I have spent the last few years trying to find CD versions of all of the albums I have purchased on iTunes. It just feels better that way to me. Because of my search, my collection has expanded to around 200 CDs!
Great. Ownership is important. I often look at the album art and linear notes while playing the album and somehow feel connected to the artist. It is as if they invited me over for a private listen. Thank you for watching
@@kowalsolosolo I started collecting CDs back in 1982-83. Used CDs were $12.50 back then, did not start buying used CDs until 1985-86. I started collecting LPs first when I was in the military, but quit collecting them when CDs were introduced. I have about 10K+ CDs in my collection now and still collecting them. Also, I started collecting LPS again and my 2 bedrooms are running out of room filled with CDs and LPs. How will I ever listen to all of them before I kick the bucket, looking at them always gives me joy every day? I used to collect cassettes, as well. My first cassette tape purchases were Simon and Garfunkel (Grammy Award Album) and the Bee Gees (the Best of ), $20 each on the same day cir.1976. Remembering it now, how was I able to afford it then?
I like the fact that I own the album once I purchase a CD. The streaming services can take down an album at any time - so I purchase the albums I really like.
I agree with you. I use streaming services only to find new albums and artists. Once I find something I like, I purchase the album. Thank you for watching
Another aspect about CDs to consider: The songs can be played via a portable device in a rural/wilderness area; whereas streaming services requires a communications infrastructure that may not reach a campsite, cabin, or remote farms or ranch spreads.
Wholeheartedly agree. Living in Colorado and constantly driving through mountain passes and tunnels always leads to losing connection for streaming services. Center console is packed full of CDs for that exact reason
Your friends sound like they aren’t really music fans. Depending on your age if your young in your early 20s I can tell you with 100% truth these people will not be people you’ll hang around with by the time your in your late 40s, so cut to the chase and dump all these deadbeats today.
I will always collect and listen to both vinyl and CD's, love them both. Have absolutely no interest in streaming, I like to physically own the albums....
I got a couple of cd gems at Dollar Tree for just a buck. One of them was a 2-cd compilation set by Aussie rocker Jimmy Barnes. One of the cd's in the set is a 13 song "Best Of" disc. Very surprising to see that at Dollar Tree lol.
@@crushingalldeceivers I'd rather pay $20 for a rare vinyl record than I would triple digits for that very same album on cd (a la Jake E. Lee's Badlands 1989 S/T album...which is completely out of print and highly unlikely to be reissued because of a statutory court order issued by the lawyers of potentially HIV-infected women against late singer Ray Gillen, who died from the AIDS virus.) What's the stinking point of paying triple digits for a cd?
I prefer cd over lp, but some lps make cds sound sick. People dont give big money for these lps for nothing. I have only heard 200 lps that I consider audiophile. You probably havent heard many of them. Like I said, only a few of the original store bought lps sound best, because years later master tapes sound ge worse & a remaster is better than old albums, but not as good as the oldest original albums.. An original Santana Abraxas, that makes the cd sound sick. But the new version of it sounds like a cd. Many cds sound like one puts a blanket in front of their speakers. Tubes have more distortion than transistors, but better sound. Almost all bands today prefer natural sound analog tube guitar amps. Back in 1971 everyone used better sounding tubes in amps & recording studios. I prefer these old albums way better on cd, than a new digital transistor recorded new store bought lp. Transistors make an organ sound crummy next to a piano. Early transistor amps had better sound with better parts & less wiring than most amps today with integrated circuits. Hook a bunch of wires to a vcr will get bad sound & picture quality. Some geniuses design amps with 4th order harmonics, that's more pure natural some distortion with much better sound. Tubes in hot amps dont last long, but tubes only in the volume control of transistor amps get somewhat better sound. Dolby cutting distortion in tapes is terrible.
I still buy vinyl and cds. I just love the feel and sound of vinyl the most, and the cd is more practical on the move. I always rip the cd to upload to a flash drive i can use in the car etc. I don't mind buying 2 formats of the same album if they are important to me. Support the artist with buying power.
The thing I loved about CDs was ripping them and adding the files to my digital library. I still have all of my CDs. I also have a Nakamichi OMS-1 CD player that I bought in 1984 as well as my B & O linear tracking turntable.
Your digital library should sound better by having them at CD quality. I still have my Nakamichi cassette player from 1981! Can’t seem to get rid of my cassettes. Thank you for watching
Well I had original CDs without Bonus Tracks and I sold them years ago to buy remastered CDs with Bonus Tracks. Today I am selling the ones with Bonus Tracks to buy the original CDs without remastering and without Bonus Tracks
@@antoniotorres-wm4eo sí, Antonio. Porque la remasterización le quita calidad y calidez al sonido. Los CD's unremastered suenan como un vinilo, pero sin el sonido del polvo exterior.-
CDs sound better than files, or using a computer. Albums starting in 1972, one can tell some digital harshness was added, so MOST sound of these lps sound no better than CDs. Also, if one doesnt have the original Lp, then MOST of the latter LPs arent worth having. If one cant find the original 1971 & before analog tube recorded Lp that one is looking for, then get the cd. A 1971 & before cd sounds better than 1972 & after LPs. A 1971 & after partly digital lp sounds no better than a cd. A youtube VIDEO file of an LP, sounds better than the audio file, because when a video file is changed to an audio file, the file is changed from one file to another that always hurt sound. A great Lp player on youtube helps sound. For example, a great 1971 original Santana lp LP VIDEO file, or a lesser quality mp3 file, will sound better than a store bought cd, almost the original LPs sound quality, just as good as an LP that one copies to a drive, or cd himself. This will require the old cd recorders to do. Also, for copying a lp to a harddrive , one use WAV file software to do this, such as Wondershare, that may be free now. I dont see why Lps with hiss were never copied analog to cds with the hiss. The hiss is preferable, because hiss is a fourth order sound in nature that sounds better. For example. Dolby Noise Reduction removes the hiss, Dolby sounds terrible. Amps designed with fourth order sound sounds better.
