feels like it has more headroom, more space more reverb, this incredible ammount of detail that my ears could never hear before in mp3 files, the volume on CDs are also louder, and more crystaline clear especially on the low end. I will never know why Vynils are prefered more over CDs people need to get their ears checked

I never stopped collecting CDs. Not going to go into why, as you've covered all or most of the bases. Let's just say that if you're spending 30 bucks on one LP now, I'm buying 30 clearance CDs out of the dollar bin for the same amount and finding super rare castoffs that I'm selling on ebay at a profit and/or keeping for my own collection, making it a self-sustaining hobby. Right now, smart people, like me, if I may say so, are vacuuming up all the good CD rarities while everybody else is looking the other way and going apesh-t over vinyl. It's like finding money on the sidewalk that everybody else is turning a blind eye to.

The CD market has never been so dead that there wasn't a pricey market for out-of-print and collectible CDs. You may be able to get the popular stuff for pennies right now, but if you start digging deeper, it's not hard to find used CDs that the owner wants $30 - $40 for. Don't expect everything to be a bargain.

Hi from the UK. Really enjoyed the video and all that was discussed. I have been collecting CDs since 1985 and have over 3000 of them on display in a dedicated music room. I love the CD format and am a massive fan of the CD Box set or special edition. They are just great. I sporadically collect old vinyl for nostalgic reasons but the crackle and hiss can be off putting-never a problem with the CD. Newly released vinyl is very expensive here and can be up to three times the cost of the CD, this is particularly true of re-issues of classic albums. I am sure the CD will be with us for some time to come.

Loved this video, I started in the mid 60s buying vinyl albums, Beatles, Rolling Stones RIP Charlie Watts) , Motown, married and raised a family, we lost our 60s and 70s albums in a hurricane flood. Replaced and started buying CDs, which I love, last year we invested in a new stereo system, and replaced all the albums we lost in the flood,we had fun finding them in local record stores, but to be honest, I enjoy my CDs more, I love skipping a track if I’m not loving that particular song. I love that they take little space up, I love the sound, and the prices too. I found mint brand new CDs in Goodwill for 99 cents…a local,record store has a wall of CD treasures , and I still have a CD player in my car, and love opening up a cd and playing it while I’m driving.. so we went from albums to CDS back to albums, and now back to CDs…. Kept all our vinyl tho, there is nothing like holding a vinyl album cover in your hands 🎶🎶🎶🎶

Yes, the CD should come back - although it is now 40 years old. For us the tactile feeling reading the booklet is always great and more intensive than looking up only a digital catalogue. And we can hear music even when our internet connection is down😀

Thank you so much for this video, I love every word you say in it! When I was 20 years old I had way over one hundred CD's albums in my collection but I must to sell almost all of them because I was going to collage and I needed money. Now, as a 31 year old guy who has a job (not so well paid) I'm collecting vinyls from time to time. But man, they are so expensive. Few days ago I wanted to buy an album of Tom Waits called "Orphans". It's like a three albums in one kind of thing. I've looked in the internet and I'd have to spend over $100 for the vinyls. That was nuts. I went to the CDs category and saw a second hand "Orphans" album for $18.60. I bought it immidetely. That way and that day I was born again. The CD album collector. I started to remember my teen years when I listen to CD album for the first time or togeteher with my close friend. The great part was always looking at the booklets. Talking about the music, sharing it. It feel so nostalgia and so great. And you know what. I want to feel that again! What about vinyls? You're right. The're for the rich guys. Nowadays I can have three new CD albums in a price of one new Vinyl. Or even four to five second hand CDs. Thats do the math for me. The moment you mention of the posibility of music shops comeback had makes me smile, but in a good way. I want atleast one of them back to my small town. It would be remarkable. Thank you so much for this video. It is priceless to me. Sorry about my english but I'm Polish and I don't speak fluent english. Thumbs and sub for the video! Cheers.

