CDs or Digital downloads ??

AC16758
AC16758 Posts: 46
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I'm a Cd guy and you?
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  • AC16758
    AC16758 Posts: 46
    Just orders a Sony 5 Disc changer.
  • Lostdogsinthegarden
    Lostdogsinthegarden Posts: 844
    I try to stick with physical copies for the most part. I just appreciate having a tangible object more. Better sound quality is a plus too.
  • karmadefect
    karmadefect Posts: 806
    I sometimes feel like a dinosaur, but I still greatly appreciate CD's.
    Have different albums in my hand, sliding with my finger past the albums seeing which one I will pick.
    And the art work, lyrics, liner notes are a great added bonus which you don't get with a download.
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  • EarlWelsh
    EarlWelsh Buffalo, NY Posts: 1,127
    I usually look for something on vinyl first. If it doesn't come with a download, depending on how bad I'd love to listen to the album on wax, I'll still buy the vinyl. Otherwise, I'll pick it up in CD. I'll buy a CD, also, when I know it's an album I'll mostly listen to in my car and not something I'd put on the turntable at home. I rarely only buy a download unless it only comes that way, which usually ends up being local music.
  • BHealy
    BHealy Flagstaff, Arizona Posts: 466
    CD for sure, although now I'm starting to get into vinyl a bit. I got tired of burning cds from iTunes purchases for use in my truck o or home stereo and have the order of the tracks get all jacked up.
  • JV130312
    JV130312 STATE OF LOVE & TRUST Posts: 2,567
    Lostdogsinthegarden said:

    I try to stick with physical copies for the most part. I just appreciate having a tangible object more. Better sound quality is a plus too.

    This.

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  • danny
    danny Posts: 2,283
    cd
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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 99,890
    CD's. But I do buy digital downloads only for Pearl Jam's live 24 Bit Flac-HD releases. Kinda wished PJ sold their 24 Bit Flac-HD's on physical DVD-Audio discs. It would be pretty sweet!
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,468
    Cd always
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • YLed2
    YLed2 Posts: 5,534
    CDs always for me. I'm kind of old fashioned, and I love having the physical copy for the collection. Not to mention, they look great up on the shelf.
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  • broloco
    broloco Posts: 1,237
    Definitely cd! If one is thrifty enough (like myself) you can get the physical copy of a cd used on amazon for half the price of a digital download of full album. You then have something for iTunes AND you have something for your shelf (or to maybe hock/trade down the line.) I don't get digital downloads except possibly bootlegs, or a rare song here and there.

    I just experienced this for the first time yesterday:
    I went looking but apparently there's no cd option for the Frances Ha movie soundtrack. So I believe I have to get it digitally. That's the future...
  • GivenToSmile
    GivenToSmile Toronto Posts: 231
    I guess I will be the first to accept the changing of the guard. I will take digital. Storage of Cd's is not always easy or very nice looking, depending on your set up, I use apple TV a lot to stream my music from iTunes to many different rooms in my house. I also have a car stereo that has great navigation with my iPod. Sound quality is no different from cd and a high quality download. I have a iPod classic solely for my Pearl Jam collection. so i can take my 15,000 song PJ collection with me everywhere and it takes up the same amount of space as my wallet.
  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,232
    I listen to digital and vinyl exclusively. I only purchase CDs for collectability. I also have a Ipod Classic which I keep my entire music collection on, so if im in the car I just plug it in. I haven't listened to a CD in YEARS.
  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,232
    BC136258 said:

    I use apple TV a lot to stream my music from iTunes to many different rooms in my house.

    I do the same thing...LOVE IT!
  • derbydave
    derbydave Columbus, OH Posts: 11,254
    edited February 2014
    I'm in the VINYL / DIGITAL camp too!!
    I only buy the CD's from the shows I attend.
    I have 4 iPods...a shuffle I use with my shower radio,
    an 8GB Nano that stays in my production van at work,
    a 64GB iPod Touch I use with my SYNC audio system in my personal car
    and a 160GB iPod Classic that holds my whole music collection.
    I also use iTunes to listen to music on my PC at my desk at work,
    so the "portability" of digital music really works for me & my lifestyle.
    If I'm just hanging out around the house...I'm spinning my VINYL whenever possible!!
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  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,037
    CDs for me....except for Pearl Jam bootlegs.
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  • RP112579
    RP112579 Tinley Park, IL Posts: 3,389
    For PJ, I buy the studio CD's and CD's of the shows I've been to. Everything else is digital downloads.
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  • wndowpayne
    wndowpayne Posts: 1,469
    Cds..these 2013 boots are fantastic..now contemplating having the cd box set..wish it were a bit cheaper
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  • JV130312
    JV130312 STATE OF LOVE & TRUST Posts: 2,567
    BC136258 said:

    I guess I will be the first to accept the changing of the guard. I will take digital. Storage of Cd's is not always easy or very nice looking, depending on your set up, I use apple TV a lot to stream my music from iTunes to many different rooms in my house. I also have a car stereo that has great navigation with my iPod. Sound quality is no different from cd and a high quality download. I have a iPod classic solely for my Pearl Jam collection. so i can take my 15,000 song PJ collection with me everywhere and it takes up the same amount of space as my wallet.

    How do you stream to multiple rooms with the Apple TV?
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,469
    This 13' tour I was lucky enough to have mp3 versions of every show passed along to me. So I burned entire shows to one disc. Not ever done that before & was surprised at how well they sounded. Not as good as the FLAC HD or pressed discs, but won't argue with free.
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