CD and Cassette are the best. You still get to own physical media, but without the hassle of vinyl. And very few albums don't get released on those 2 formats, whereas tons of stuff is only on tape, or only on CD.
I collect cds and vinyl, the reason is because when you collect the music physically, not only are you supporting bands you like for thier efforts and creation, it also helps you value the music, helps you keep a physical connection to the world. The album art also is nice to have as it really does help you understand the artists poin of view.
The artists only get royalty on the initial sale of the media. They got far more for a record or CD than they get on a streaming service. When the media is sold second hand the artists gets no more income. Borrow from a library and they do get royalties.
I bought LPs for 30 years, starting in the early 1970s, selling most of them 20 years ago. I began my CD collection in the late 1980s and plan to keep them for life.
I am going to prove to your ears that lps make cds sound like garbage. Click the first link to listen to lp. Click second link to listen to garbage cd. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BjHzw7SY4GY.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-efJGDpCSrJY.html
vinyl seems to have adopted a new romantic aura about it in recent years, especially with younger folks who weren't around back when the 12" was the preferred format. Many of the new, younger vinyl cheerleaders don't own 1000s of units. They might own a crate or two. I sometimes miss my records; There was a total experience involved with LPs - the purchase, the smell, the playing, the reading of the sleeve/liner notes, and yes even the dragging your butt off the couch to flip the record. Unfortunately that total experience also included moving the blasted things. I recently relocated, and at age 60, moving 3-4000 CDs is much more preferable than moving 2000+ LPs (which I've also done). Big difference. And vinyl LPs are anything but romantic when you consider the exorbitant prices of new records. In the '90s when I sold, traded or gave away my records, it was implied that only the nerds/dorks held on to their records. Whatever. I made the switch for practicality's sake. I don't care what's considered cooler. If the music I desire is available on CD and LP, I'll choose CD every time.
I have moved at least 5 times and boxing my vinyl albums each time. Yes it’s a pain but I don’t want to repurchase my music. I still buy both but I pause when the vinyl is expensive and then buy the CD. Also, if label, engineer or pressing plant not of good quality then I opt for the CD. Thank you for watching
Picked up 8 Wilco CDs for $20 recently, all in great condition. Regularly pick up great CDs for $2 or less at op shops as well. On top of that you can find great DVD/Blu Ray/CD players for next to nothing. In fact, I picked up a Panasonic Blu Ray player in hard rubbish. Works perfectly and sounds great. Goes well with the early 90s era Sony CD player I bought for $20.
Great video. I not only collect CDs, but my wife and I still have cars with CD players in them. The two albums at the end are Look Sharp! by Joe Jackson and Strange Days by the Doors. I actually have Look Sharp! on CD!.
Hi, I am still a collector and aficionado of CD's thanks to the reissues of my favorite CD's via CD box sets. Physical media and artist support are primordial and paramount for me. God bless music and the physical media. What a godsend it is..... especially for us to help us get through a certain COVID situation. Thank you for this exceptionally done video, Tino
thanks for a lovely video.i too still love CD.as you said"you own the music"with cd's and I wouldn't swap my 2500 beloved cd's for anything! they're my shiny babies!!
So happy to find this video. Over the past weekend I was really considering getting into vinyl. After doing some research it started to seem unnecessarily complicated. I was about to give up my pursuit when it dawned on me, as someone born during the time cassettes and the birth of CDs (1982) I have no interest or nostalgia for vinyl, having never owned a record growing up. However, I remember my very first CD purchase. It occurred to me that starting a CD collection seemed way more appealing. To my surprise it's significantly cheaper to get started and I have been able to purchase 8 albums on CD for the price of one on vinyl. Not to mention how much cheaper it is to buy a decent CD player vs a turntable. So it begins!
I’m glad you are starting your own music library. It is a good feeling to be an owner rather than a renter. Good luck on your journey and thank you for watching
I buy compact discs. Never stopped. I have all types: compact disc, gold cd's, shmcd, sacd hybrids, and blu spec cd's. Japan does a great job with compact discs! And let's face it, Mobile Fidelity Hybrid SHMCD's rock! Great remasters, great replication of the albums...awesome!!!
I bought my first vinyl album in 1971 when I was 12. I had many hundreds of albums by the time I purchased my 1st CD player (1985, I think). While I believe a vinyl album CAN sound slightly better than a CD, that sound quality advantage fades the more the vinyl is played. I also believe a CD CAN sound just as good as vinyl when it's properly engineered. I still own some old vinyl, but donated most of my vinyl collection in the mid 90's. I no longer even own a turntable. CDs are also much easier to convert to other formats, either for streaming through my Plex server or putting music on my phone, tablet or watch. And that's how I listen to music at least 95% of the time anyway. I still buy CDs (mainly to support the artists I like), but immediately rip them to either MP3 or FLAC immediately and put the CD on the shelf.
@@MarioGonzalez-nm2ql Very much depends on the turntable and CD deck used. Even some top cassette decks go so close with Dolby HX Pro and Dolby S and for live music there was no choice until DAT and digital recording was affordable.