I've been thinking about this a lot lately. I recently came across a portion of my old CD collection that includes CDs I bought way back when I was in middle school in the early to mid 90s and when I was in high school in the late 90s. It also includes albums that I bought when I was in my early to mid 20s (to date myself, I just turned 40 last month). I think the last CD I ever purchased was around 2005/2006. As I was going through my collection, it occurred to me that there were so many albums that I wish I had, the main one being the Natalie Merchant box set collection (I've been a huge Natalie Merchant/10,000 Maniacs fan since the 90s), so I went on Amazon and ordered it. It was a bit of an impulsive purchase and it was kind of expensive since it was a big box set with multiple albums, but it was so worth every penny. It was my very first CD purchase in 15+ years. When it arrived in the mail and as I was opening it, I felt this huge rush of nostalgia come over me. I felt like I had been transported back in time to the 90s/early 2000s. There is just something so gratifying and magical about opening a brand new album. With that said, I have started buying CDs again. My husband thinks I've gone totally insane, but I want to build a massive collection of my favorite bands and artists. Yes, I do still consume music digitally through RU-vid, iTunes, Pandora, etc., because we all want that instant gratification of being able to listen to a certain song or a specific artist or genre at any given time and have instant access to it on our smart phones, tablets, and computers, but there is just something so special about having that physical album in your possession with the liner notes, the album art, the track list, the physical disc, even the smell of a fresh, new album. I know that many stores like Target and Best Buy have entirely stopped selling CDs in recent years, which I find very sad, because there definitely is still a market for them. I don't think CDs will ever become truly obsolete. Look at vinyl. That has made a huge comeback. I think we are going to see the same sort of comeback for CDs in the future.

Love 💿‘s when recording engineers did their job like they‘re supposed to

You cannot get the autograph of the artist on a download.

I bought a copy of "Canadian Amp" from Neko Case at a show in Champaign, IL. She signed it "Love, Neko" before she handed it to me. I still have it.

I started buying CDs last year after I quit buying them for 8 years. I have a bigger collection than I ever had before. It's fun buying CDs and listening to them, comes with the album artwork, which you don't get with digital formats, and it's something to look forward to. I think I have over 200 CDs now. Not a lot but it's a start. I still listen to new and finding artists I have heard but listening to songs by them I never heard before.

Amen to this! Sadly I’m the last of my group of friends who still buys hard copy music. I do listen to streaming services, but when I find something new (or old) I like, I buy the CD.

CDs don't have the aesthetic resonance that vinyl has, but I already did records and cassettes (and 8-tracks) when I was a kid. I remember how amazed we were by CDs when they came out. I still buy them used and rip my own digital files.

There was something to be said when I made the jump from vinyl to CD's in 1986. I was hooked on CD's from the start with my first two discs - Tubular Bells and Darkside of the Moon. I can recall listening to them for countless hours over and over with complete clarity - It had me reeled in. I have some 2000 or so now and while I have been buying fewer in favor of vinyl today, they are still an important part of my music collection.

Just started with vinyl a year ago after wanting to for 15-20 years, but never had the money, allowance, space etc. So what have I done instead? Yes, bought CDs. I "only" have around 630 CDs, but still buy them from time to time and seeing that 2021 CDs sales increased for the first time since 2004 makes me kinda happy 😊 Guess I'm gonna go the dual route with CDs and vinyl.

For me CD is the best format for audio. Have some from mid 80s that work as new. Try a good CD with some great quality headphones, it's awesome!!! or with decent speakers. No words.

They can take away your cloud, Pandora or spotify and your music is now gone... when you have physical media, it can't be taken away and it can be sold when you're done with it.

I remember seeing a CD rack at the on base store at my base in Germany (they had only recently become available) while shopping for albums. I asked my friend, "Do you think these things will ever catch on?" They did, and I miss them.

Buy a CD, pay once, listen countless times. Streaming: pay every time you want to hear a song.

Thank you for the great video! I have talked to people who think that MP3 and CD are the same format. I explain to them that a song copied as an MP3 file is approximately one tenth the size of the song recorded on a compact disc. The audio compression of MP3 distorts the sound. I am amazed that many people think that vinyl records sound better than compact discs. Compact discs have better frequency response, better dynamic range, better signal to noise ratio, and no wow and flutter. Compact discs are more durable and easier to store than vinyl records.

I still buy CDs from Amazon and I do so because of the superior audio quality.

Have been buying CDs since 1990 and still buying. One thing we need to be careful about is to ensure we are not buying CD-Rs. Some major online sellers and labels have been known to sell these without stating the fact.

The millenials and Gen X are happy with streaming and don't care about sound quality like most boomers, who grew up on vinyl. I enjoy my large album and CD collection and will till I die.

I think it's a shame the original 12" laser disc players never caught on. Mainly because we could still have 12" covers be a thing. Plus the player systems were cool.

*great video sir! And I use 5 game consoles to play CDs on my giant sound bar in the room!* 💡

Don't forget the other great aspect of CDs, which no other format can come close to: the box set.

