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HesCalledDyer said:

The 03 boots had the potential for awesome packaging, if not for those damn stickers.

PB11041 said:

MedozK said:

darthvedder said:

PB11041 said:

I honestly don't get the fascination with silver cds (replicated) over cdr-s (duplicated) both are inferior life stage products, but the latter if you buy digital files and burn them yourself provides a level of control over what you own.  What bugs me is the price that nugs ends up driving on duplicated discs.  That is a rip off. 

This is exactly why I have gone digital only. With FLAC I can burn my own discs for less than a dollar (plus the cost of the boot, of course).

And I guess that is the reason I am not digital
$17.98 for the CD
or
$14.99 for the Flac

I guess the $3 is worth it for me for the packaging, collectability and resale potential later down the road.

Couldn't you say if you were just wanting digital...
Buy the the CD for $17.98, rip the files to flac.. and then resale the CD for $10 (Giving someone a great deal on a CD)
thus giving you the same Flac files for only $7.98 (Half price)

If the packaging was good, yes, but the packaging for the boots have been pretty poor post the 2000 series.  There really is nothing unique to them and the resale value of CDs (particularly with these also being almost always CDR) is very poor.  

darthvedder said:

MedozK said:

darthvedder said:

PB11041 said:

I honestly don't get the fascination with silver cds (replicated) over cdr-s (duplicated) both are inferior life stage products, but the latter if you buy digital files and burn them yourself provides a level of control over what you own.  What bugs me is the price that nugs ends up driving on duplicated discs.  That is a rip off. 

This is exactly why I have gone digital only. With FLAC I can burn my own discs for less than a dollar (plus the cost of the boot, of course).

And I guess that is the reason I am not digital
$17.98 for the CD
or
$14.99 for the Flac

I guess the $3 is worth it for me for the packaging, collectability and resale potential later down the road.

Couldn't you say if you were just wanting digital...
Buy the the CD for $17.98, rip the files to flac.. and then resale the CD for $10 (Giving someone a great deal on a CD)
thus giving you the same Flac files for only $7.98 (Half price)

I guess I should have clarified I that I used my analog bootleg code to knock 10 bucks off the FLAC price. However, I still paid for that when I renewed my subscription. Does the $17.98 include shipping? $3 isn't a bad deal for the reasons you listed.

PB11041 said:

I honestly don't get the fascination with silver cds (replicated) over cdr-s (duplicated) both are inferior life stage products, but the latter if you buy digital files and burn them yourself provides a level of control over what you own.  What bugs me is the price that nugs ends up driving on duplicated discs.  That is a rip off. 

HesCalledDyer said:

mace1229 said:

PB11041 said:

I honestly don't get the fascination with silver cds (replicated) over cdr-s (duplicated) both are inferior life stage products, but the latter if you buy digital files and burn them yourself provides a level of control over what you own.  What bugs me is the price that nugs ends up driving on duplicated discs.  That is a rip off. 

So what is the difference between CD and CDR? I know CD is what you buy from the store, and CDR is what you can burn at home, right? BUt what is the difference other than that?  Is there any real quality difference?

Real "silver" CDs are stamped from a glass master disc, not much different than how vinyl records are made.  The data is essentially encoded onto the injection molded disc.  With a CDR, a laser burns microscopic holes onto a dye layer of a premade disc, thus encoding the information. Replicated (silver) disc labels can be screen printed or sublimated, whereas CDRs are limited to inkjet printing.

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mace1229 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

mace1229 said:

PB11041 said:

I honestly don't get the fascination with silver cds (replicated) over cdr-s (duplicated) both are inferior life stage products, but the latter if you buy digital files and burn them yourself provides a level of control over what you own.  What bugs me is the price that nugs ends up driving on duplicated discs.  That is a rip off. 

So what is the difference between CD and CDR? I know CD is what you buy from the store, and CDR is what you can burn at home, right? BUt what is the difference other than that?  Is there any real quality difference?

Real "silver" CDs are stamped from a glass master disc, not much different than how vinyl records are made.  The data is essentially encoded onto the injection molded disc.  With a CDR, a laser burns microscopic holes onto a dye layer of a premade disc, thus encoding the information. Replicated (silver) disc labels can be screen printed or sublimated, whereas CDRs are limited to inkjet printing.

Thanks for the info!
Is there a quality difference in sound?
And wtf is up with HD Flac now? Isnt Flac lossless, so how can you have something better than zero loss of data?

mace1229 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

mace1229 said:

PB11041 said:

I honestly don't get the fascination with silver cds (replicated) over cdr-s (duplicated) both are inferior life stage products, but the latter if you buy digital files and burn them yourself provides a level of control over what you own.  What bugs me is the price that nugs ends up driving on duplicated discs.  That is a rip off. 

So what is the difference between CD and CDR? I know CD is what you buy from the store, and CDR is what you can burn at home, right? BUt what is the difference other than that?  Is there any real quality difference?

Real "silver" CDs are stamped from a glass master disc, not much different than how vinyl records are made.  The data is essentially encoded onto the injection molded disc.  With a CDR, a laser burns microscopic holes onto a dye layer of a premade disc, thus encoding the information. Replicated (silver) disc labels can be screen printed or sublimated, whereas CDRs are limited to inkjet printing.

Thanks for the info!
Is there a quality difference in sound?
And wtf is up with HD Flac now? Isnt Flac lossless, so how can you have something better than zero loss of data?

mace1229 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

mace1229 said:

PB11041 said:

I honestly don't get the fascination with silver cds (replicated) over cdr-s (duplicated) both are inferior life stage products, but the latter if you buy digital files and burn them yourself provides a level of control over what you own.  What bugs me is the price that nugs ends up driving on duplicated discs.  That is a rip off. 

So what is the difference between CD and CDR? I know CD is what you buy from the store, and CDR is what you can burn at home, right? BUt what is the difference other than that?  Is there any real quality difference?

Real "silver" CDs are stamped from a glass master disc, not much different than how vinyl records are made.  The data is essentially encoded onto the injection molded disc.  With a CDR, a laser burns microscopic holes onto a dye layer of a premade disc, thus encoding the information. Replicated (silver) disc labels can be screen printed or sublimated, whereas CDRs are limited to inkjet printing.

Thanks for the info!
Is there a quality difference in sound?
And wtf is up with HD Flac now? Isnt Flac lossless, so how can you have something better than zero loss of data?