@@AllAboutAlbums You are so welcome. I love Rock 'n' Roll, and the period from like 1967 to 1987 is my favorite. Although, my three favorite years in order are 1982, 1984 (I'm an 80s girl :D ), and 1979. I have collected probably 300-350 CDs by now, and I am always finding new things :D
Awesome video man!! I am 18 years old, and CDs were the reason I got into physical media and vintage stereo equipment. And I immediately got into collecting records and made those a priority. I had a pretty big CD collection already but never really appreciated it enough, and now with so many digitally pressed records and a 30$ minimum basically, I am now collecting mostly analog CDs more than records! Thanks for your info and a great video !!
I’m glad you enjoyed the video and also encouraged by your young age. I hope other young people are also into collecting music. I hope you keep collecting CDs and enjoy your music collection. Thank you for watching
I'm a hard core cd addict, I have bought 165 cds this year so far, and over 400 last year, been collecting discs since 95, I still have all my cassettes/vinyl that I collected since the mid 70s.
It’s always great to know there are a lot of viewers who also collect CDs and are passionate about it. It’s all about the music. Thank you for watching
I buy entire cd collections at estate sales for Nicole’s on the dollar. My library has grown exponentially. Plus cds can be ripped to hard drives both internal and external which makes them extremely valuable.
Prefer cd's over vinyl because they are easier to handle [I have a condition which makes my hands shake all the time] but I think vinyl sounds warmer plus they are way cheaper and easier to get
I was a mastering engineer for years! CD`s are mostly a direct digital copy of the master tape, DAT or other media and records have additional eq before mastering to keep the bass in line. CD is closest to studio quality for public.
Second album cover is ‘Strange Days’ by The Doors… first album (I think) is Joe Jackson from 1979 but the title eludes me (I’m doing this without cheating)! After 15 years or so away from CDs I have returned to them. I agree that for a lot of smaller artists the purchase of physical media is of immense benefit as opposed to just streaming
The Doors ‘Strange Days’ 👍 I’ve never went away from collecting CDs. However, there was a point I inserted my CDs 💿 into CD 💿 wallets but kept the front artwork and liner notes, but disposed of the jewel cases. Trying to replace my CDs 💿 that I disposed of the jewel cases has been a chore as most are oop. I do also collect LPs but it doesn’t have the liner notes as opposed to CDs 💿. Advice; don’t store your CDs in CD 💿 wallets and dispose of the jewel cases.
What I also love about CDs over vinyl or other physical formats, is that, it can easily be ripped or copied onto your PC or mobile devices. I'm not really a fan of streaming services because sometimes their sound quality is not that good, especially if your internet connection is not that great. In some occasions, it stops if you have a bad internet connection, which spoils your enjoyment of the song. Unlike ripping your own CDs, at least you have that control with the file size or the quality or both. :) I am using M4A audio format now as it sounds better than MP3.
I do believe that sound quality does increase the enjoyment of the music. CD sound is far superior to MP3 and with a good quality CD player the sound can be quite wonderful. Thank you for your comments and thank you for watching
I can relate to that. I was forced to sell my entire music collection (about 1400 vinyl LP's, about 1000 vinyl 45's, and about 500 CD's) in early 2016 for financial reasons, and I started rebuilding my collection a little less than 2 years ago. I buy mostly vinyl (and DAMN, it's gotten expensive! 😧) but also some CD's. I like the analog warmth of vinyl and having "safety copies/master copies" of music on CD's in case I decide to copy my stash onto a computer drive or a smartphone, in case of somehow losing the copied data due to theft or technical catastrophes of any sort.
I collect CD's like they're going out of style. I buy up collections on FB Marketplace, Craigslist, and constantly peruse the Thrift Stores for stuff I want or can re-sell on my eBay store. It's a total blast finding cool and rare CD's.
Same here.I actually picked up that Aimee Mann CD in a thrift shop for$1 a few weeks ago.And I just bought a 2002 Toyota with a swish tape player in it but no CD.That will have to go.
Haven't stopped buying CD'S since early 90's streaming I find useful for finding new music. I loved vinyl but mainly due to artwork/packaging but for storage and having physical media CD is still best option for me not to mention the horror of children !
Good evening, I am French, I stumbled upon your channel by chance (thank you RU-vid algorithms), I am very happy. I'm an absolute CD fan and a DJ. I never liked vinyl, which for me has only flaws. Very happy to no longer be alone in the world, to defend and loved the CD. Thank you very much, I am subscribing to your channel! Cyril from France.
I’m sorry I missed your comment previously. You are not alone and have many viewers agreeing with you. Thank you for watching. “I love Paris in the springtime”.
Really informative video. I have always preferred to have a hard copy of my music as well. My system is set up with both a good CD drive and turntable. I enjoy both equally, I have excellent recordings and poor recordings in both formats. And as you said, the music is what is important. If I find something I like and it is on LP great, if it is only on available on CD than I go that way. And if I really like something and it comes both ways I sometimes do them both so I can play it regardless of my mood.
Streaming sounds bad. Now lets forget about streamimg. I have copied youtube $400 record player mp3 VIDEO FILES to WAV files to my harddrive & cds to play in my harddrive. (MP3 is inferior to cd). But the youtube sorry mp3 VIDEO FILES from a fabulous $500 turntable, sounds better than a store bought cd. Note: RU-vid VIDEO FILES sound better than RU-vid audio files. Because once a file is changed, the sound degrades. The VIDEO file sounds better, before its converted to MP3 audio file. Then I copy it to WAV files that retains 99% of the sound from the MP3 file I copied. Note: A mp3 youtube file copied to an mp3 file, the sound gets worse. Note: Only 1971 & before lps are 100% analog tube recorded. I like ONLY these years on lps & cds. Note: I like only owning original versions of lps.