I still miss the record store where you could talk about music with people you wouldnt necessarily connect with if it wasn't for the store and they would make suggestions about bands you may never have heard about before and you looked forward to the next release by your favourite band or you bought the cd as a present to your friend and it was not only about buying the physical cd it was also meeting people physically in the store and talk about music for hours which you can't do with streaming so that killed the record store and the artist no longer got percentages of the record sale. i was one of those people who never threw my cds out after streaming had arrived because let's face it i have about 7000 and im not exaggerating so I still buy them on the internet lps are the holy grail right now and compared to the 80s they are expensive now just like jazz for nerds

I have a modest collection of 400 cds starting with some of my childhood favorites. I added a few hundred through pawn shops and thrift stores mostly at a mere $0.50 cents each. Granted there is a stack which is scratched and skip but it's still a great value. Eventually I plan to get a CD resurfacing machine to "fix" them. All my CDs re stored in paper sleeves combined with the art front and back sealed in an acid free CD bag. It now takes about 4 bagged albums vs 1 cd jewelcase. I ripped all my CDs as far as they work and play it on my phone nowadays. Since I have the physical collection I can eventually give it to my kids in my will when I pass since it's a physical licence. Digital downloads are not transferable as a digital licence exclusively granted only to the person whom purchased it. That's why I dislike digital downloads. With streaming you'll be at the mercy of the service. Half of the music I listen to isn't available on streaming so not for me. LPs is where it started for me, cassettes continued it on walkman along wih CDs until I could bring my CDs along

I started buying CD's in 1990 and haven't stopped.

CD's are still amazing as ever. I have more CD's than I do vinyl and I collect a lot of vinyl! for me I like to own music and not borrow it from a streaming service who can remove it at any time. also streaming is so hit and miss reliability wise.

2 years late but I will always love cd's. I used to love going to the music store and browsing through cd's for new music. I hate that streaming services can remove music and i can no longer listen to it. with cd's I will always have access to it. I do love the portability of a digital file, so I rip my cd's into flac. and have them all (slightly compressed) on a 1tb micro sd card on my phone, along with 3 uncompressed copies on multiple hard drives. you can take my music off the streaming services but you can't get to the music I own.

Soy un gran coleccionista de cds , es una pasion , tengo cerca de 500 cds originales mi tesoro tener algo de calidad y además una pieza de colección de cada artista es única no me interesa el costo es el deseo de tenerlo y escuchar eso me hace feliz...soy de chile 🇨🇱

I'm 19 almost 20 and really like CD's. When i was a kid i listened so many CD's. I recently got back to CD's because i bought a CD Stereo unit after a long time not having a CD Player and i'm so happy with it.

Thank you, Mike, for this video. Like you, I'm also a CD collector/enthusiast. I'd be glad to get an update from you about your endeavor of campaigning for the CD format's resurgence. You hit on multiple good points: 1) Indie musicians literally can't afford to survive, rely, or depend on the streaming business model. (I don't understand why so many artists think otherwise, why they invest so much into that route rather than only just enough into it and more so in other routes that lead to better results.) That you mentioned YT creators earn considerably more per video viewed than streaming an artist's music says a lot right there in and of itself. 2) There is something to be said for physical, tangible forms of entertainment media - they're more than just an end product; each medium offers a unique memorable experience. 3) Everyone can use whichever platform they prefer, but it's good to have options: for backup means (i.e., the Internet or electricity is down/off, physical playback device broken, etc.), trying out/experimenting with any new or different medium, or any other worthwhile reason. 4) The argument you make for CDs vs. Vinyls is good (and fair enough as I understand); reminiscent of VHS vs. Beta Max - cost, economic reasons came out on top for the majority of people. 5) Physical formats, like CD, provide musicians more opportunity to collaborate with visual artists, such as for font & back CD cover art + insert/booklet art as well as other outlets stemming for album art, like mini- and regular-sized posters. 6) Your readers' comments were well spoken also: Brian Kutscher's comment, being a producer and mixing engineer himself, is great - straight from the source and Joe's story (in addition, Mike, to your mention of the Denver "mom & pop" shop) of still running his 2 PA record stores all these decades later is good to hear & feels good to know.

Bravo CDs rule. Could never understand the vinyl resurgence.

I buy mostly vinyl but I still buy CDs too. It's cool to have a bit of both. I think the vinyl revival won't last. It's popularity has grown among people who don't really appreciate music. It's insulting to me as I'm one of these dedicated record buyers. But I'm getting back in to CDs too. I see people buying CDs still and I can just see people wasting their hard earned cash a format that they will scratch up so bad, a few years from now, that it will be ready for the trash can. Despite the instructions and advise on how to take care of it, they won't. This is why CDs came in to force in the late 1980s and took over by the early 1990s. They think that what they are paying for is worth something but its not because thousands of other people own a copie too. So I agree with why people should keep buy CDs

They're a great memento to have after going to check out a band at a club.

