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wiz_d_kidd wrote:

Lewian wrote:

Honestly, I don't really get the attitude that it has to be something material. I mean, OK, I love a nice LP cover, and the discussion about what sounds better is legit, but other than that, music is for the ears, and I want to pay the artists for their imagination and work, not the company that puts some vinyl or polycarbonate plastic in my place. The world is too full of stuff anyway.

My attitude exactly. I can't understand why folks need vinyl or plastic. If you pay for telephone service or cable TV or streaming music or internet, you're paying for nothing other than 1's and 0's -- not physical things.

But with the phone, cable, and streaming services you are paying for a service and/or access to a cache of material. And with streaming music (or TV) you don't own anything. If I'm going to pay money for something that I will own, I need to own an actual something. As I said before, it might be purely psychological, and I'm not really trying to convince anyone to agree with me, just want to try and make my position clearer.

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Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.

The photo's are from when we moved and I had refile them. They are actually in alphabetical piles from top left to bottom right. They are all now in cabinets in alphabetical order.

Ian

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AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

I'm totally nuts and a total hoarder. I have tons of papers, a lot of books, a lot of dvds so of course I have a lot of cds too. Would I change who I am? Nope. That said I do plan on downsizing and eventually selling some cds because I admit I have a lot of crap (as in cds that aren't that good). Also, I plan on stopping once I get to around 6,000 cds. They might even stop making them by the time I get close. Who knows.

Jeez.......6,000 CDs Shocked

So.......

Figure 70min on a CD x 6,000 = 420,000 minutes ÷ 60 = 7,000 hours ÷ 24 = 292 days hopefully you have a lot of vacation days stored up!! LOL

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More realistically if you listen 5 hours a day you'll need 1,400 days to listen to all 6,000 CDs once. LOL

JD wrote:

Man With Hat wrote:

All CDs for me...vinyls too expensive, impractical, and fragile...mp3s have no substance and I feel physically pained to give away money for nothing.

I agree, I've hated the way things like music, movies and softwares have gone. A serial number or code that lets you get some 0's and 1's. You pay to have your eye flickered or your ear drum vibrated. But JD like the touchy touchy.

Man With Hat wrote:

As for organization...I've said this before but, I can't fathom how people do it alphabetically. My brain wants to explode at the mere thought of having to move nearly my entire collection when I buy a new Acid Mothers Temple CD. [EDIT] but it does the trick for me (and lets be honest that's all the matters).

I can't imagine NOT having it alphabetically. I'm not sure how many you buy how often, but I leave spaces in mine to allow for some integration. I only need to move some levels occasionally.

Yeah...I fully admit it might just be phycological, but paying for nothing is just something my body doesn't like. Maybe if I had more disposable income I'd be less likely to hate it, but I suspect I'll never know the answer to that.

And haha. I buy often (more often than I should really) but leaving space would just facilitate the need for more overall space for the collection, which can already be snug. But as you said...whatever works for someone works for them.

Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

GOOD CHRIST MAN !!!!How do you even know what's in those piles?

Helpful hint...if you can get your hands on empty photocopy paper boxes, cut them down to 5" high. Wrap a piece of packing tape around the perimeter (approx one third of the way down for reinforcement) and place the CD's spine up. Makes seeing what you need easier and they are stackable and easy to move.

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Mirakaze wrote:

Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Anyone ever own Digital compact cassette, DAT (Digital Audio Tape), or Super Audio CD's or MiniDiscs?

More formats that are extinct.

How about some phonograph cylinders? LOL

Funny you should ask.......I only keep these for decorations, I have about 5 of them I bought at an estate sale for like $4 ea. The lady had like 50 of them.......

Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Anyone ever own Digital compact cassette, DAT (Digital Audio Tape), or Super Audio CD's or MiniDiscs?

More formats that are extinct.

Yup, had a MiniDisc player for a while. Now it's an iPod Shuffle.

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Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Anyone ever own Digital compact cassette, DAT (Digital Audio Tape), or Super Audio CD's or MiniDiscs?

More formats that are extinct.

Nope - all formats that never quite took off. Never owned an 8-track either.

[It's just a tad before the time I got interested in buying music, but weren't some albums released on reel-to-reel tape back in the 60's?]

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When I do buy music on a physical media today, it is usually because I can not access it on Spotify - which happens quite often - or else because the only version that can be found online is a remixed version. I generally prefer to hear an album in the original mix.

Sometimes I buy the physical album for sort of sentimental reasons though.

Edited by The Anders - June 09 2021 at 12:37

Edited by Nogbad_The_Bad - June 09 2021 at 11:51

Ian

Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com

https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/