Nice to see a copy of " The Nightfly" on the wall behind. I love collecting records, CD's, cassrettes, tapes and 8- tracks. Just love physical media i guess. Am currently collecting SACD's, DVD-Audio & Blu-ray Audio, but not always easy to find in charity shops. It's a big rabbit hole to do down ( but fun).
Yes. Thank you.. BTW I think Blu-ray audio is great and has/had the potential to be the very best . I am an old guy and believe that Beta Hi-fi had the potential to be the best tape transfer----I matched a Studer Revox reel to reel to prove this.
Always love the artwork, lyrics when they are included, and having a hard copy of the music. Plus many I have gotten autographed and they then also become a fantastic collectible/conversation piece.
One thing not mentioned, or at least glossed over is that CD's usually have much better fidelity and dynamic range. Proven many times in lab tests. I buy some MP3 if nothing else is available, but much prefer CD's. I have been buying CD's from all over the world and have ended up with a few very rare ones, such as two Korean ones that are well over $300. I usually buy Asian CD's from YesAsia, they have the best selection and reasonable shipping.
That’s good information. I never heard of that company. With good electronics and a good quality CD player, the music can sound realistic. Thank you for watching
I too love CD's. After Vinyl in the 70s and cassettes in the 80s, thank God CDs came along. The biggest reason CDs were big was clarity of sound. Vinyl crackles with scratches and cassettes wear out, esp. in hot cars. I still have my High End Realistic rack system, about 35 albums remain (ones I couldn't get on CD). I rarely use my turn table for LPs and never use my 45s in their case. I have uploaded all my CDs on iTunes & I have an iPod Classic to play all my CDs and playlists, also have a Bose docking station. The kids today know CD's, but like the convivence of music on their phones, which has no depth of sound. That's why when a friend has a turn table with speakers the sound is richer. Oh the youth, they will learn to appreciate CDs then, but will it be too late? I have a last gen Impala with CD player & 11 speaker Bose. I'm keeping that for a long while. Books on CDs anyone??
Excellent topic and I agree on all points. I enjoy both vinyl and CD, but in my decent mid-fi rig, I often get better sound out of CDs. I grew up on vinyl, but vinyl can be *work*. Cheers, Tom
I love both formats. The big selling point for me with CDs, is the remastering box-sets with issues like the FTD Elvis issues. My first CDs were Elvis live albums, one concert played without the need to turn over. Love the warmth of vinyl but great CDs bring out the audible frequency's just as excitingly. Agree with you on all your views, as I think most collectors of music do.
06:50 It's funny, the very first CD I ever bought, "Houses of the Holy", was so warped it got stuck in the player. I had to return it. I never had to return a CD after that.
Nice to hear people speaking my language. I still have grandparent's 78s from the 20s to 40s, my first and rarest 33s & 45s, my 500 cassette collection from my teen years, and my 600 CD collection. I still used the cassette player in my truck, and 8track in my vintage Cadillac. Bewildered children thought my 8tracks were video games. I also have an ipod.
@@AllAboutAlbums Thank you for your channel! Can you do, or have, maybe a top 20 favorite album cover art? I am an artist and always wanted to do an album cover or CD sleeve.
Love the cover of The Nightfly by Donald Fagan on your wall, superb album. It is one of some 50 vinyl albums I can’t bring myself to sell (sold over 250). I remember the absolute thrill in buying vinyl, reading the sleeve notes, the musicians and some of the artwork was a work of art in itself. I still like having the physical media, although the first thing I do it rip it to NAS. Having the physical media allows me to rip it to a different format at a later date, should I want to move from mp3.
“The Nightfly” album I heard for the first time at a stereo store while looking for new speakers. My dad was with me and loved the album. Music is very personal and the medium we use can be controversial but we all love music. We are all music lovers. Thank you for watching
I prefer cd over lp, but some lps make cds sound sick. People dont give big money for these lps for nothing. I have only heard 200 lps that I consider audiophile. You probably havent heard many of them. Like I said, only a few of the original store bought lps sound best, because years later master tapes sound ge worse & a remaster is better than old albums, but not as good as the oldest original albums.. An original Santana Abraxas, that makes the cd sound sick. But the new version of it sounds like a cd. Many cds sound like one puts a blanket in front of their speakers. Tubes have more distortion than transistors, but better sound. Almost all bands today prefer natural sound analog tube guitar amps. Back in 1971 everyone used better sounding tubes in amps & recording studios. I prefer these old albums way better on cd, than a new digital transistor recorded new store bought lp. Transistors make an organ sound crummy next to a piano. Early transistor amps had better sound with better parts & less wiring than most amps today with integrated circuits. Hook a bunch of wires to a vcr will get bad sound & picture quality. Some geniuses design amps with 4th order harmonics, that's more pure natural some distortion with much better sound. Tubes in hot amps dont last long, but tubes only in the volume control of transistor amps get somewhat better sound. Dolby cutting distortion in tapes is terrible.