I ❤️ listening to music on CDs & Vinyl because no one apart from the neighbours know what you are actually listening to! It’s Data protection for music 🎶👍 & you own it!

I still collect CDs and trying to get rid of about 100 jazz vinyls. Some of the vinyl I have had since the 70's. As far as ownership and downloaded media is concerned, I don't stream but I download music in a lossless format. I enjoy that medium. There are many downloads that are not or no longer available as CDs or LPs. There are also many downloads that are Hi Res which offer superior sound to CDs. And yes I own them. I can make CDs out of them if I need something to hold and cradle. The musical experience itself is what its all about to me. Not whether or not I can hold the physical medium in my hand and clean off the vinyl, and cartridge and all the other outdated tactile exercises and habits some people feel they need to do to be connected to the music in some way. I'm a musician of over 40 years and in my late 60's. I've had everything from my dad's old 78's and everything else till now. As a musician I want to experience music with accuracy, no ticks, pops, etc. Many people prefer those distortions in vinyl and claim it is warm, lifelike, more musical, etc. Sorry, but seasoning to taste is not accurate sound. The key word is distortion, and the word is as it implies. Definition of distortion "the act of twisting or altering something out of its true, natural, or original state". So who wants that? I don't. Sure there are some LPs that sound better than their CD counterpart, but that's not a limitation of the CD. It's because in some cases the same level of care was not used when transferring the master to the digital or CD format. We also have people that just believe nothing new is good or better unless it can be adjusted to suit their individual tastes. I think many just can't or don't want to deal with life as a reality and need to escape it so everything has to sound or appear according to their taste. Same can be said for photography. The thought of digital photography which with today's technology is way more accurate than anything years ago is gut wrenching to some. They must have film, they prefer the vintage look; again escaping reality. The vintage look or film is fine but not accurate. To sum it all up, to each his own.

My favorite music shop is in Garden City Michigan called Rock of Ages. When I discovered that store you can find anything especially compact discs. Every person I meet who is into music I direct them there. I know, I'm plugging the store, but this place is amazing. I totally agree with you. Thank you for sharing. 😀

nice video especially the nostalgia run through

I have tons of vinyl and nobody loves vinyl more than me. That being said. CDs are 1000 times more convenient and sound just as good and if not better than vinyl.

The thing about streaming services, sometimes you can’t find some albums on there, but you can find the cds though

No background hiss/crackle. Bags more stored detail than MP3. Digital, but so densely chock full of stored bits that it sounds completely smooth.

Great thoughts. Thank you. CDs forever ❤!!

Plus owning a CD is the garantee that the content won't be tampered with over time. 2 recent examples : 1 in 2020 Lady Gaga decided to remove the song "Do What U Want" from her 2013 album "ARTPOP" from new CDs pressed and all streaming platforms due to a controversy about the song being a duet with R. Kelly (and the fact that he's been accused of child abuse). If you own the original CD, you will always be able to hear the song. 2 when you hear the multiple-platinum album of Madonna "True Blue" originally released in 1986 on Spotify and some other streaming platforms, the original album version of the song "Papa Don't Preach" has been removed and replaced by it's extended version. So people who hear this album today on streaming platforms are not allowed to hear the album the way it was originally intended. For these reasons alone, to buy CDs the moment they are officially released is the best way to ensure that the music you love won't be tampered with in the future (at least for you). Also platforms tend to remove albums (and sometimes whole artists catalogs when controversies about said artists arise) without you knowing it. So if you don't buy the music, you might find yourself unable to hear the song you want to hear the moment you need to listen to it. So I personnally don't trust the streaming platforms but I fully trust in my own vintage CD collection (and I'm a proud owner of more then 1 800 CDs right now) and I'm still buying them. Streaming platforms want to control (in a way) what you can hear and what you shouldn't. Nobody can take this decision for me, I'm sorry. But that's the way I see it.

I used to sink thousands of dollars on high-end stereo equipment. Used to work selling the stuff so got some nice equipment and albums at retail. To properly enjoy a vinyl LP it took a lot of care to clean the discs and still experienced pop & click. With digital formats, all I need is a nice set of headphones and I’m set. CD’s got a bad rep maybe because the record companies did crappy transfers of older albums. When it’s done right, nothing sounds better than a quality CD. I still have tons of old vinyl records from years and years of collecting but unwilling to buy the equipment to properly enjoy them.

Great channel and great video about 💿’s ! I’m a proud Gen X guy and still buying them.

