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I mostly download, but I buy more than a fair amount of hard copies.
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I buy CDs, mostly... although I have caught myself downloading lately much more than I usually used to.
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I try to download only. Amazon makes it so easy and I don't have to worry about shipping costs, or the cd itself, which just wastes space that I don't have and only adds to the clutter I do have. It's way easier to manage computer files than actual albums.
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I strictly buy music in CD or vinyl form unless there's no feasible way of finding a hard copy somewhere.
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If there's no copy I import the CD from sites like Wayside music so I still have the hard copy.
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In the end of January, I bought... a 7'' from a French grindcore band.
Sometimes, I even consider buying some K7 from obscure experimental noise bands/artists that I can find at one of my favorite record stores... or some CD-R from some free-jazz musicians...
I'm not even snobbish, but I have hard times with mp3: I can't help burning mp3 on CD-R, I nearly can't "trust" the digital format!
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Originally posted by CPicard CPicard wrote:

but I have hard times with mp3: I can't help burning mp3 on CD-R, I nearly can't "trust" the digital format!
CD-Rs degrade, so that's not a good plan, really.
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My first CD-R I burned in the year 2000 still works.
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Originally posted by Evolutionary Sleeper Evolutionary Sleeper wrote:

I mostly download, but I buy more than a fair amount of hard copies.

Same.
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Originally posted by Henry Plainview Henry Plainview wrote:

Originally posted by CPicard CPicard wrote:

but I have hard times with mp3: I can't help burning mp3 on CD-R, I nearly can't "trust" the digital format!
CD-Rs degrade, so that's not a good plan, really.


They degrade... Yes, but not on the same speed - it depends on the model, from what I understood. After all, they don't degrade in ONE year. I still have CD-Rs from 2003 or 2004. Six or seven isn't not very long (especillay compared to the K7 I bought in 1992!), but I will... wait and see.

Moreover, I wonder if we will be able to read mp3 in the next decade. The next technological evolutions, the problems of compatibility of formats, the possible degradations of the digital format itself... don't really preach for total trust over mp3 (FLAC or OGG maybe? I'm not even sure about these ones!).

In fact, I'm considering on a semi-serious basis if I'm not going to record all my CD-Rs on... K7! It's semi-serious, I don't really plan to do it.

Not yet.

Not this week-end.

But one day, maybe...



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How I wish to have all my music collection in original cd's, but how or where the hell i'm going to find, for example, RPI albums here in my country? Is impossble 
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but I'm dead inside as I stand alone...
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I will always buy physical regardless of the current media. Without liner notes, artwork, etc it's not an album for me.
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Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

Originally posted by Lark the Starless Lark the Starless wrote:

Hmmm, I suppose I'm one of the few that prefers downloads. Thank you Amazon!

It's just so much quicker than waiting for a CD (which is generally more expensive).

The quality of MP3s are great.

Don't get me wrong, when I see CDs at a reasonable price (which is hard, seeing as there isn't a decent record shop in miles), I jump all over.


Just about me all over, and I started my collection back in the vinyl days. To me there is absolutely no difference between a legal MP3 download and a piece of plastic,
 
Exactly! I don't quite understand the vinyl "elitism". Confused
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Originally posted by AllP0werToSlaves AllP0werToSlaves wrote:

I will always buy physical regardless of the current media. Without liner notes, artwork, etc it's not an album for me.


Same here.  For me, an album is about not only the music, but the album cover and everything else.  The complete package.


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CD's for sure, I occasionally download but thats usually for soundtracks.
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Points: 1601 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 29 2011 at 17:27
Well I like owning things but Downloading is incredibly economically efficient.  Plus it allows me to download what I want, not the most recent excessively loud remasters only. 
Which of you to gain me, tell, will risk uncertain pains of hell?
I will not forgive you if you will not take the chance.
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Points: 10964 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 29 2011 at 17:33
if i dont buy a physical copy, i almost never connect emotionally to an album. Sure I'll get into some songs, or even the whole thing, but it's just not the same. Memories that go with buying the record/receiving it/opening it up/that first listen/etc is not the same as just clicking a mouse a couple of times, then hitting play.
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Buying CDs. Except in cases of free and legal downloads.
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Points: 17847 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 29 2011 at 17:49
Option 2 and 3. I use Zune Marketplace, then I can burn to CD if need, but normally just plug in my device to the home system. Prefer vinyl as that is what I grew up on, plenty of record stores here in the Seattle/Tacoma area, sell both used and new vinyl.
Flipping thru record bins can soothe the savage beast.
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I think I'd download music only if it's the only choice left for me.
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