Love this topic, i have a huge 70s, 80s vinyl collection thanks to very musical parents who sang and also worked on radio, i treat them like my babies lol ... plus a lot of them are first press ...dark side of the moon...all from that era etc... i still have cd's too... streaming is a bit like fostering ..lol ...vinyls and cd's are mine ha ha ... Great channel , Sonique uk
@@AllAboutAlbums You are more than welcome, you deserve nice comments, and i have subscribed today too so i can see any new uploads you may put on here! Thank you for a great channel Sonique
The only vinyl I buy now is 7" singles, for me quality over quantity, songs that catch my ear or have a special place in my life. I usually have a vinyl day, playing my 7s, mainly Northern Soul / Belgium Popcorn / 60s Psych r'n'b & Mod....each to their own eh!! The main body of my collection is cds, the same musically as above, but expands into my Mod Revival / 60s Ska / Retro 70s& 80s Garage Rock / 80s classic Goth / New Wave (not punk) plus a few classic 70s early 80s rock. As with other people's cd collections, you have the bonus of so much at your fingertips, quality, multiple tracks, adequate artwork, convenient in many ways, all the extra tracks not available on other formats, the knowledge that the playback on your silver disc will love you back & never let you down sound wise....but you still have to look after those little darlings of aural pleasure. I'm not baited with the cd v vinyl anorak war, it's the individual who decides what they do with their money, and how they wish to listen to music, be it one format or another, or a mixture of many....it's just music, enjoy as you wish, as your wallet allows or lifestyle predicts......not one is better than another, if it makes you happy then just get on with it.....Smile
Of course it's only actual music fans who buy any physical media now, but i am glad to find more people who prefer cds to other formats. I stream music too but when i really love an album, i want to own it physically. Streaming is partly just "window shopping" for me. Also many albums and songs i love are not on Spotify. Some have never been there, some are taken away because of copyright issues. The best example for me: One of my top 10 albums of all time, Deconstruction's self-titled album from 1994 is not on Spotify or vinyl either, and it is an absolute masterpiece. It's very rare and i got a used cd in mint condition for under five bucks!
I agree with you 100%. Streaming is to find my next favorite album to purchase. I love your “window shopping” phrase. Long live CDs. Thank you for your comments and thank you for watching
Hi Alex. Just recently discovered and subbed your channel. Great discourse on the value of CDs. I'm a collector of both compact discs and vinyl records, although truth be told I have a lot more CDs and I still buy new and used CDs. I tend to buy new releases on CD if available in that format since they're often half the cost of vinyl, take up less space and most new music is recorded digitally. I'm a big of Aimee Mann fan too, "I'm With Stupid" is one of my favorites. If you're not already familiar with him I recommend you check out Jon Brion who was frequent collaborator with Aimee. His only solo album "Meaningless" is sublime and he was a member of The Grays (along with Jason Falkner) their album "Ro Sham Bo" is worth seeking out. Take care. / Matt
Huge supporter of CDs here and have over 1000+ in my collection and always adding more! Great point on the used CD market. That’s where I get a lot of mine. You can find a lot of good stuff, some out of print, for relatively cheap prices. It’s my go-to, especially when I can’t find something brand new in stores.
I found the numbers both hopeful and at the same time a bit disappointing. I can only hope that there are many people out there with a passion for music who will keep physical media alive. Thanks for watching
I agree 110 %. I owned one of the very first record stores that carried CD's when others were sloooooow 2 add them at first. I also predicted that albums will not disappear only take a backseat until the digital market (streaming and downloads) get old. So vinyl is back and cd's are the best investment for music lovers. I have music room next to my recording studio with over 80,000 records and over 45,000 cd's stoped counting and now moving overseas to continue our worldwide magic/music concerts so will have to find some real collectors. I stated collection since my dad and brothers had me going at age 8 bought my first 45. Vuts dat? LONG LIVE THE CD.
For me it's because I want something tangible. I can't listen to streaming music, it feels weird. And I don't want the inconvenience of vinyl. So CD it is! Even when I buy a digital album on Bandcamp, I still burn the CD and print the artwork.
Yes, I burn CDs as well. I have some digital music from various sources and I will burn to CD and print artwork and inserts for jewel cases. I also make copies of rare CDs so I can safely store those rare CDs and not play them.
@Jingle Nuts I usually try. I still have some Lightscribe CDs and just got a burner (three died in a year) which is hard because it's discontinued technology.
I ronic how your conversation sounds a lot like the conversations we had back i n 1986 when comparing vinyl to CDs. CDs didn't have a big enough selection, vinyl is the majority of sales, certain titles not available on CD, etc. Funny how things change but stay the same.
When CDs first came out, I naturally tested them versus standard records. The records sounded fine, but the CDs sounded like the artists thought my hallway was a recording studio. The "warmer" claim for vinyl is more than old enough to croak. All old records do is gather more pop and hiss - no thanks. (But I still keep around certain players for use with super old 78 rpm collectors items.)
I prefer cd over lp, but some lps make cds sound sick. People dont give big money for these lps for nothing. I have only heard 200 lps that I consider audiophile. You probably havent heard many of them. Like I said, only a few of the original store bought lps sound best, because years later master tapes sound ge worse & a remaster is better than old albums, but not as good as the oldest original albums.. An original Santana Abraxas, that makes the cd sound sick. But the new version of it sounds like a cd. Many cds sound like one puts a blanket in front of their speakers. Tubes have more distortion than transistors, but better sound. Almost all bands today prefer natural sound analog tube guitar amps. Back in 1971 everyone used better sounding tubes in amps & recording studios. I prefer these old albums way better on cd, than a new digital transistor recorded new store bought lp. Transistors make an organ sound crummy next to a piano. Early transistor amps had better sound with better parts & less wiring than most amps today with integrated circuits. Hook a bunch of wires to a vcr will get bad sound & picture quality. Some geniuses design amps with 4th order harmonics, that's more pure natural some distortion with much better sound. Tubes in hot amps dont last long, but tubes only in the volume control of transistor amps get somewhat better sound. Dolby cutting distortion in tapes is terrible.
I am going to prove to your ears that lps make cds sound like garbage. Click the first link to listen to lp. Click second link to listen to garbage cd. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BjHzw7SY4GY.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-efJGDpCSrJY.html
If you had a record duster eraser with chemical drops, the vinyl records last a long time without crackling. I know I have some LPs in perfect condition 45 yrs later. All my 45s too. I am going to see how many 45 songs are available on iTunes/Apple Music. That might be the only hard media I ditch.