Great video, I do have some 70s and 80s rock vinyl, and it has to be treated very gently as you say. It can scratch very easy, I love my vinyl, but I really like CDs for the convenience, you can sit back and chill with a glass wine, then listen to the whole album. And the sound quality is good, surely if we will buy more CDs the quality will improve even more.

I collect Music Cds since the mid 80's. About three dozens of my CDs from the 80s are destroyed, because the colour print on Cds started to "eat" the CD up, often with red colour. Other CDs get even transparent and useless.Lucky, most are still ok after Decades. Btw old CDs have often a higher weight than newer ones. I love CDs and still buy now and then

I remember in 2006 I was made fun of on the bus for bring my Sony CD player, when most people had iPods. I eventually got an iPod, but of course most kids aren't tech literate, my CD player sounded 10 times better than an iPod.

I'm 19 years old. About a month ago I bought a cd player and I have found a new appreciation for cds. Honestly I believe cds should make a comeback.

Thank you. I really enjoyed your video!! I bought my first CD back in 1986 and I haven’t stopped and I do hope that CDs do come back strong!!

I converted my CD's to Flac files and stream them with a Network HD. They sound great, and so convenient

I agree!

Wow I had no idea that the CD quality is much better than MP3’s. Now I need to get my hands on a CD player!

For the serious CD audiophile, SHM’s are the SOTA in accuracy & clarity. They work with any player! Their performance can be improved further! Mapleshade’s Mikrosmooth Polishing Kit $25, eliminates the surface irregularities of a CD, reducing jitter, allowing the laser to read straight w/o any defractions. The result is a sharper sound overall, clarity & the detail of nuances are revealed, you can hear deeper into the recording! Long Live the CD, & it’s evolving technologies.

Cd's really are the perfect medium.

My CD collection isn't going anywhere. I have thousands. I see the streaming service trolls on here lying about the CD. The CD is the best sound format ever. It outperforms vinyl and streaming and no internet connection needed. If its not on CD it doesn't exist for me.

I use streaming for discovery, then buy physical copies of my absolute favorites. It’s my #1 hobby and it definitely does feel like a relationship haha. I pay a little extra to say “I want you in my life to stay.”

Love your videos 👍👍👍

Technology evolves, the recorded music formats change with new technologies, from cylinders to vinyl records to reel to reel tapes, 8 track tapes, cassette tapes, cds, to mp3s computer digital files, internet streaming services etc etc, physical formats come and go and return just like vinyl did, cds still sell and eventually will make a come back, collectors and enthusiasts nostalgia will help to drive the come back of cds, they're not gone at all not yet.

I have a lot of cds bought in France and Romania and other places that are just not available streamed. Ownership is the issue. Streaming isn’t true ownership - they can remove an album or track at will

I am an avid jazz and big band music lover with a little rock thrown in. I was surprised to find a lot of that on CDs!

so so tru!!! I have around 4,000+ and still buying "its my thing" some ultra rare and I would never ever find them again on any online store ... I have payed so much for my collection over the years I'm a collector and reading the inlay and holding the disc from 25 year ago brings a smile to my face its like holding a piece of time between your fingers I have CDs that took me over 8 years to find and to own it on physical media than mp3 (that I detest) is just a pleasure I will never stop buying them I have some still sealed from when I first purchased them 25 year ago I had to sell many (that I regret) due to space and buying more that I needed at that time immediately before they were deleted like I say on my profile page.... CD’s… 💿…Cloud services fail, Hard drives crash. LPs wear out., Cassettes deteriorate, as long as you don't scratch them, CDs stay put. 💿

Nice cd collection Michael. Hopefully someday your collection of vinyl will be as big as that 😉

I personally own at least 1,500 CDs, plus roughly as many LPs and cassette tapes. One huge advantage of compact discs, particularly when mastered without compression (the harsh squashing of music's dynamic range), is the absence of inner-groove tracking error and its associated edgy, gritty distortion. There's also the absence of distortion-causing low-frequency resonances caused by the up-and-down or side-by-side motion of imperfectly pressed, warped or off-center pressings. The CD format is cost-effective, I just wish record producers would wise up and quit arbitrarily compressing the music's dynamics. After all, the extraordinary signal-to-noise ratio, dynamic range, absence of wow & flutter, and compact size were the primary selling points for consumer adoption of the CD format. Why not take advantage of the amazing sound originally created in the studio by not butchering up the sound of the CD received by the end user? (Hint: most classical and jazz CDs are uncompressed and when correctly mastered can sound very natural and lifelike).