CD's vs. Vinyl vs. Other formats

Slip'nn2Darkness

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I had one of those crappy racks, and one day my friends kids were running around in the living room and the damn thing fell over.:mad:

It was a terrible design, I use Ikea bookshelves now, but they take up a lot of room as well. That is the one downside of collecting thousands of CD's, they need a room of their own.:D

Also they are a pain in the ass to try and see if they are all stacked in shelves.. The words are so small..
And some of them do not have any info on the cd so unless you know your cd's really good, you might get confused what cover it goes in. Sure you have to listen to it to find out who it is, but I have tons of CD's.. And you would think if your the kind of person who uses one of those players that holds up to 300 cd's!! :wtf: Ya.. then your going to have fun when you take them out and try and remember who it is..:lmao:
 

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I have a 200 CD changer,,,but I am not using it right now.

You are right, the damn letters are so small it's almost hopeless trying to read the names.

I have all mine in alphabetical and chronological order, it's the only way to keep track of them all.:D
 

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And you would think if your the kind of person who uses one of those players that holds up to 300 cd's!! Ya.. then your going to have fun when you take them out and try and remember who it is....

If you're that kind of person, you're clearly willing to compromise sound fidelity for ease of storage/convenience. I mean how much space for audio reproduction is left over after taking care of storage and handling requirements for 25, 199 or 300 CDs? So if you're that kind of person I'll shed no tears for you.

:bricks:
 

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I have a 200 CD changer,,,but I am not using it right now.

You are right, the damn letters are so small it's almost hopeless trying to read the names.

I have all mine in alphabetical and chronological order, it's the only way to keep track of them all.:D

I have mine in genre order and if I have several of the same band they all go together in the rack..
But what's so weird that I can't figure out how I do it, but with my albums, they are not in alphabetical order.. But I know exactly where one album that I want is...
I got that way from being a DJ and you have to think real quick where a certain song is and you have to find it, put it on the turntable and cue it up before the song ends..
But I have over 5,000 albums and I know just where every song or album is at..:D
 

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I disagree Hep, you don't even have the proper set up yet to enjoy CD's or DVD's. You are a vinyl addict and there is nothing wrong with that, but those changers serve a purpose. I used to have my Classical in mine, but I have more than 200 CD's of that genre so I took them out.

The distortion of the modern DVD/CD players is beyond human hearing, you need instruments to detect the loss in quality. Get a converter and step up to the digital age, my anachronistic friend.:grinthumb
 

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If you're that kind of person, you're clearly willing to compromise sound fidelity for ease of storage/convenience. I mean how much space for audio reproduction is left over after taking care of storage and handling requirements for 25, 199 or 300 CDs? So if you're that kind of person I'll shed no tears for you.

:bricks:

I use a single CD player but I have two hooked up to my mixing board.. It's easier for me to play them that way.. It's excersise for me to get up and go change the Cd or album..:D
 

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CD's don't have a soul. Vinyl does.

I use every form of media available. Albums, despite their shortcomings, just relay the sound of Classic Rock better to my ears. Good quality cassettes also have a soul. I just prefer analog over sterile digital. That said, most of my listening is at work off of an ipod Classic. I don't mind itunes and enjpy using Genius. I avoid buying music off itunes though. I'm sure lots of folk don't realise they can load/copy over music from other sources. No way will I pay their prices.

Emusic, even with their higher rates, kills Apple. I get 75 songs for $30.99 a month that are good quality mp3 files. Plus they give free song packages for rating songs or for the holidays, or just to say thank you.
 

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I use a single CD player but I have two hooked up to my mixing board.. It's easier for me to play them that way.. It's excersise for me to get up and go change the Cd or album..:D

I had a nice Sony CD player that got damaged and the repairs don't make good financial sense. So I use a cheap $25 DVD player that handles multi-formats. It sounds fine.
 

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There are some great CD's out there that have soul, I have 100's of them in the library.

Poorly mastered transfers are what gave digital a bad name years ago, but they have come a long way since then. You are just as dependent upon the engineers doing a good job initially with the recording process as anything else in the chain.

I have great sounding vinyl albums, and crappy ones.

Same for Cassettes(Pre-recorded ones), the ones I have made myself sound better than the label releases.

CD's, they are variable like everything else, but when I play Stravinsky's "Firebird" on Living Presence CD, it is breathtaking and it was recorded before I was born.

DVD's, they are amazing, when I compare the sound of my VHS tapes to DVD's there is no comparison, everything is better.

The key to all this is a combination of everything from the initial recording to the equipment you have and even the room you listen to your music in. Get everything right and anything you play will sound good.

And Hep I have been an audiophile since 1979, and I have added digital to the arsenal without any problems.

:rock:
 

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Once tinnitus gets to a certain point you may as well be listening to 8-Track tapes. Mine hasn't progressed to that point, but the whole "vinyl vs. CD" argument is totally irrelevant to these ears.
 

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