I collect CDs, and sometimes Vinyl of albums from artists I do like or it’s an album I personally love, and mix in with downloading as well, but there are some albums out there that you can’t always get on CD, especially albums from artists that are not in the mainstream or don’t get recognition outside their home countries etc, and some CDs don’t become available after many years, and some go out of print and you can still get them digitally as well, but it’s nice to have a good mix of physical and digital releases in my opinion.
I think that having the music available for download is good when physical media doesn’t exist. From my own experience, even great albums that I have downloaded gets less playing time then music I get on physical media. Thank you for your comments and thank you for watching
For digital, I'd rather just stream it -- either thru my high-res collection, or a lossless service. For physical media, I think vinyl is superior. Bigger artwork, more tactile, more romantic. I grew up with CDs, and I came to the realization that it's just a stepping stone for digital. It doesn't really offer anything better then either one. "Not needing an internet connection" is like saying "not needing electricity" in the modern world. Especially when you can use downloaded versions of the same music, at potentially even higher bit rates. But, I do appreciate that there are those who still collect them. And, I will occasionally buy them if I need to rip an album because it's not readily available.
I respect your position. I rather buy vinyl if available and affordable. CDs are a good cheaper alternative if you have a good player. As to streaming, I only use streaming to find new music that I want to own. Thank you for watching
Cd sounds WAY WAY WAY better than streaming an mp3 Science proves it and so does my ears. I agree with youor take on vinyl on account of the artwork and it can have a richer and warmer sound than cd or digital but good luck getting brand new sealed albums that sound good and that do not pop and crack all the way through and god forbid, not warped....
@@pwn3426 agreed. I generally do not stream mp3's at all, except for throwing on Spotify as background music while I work or workout. I use Roon and stream my CD tips and high-res library. Many of my tracks are downloaded directly from the artist's Bandcamp via AAC/FLAC, why bother adding more plastic into the world when I get the same exact bits from the producer, ya know. Works and sounds great.
@@asplmn Why? well because some of us want the same experience that you get with vinyl but without the headache. That is why. I like to have that physical connection to my music but not put up with the headaches I have encountered with vinyl. You know how many vinyl I have bought and had to send back? Way too much, thats how much. What about cd? ZERO NONE. And on average those vinyl cost me $30, the CDs well around $6. Many of us enjoy the experience on interacting with physical media, its that simple man.
Yeah the wifi argument is a strange one in this day and age. One can even download 3 hour youtube videos in about 30 seconds if one was going to be away from data for a bit.
Same reasons or compactness and durability were key when CDs were introduced to compete with vinyl; and they still hold true. What is still missing however is the resolution loss of digital vs analog. High resolution audio transfers do make a difference.
I collect CD's. Many CD's. They're great quality, small, durable, and quite frankly, I want to own what I spend money on. I don't understand this digital age where people only want to rent what they're spending their money on. Have you ever tried to rip a vinyl to MP3 for travel purposes? Much easier to do with CD's when you don't have to play it in real time to digitize it.
There's something special about owning a physical piece of music, whether it be CD's or records. I'm so glad my band printed our music on CD's; I would love to have our stuff out on vinyl, but it's too costly, and we probably won't sell enough (with printing vinyl, the minimum amount you can print is something like 200 minimum, with CD's it's 50).
@@AllAboutAlbums It's because there are very few factories that print vinyl nowadays, so the companies will only print off bigger quantities. Thank you!
Some of my vinyl albums I felt weren't worth me re-buying so I settled for digitizing them. The best recorded/produced stuff I re-bought for the distinct improvement in sound quality.
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This vide is so spot on. I'm 50 years old so I remember when 'records' were around the first time. Then along came the CD. No pops and scratches. Pure sound. Saying CD's sound worse than vinyl always puzzles me. I'll challenge any turntable with my CD set-up and my modern DAC. I got rid of my vinyl a while ago as my favourite, physical audio media is the CD and I shall never return to vinyl.
Factory fitted cd and cassette player ('01 Passat). I kept the cd player from the previous car I had which is preferable as it also plays mp3 cds but I like keeping the VW in its original condition
Each to their own. I've grown up with EVERY format from vinyl to cassette to CD to DAT to HiFi VHS to MiniDisc to iTunes. My choice for the last 12 years has been iTunes as it's allowed me to find EVERY piece of music and track that I was ever looking for from the past 50 years. Plus I can connect my iTunes library to my Technics 1210 turntable using Serato DJ and play the 'vinyl' from the file or connect it to my Pioneer CDJ 2000Nexus deck. And then the music travels the world with me. I come from a broadcasting background and whilst vinyl has that warm sound, it really sounds nothing like the original master. Again, each to their own, it's about loving the music and love it using the format that YOU love and which works for you or fits into your lifestyle!
I had about 4000 vinyl.Sold 90% them 25 years ago.Now have over 2000 CDs and I love them.I have Spotify on my phone but I only use it when necessary .When I am at home or in the car CDs always.
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Love vinyl and CD, still buy both formats. I also rip my CDs to digital format for my mp3 player for long walks which is a great feature of that particular format.
I quit buying CDs for years and started buying them again last year. I don't regret it. Built my collection up quickly! I have a few 70s CDs, a few 80s CDs and a lot of 90s and 2000s. I'm running out of space for my CDs since my room is so small but I'll be moving out soon into my own place so that'll be great for my CD storage!
Hi, I'm new 2 ur channel. Just came across my feeds so l clicked. I'm a huge music lover & grew up on albums, tapes and cd's. I personally prefer cd's hence the click of the video lol. Streaming is not my jam but only if necessary. Will be binge watching ur videos 2 play catch up and if 4 no other reason, THE NOSTALGIA. Can't wait to see them and nice 2 meet you.👍
CDs sound better than files, or using a computer. Albums starting in 1972, one can tell some digital harshness was added, so MOST sound of these lps sound no better than CDs. Also, if one doesnt have the original Lp, then MOST of the latter LPs arent worth having. If one cant find the original 1971 & before analog tube recorded Lp that one is looking for, then get the cd. A 1971 & before cd sounds better than 1972 & after LPs. A 1971 & after partly digital lp sounds no better than a cd. A youtube VIDEO file of an LP, sounds better than the audio file, because when a video file is changed to an audio file, the file is changed from one file to another that always hurt sound. A great Lp player on youtube helps sound. For example, a great 1971 original Santana lp LP VIDEO file, or a lesser quality mp3 file, will sound better than a store bought cd, almost the original LPs sound quality, just as good as an LP that one copies to a drive, or cd himself. This will require the old cd recorders to do. Also, for copying a lp to a harddrive , one use WAV file software to do this, such as Wondershare, that may be free now. I dont see why Lps with hiss were never copied analog to cds with the hiss. The hiss is preferable, because hiss is a fourth order sound in nature that sounds better. For example. Dolby Noise Reduction removes the hiss, Dolby sounds terrible. Amps designed with fourth order sound sounds better.
I know I'm going to buy the new ABBA album on CD this year. They're offering it on vinyl as well but, while I do have a couple of turntables thanks to my late father and also because there was another one in the house when we moved here, I don't listen to vinyl very often because I find CD a lot more practical in that you can play them in the bulk of devices with an optical drive and I'm the sort of person who still prefers having optical drives on my laptop plus I still use a CD Walkman.
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@@myronhelton4441 The shitty sound of CDs is not a problem of the medium itself, but stems entirely from boneheaded decisions by record companies. LPs have a more limited signal-to-noise ratio than CDs, and other limits imposed by cutting lathe processes. If a recording is mastered or cut too 'hot', the grooves will skip. I well remember my annoyance as a teen when I played my brand new pressing of the Beatles' White Album, and the unplayable "Birthday" which was cut too hot. The irony is that LPs often sound better than CDs because the recordings have to stay between LP recording limits or they won't play properly. No such limitation for CDs. Recordings can be 'brickwalled' -- all the peaks and troughs flattened out into a solid brick of sound -- and the CD will still play. Some of my CDs do indeed sound bad because of this pernicious tendency. But others in my collection are wonderfully recorded. Classical music particularly is great on CD (if properly recorded!) because of the vastly superior signal to noise ratios.
Great points, all of them. I still collect both CDs and LPs. These days, with prices of new and even used LPs going up and up, I actually prefer to buy the much cheaper CD, unless there's an overwhelming reason to get the LP, such as unique album art. Also, I have kind of a rule: I won't buy, generally, an album on CD if that was not its original format. That is, if an album was released before, say, around 1984, it seems only appropriate for me to own it in its original release format, the LP. At the same time, if an album came out around or after, say, 1987 or so, through the 1990s and even beyond, then it is quite likely that it was intended for CD release as its primary format (of course, we know that many albums were still pressed on LP even then, but just not all that many). In that case, it seems appropriate, maybe even best, to have it on CD. I've noticed that many LP reissues of albums released mainly on CD in the 1990s have inferior artwork to the original CD.
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@@myronhelton4441 Aren't these tracks converted to digital format to put them on youtube? Not sure these tracks prove anything other than the original source sounded better.
@@ranman1959 I have heard both on my equipment. Guess a 10% loss in quality sound on each video. I think the youtube videos have a fair value in the sound of both. Both are equally close to sound as the original. I could show you 100 comparisons, but youtube removed most lps. I copied piles of youtube lps on expensive turntables on mp3's that still sound better than my store bought cds. In 1971 & before, all lps were recorded with analog tubes. 99% 0f my lps & cds were made from 1971 & before. I can stand listening to only half my 1971 & before lps on cd. I wont listen to most cds or lps after 1971. Even on digital transistor cds, one gets half the effect of 1971 & before analog tube recordings on cd. I hate most 1972 & after digital transistor recordings on both cds & lps. In 1972 & after, lps are only a hair better than a cd. I really like the old lps put on cds, the lp are a little better. But most old stuff isnt audiophile, I just like the audiophile stuff.
@@gaberezin612 When I started buying cd's, back in the eighties, I could not believe how great they sounded especialy compared to those crap lp's. Back then Every agreed that cd were much better than vinyl. I wonder why people changed their minds. Maby It's just a nostalgic thing.
Plus, I like the booklet that comes with the album, is part of the whole thing; buying music through streaming doesn't give You that possibility. I like to go to the store and seek among the albums.
I’ll never stop buying cds, records, cassettes, dvds, every week. I have packages coming in the mail at least 3-4 days a week, plus going to resale shops
I find the best way to deal with CD's is to rip them immediately to flac/wav and play the digital files with a quality DAC, or making copies with the lossless files so you dont have to risk scratching up the original. Of course if you use a high end CD player at home as oppose to playing them in your car you probably wont have to worry about scratches as much but still its good to preserve that original especially if its a rare copy of one of the better sounding releases of that album.
Right on, Power Sonic! I was not aware that if I don't connect to the Internet - but I'm almost always connected - I cannot get music to play from Amazon Music Prime even when such music is downloaded! Anyhow, I'm still a bit new to this music streaming process.
I still have CDs, which sound very good on my Magnavox CD player with my Kenwood Receiver and Amplifier, which makes me all the more continue buying CDs. I still have a CD player in my car as well. Thank you for this video, and I SUBSCRIBED, great content 👏 👍 👌
Yes another old fart here who have been collecting CDs for 30 years. We grew up in an era where one's record collection is an extension of your cultural identity, a representation of your taste, your aspiration, attitude in life and dreams. The joy of stumbling upon that rare issue of your favourite artists. I rip them into digital files to listen anyway but having that collection means everything to me. Losing it will feel like losing a part of me. I don't think the streaming kids will be able to understand any of that.
yes, I'm 49 and collected and bought stickers when I was a kid, then audio cassettes (I still have about 365), baseball cards, comic books. then in the 90's I was buying a ton of CDs and then VHS movies. then in the 2000's I was collecting dvds, then in the 2010's HD-DVD (I chose the wrong format) and then blu ray. now I only spend my entertainment dollars on vinyl.... and good scotch for when my Dad visits.... In hindsight (If I knew in 2021 we would have Netflix and Spotify) and that the baseball cards and comics I thought would have put my kids through college are pretty much worthless I would have only bought vinyl... and apple and amazon stock.
Streaming sounds bad. Now lets forget about streamimg. I have copied youtube $400 record player mp3 VIDEO FILES to WAV files to my harddrive & cds to play in my harddrive. (MP3 is inferior to cd). But the youtube sorry mp3 VIDEO FILES from a fabulous $500 turntable, sounds better than a store bought cd. Note: RU-vid VIDEO FILES sound better than RU-vid audio files. Because once a file is changed, the sound degrades. The VIDEO file sounds better, before its converted to MP3 audio file. Then I copy it to WAV files that retains 99% of the sound from the MP3 file I copied. Note: A mp3 youtube file copied to an mp3 file, the sound gets worse. Note: Only 1971 & before lps are 100% analog tube recorded. I like ONLY these years on lps & cds. Note: I like only owning original versions of lps.
I'm 35 and I have a huge CD collection and still growing. I never believed in digital downloads, exactly for the reasons you pointed out. I feel like you don't actually own the music that way and I also like to look at CD booklets. I have a small vinyl collection from albums I bought at yard sales before vinyl even made a comeback. But I won't buy the new releases for the price alone, not to mention I also put all my music on my ipod so I can take my entire collection with me anywhere and listen to it. Transferring vinyl to mp3 is a bit of a pain. To your point about supporting artists, that's something that's bothered me with buying used CD's. I don't think any money goes to the artists that way and I feel bad about that. But any new albums coming out by my favourite artists I'm usually pre-ordering the albums.
@@juliemcdaniel499 Yes I realize that but I still could be another person supporting them by buying it new as well. But at least I'm saving the environment I guess. lol
Long gone are the days when you’d walk into someone’s room, flip through their record/cd collection, then make a quick judgement about them as people lol
There's a lot of music that was on vinyl that has never made it to CD. Luckily, some of it has made it to downloadable and streaming formats. On the flip side, as it were, there is CD content that won't, and sometimes can't, make it to vinyl. Vinyl is difficult to manufacture, especially these days, and so only certain music is going to see that kind of commitment from labels. Personally, now, I rarely buy CDs or vinyl now, and focus on FLAC. You don't have to go to a store, don't have to wait for delivery, it's easy for labels to make esoteric stuff available in that form, it doesn't eat up shelf space, safety copies are easy, often there is a choice of resolutions, sometimes you can get a ton of extras that wouldn't fit on a CD, it doesn't go out of stock, etc.
Your points are all valid. I still prefer to hold something in my hands and feel more connected and emotionally involved with the album. Well recorded albums can sound spectacular in FLAC especially with good quality headphones. Thank you for watching
@@AllAboutAlbums there's no musical difference between a CD and a FLAC version as they have the same digital contents. A DVD is simply a primitive version of a thumb drive.
@@AllAboutAlbums I had to purge my CD collection, but I kept some discs that were really important to me. And I used to have a huge vinyl collection. So I do love physical media. But I think FLAC downloads are a great middle ground between discs and streaming, one I think a lot of people don't know about (mainly b/c it's only become practical in the last few years, RIP Pono).
@@AllAboutAlbums Well, there were already in the 80s. Those frontal loading/both sides play turntables (some vertical even). But I also don't think its a technology that will be coming back anytime: Too complicated machanisms for a cheap player and too many compromises for turntable marketed for audiophiles.
I recently got into vinyl and it was just a plain nightmare. Brand new sealed records that popped and cracked all the way through. Brand new sealed records that were warped..... Used records that were rated NM or VG+ that were more VG..... Not to even mention the fight with static. I just said enough is enough and sold out and went to CDs, I am much happier to say the least. And yes I had a decent player. Fluance rt83 turntable/SMSL AD18 amp/Emotiva B1+ speakers/Emotiva SE8 sub.
Decent CD + Good CD Transport + Good DAC + Good Amp = Analog sound better and warmer than those scratchy, ticky, warpy old vinyl records that you have to turn over ever 20 minutes or so. And notice I said "good" meaning you don't need to spend a fortune.
Hi I'm an 81 year young music fan, I've got (most of) my music on a 160 g I POD 23,120 songs. I need every day a music fix of at least 2 hours, I became converted when I was 16 in 1956, when Elvis came on the scene with Heartbreak hotel. PS. I love the Donald Fagen album in the background, and what can you say about the Beatles. Hi from Perth Australia.
Hello to you down under. I visited your country years ago and had a memorable time. I’m glad you are enjoying your daily music fix. That’s a lot of songs. Thank you for watching
💿 just sound better to my ears. I’ve never been one for the “warmth” of analog formats. As I’ve heard another RU-vidr say, that warmth is actually distortion. The more clarity and less noise in a recording, the more I enjoy it.
