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I ripped over 4,000 CDs a few years back, into lossless FLAC format and stored them on a network drive. I didn't have the heart to throw them away and sequestered the lot somewhere in the loft.
But sometimes I do get tempted to ditch them. |
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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago
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"I ripped over 4,000 CDs a few years back, into lossless FLAC format and stored them on a network drive. I didn't have the heart to throw them away and sequestered the lot somewhere in the loft.
But sometimes I do get tempted to ditch them."
Is Spotify or something similar an option ? |
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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago
Chelmsford |
"I ripped over 4,000 CDs a few years back, into lossless FLAC format and stored them on a network drive. I didn't have the heart to throw them away and sequestered the lot somewhere in the loft.
But sometimes I do get tempted to ditch them."
How long did that take ? |
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"Has anyone done this and not looked back ?
If you dump your CD collection then can you access it all on streaming sites or best download onto computer first ?"
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Dumping CD’s that’s a laugh, I still have my vinyl collection and just bought a new turntable. I also have a big cassette collection and a twin tape deck for continuous play. ???????? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The convenience of having the music avaliable on devices is great, but it's not the same as having the physical CD, really look at the artwork etc. Can't beat getting your hands on something eh..
Defo hard to chuck them even if rarely play them now.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Getting to the point now that it’s simply not worth thinking you’re going to rip your catalogue. If you want highest quality then Tidal or similar will probably have the vast majority of your music in HD. Sadly Spotify isn’t there yet. If you have ‘rare’ recordings you can still rip but then you can be really selective.
I have got rid of all my CDs. I realised I didn’t have the time or inclination to get into doing it all myself. I have Spotify and use Sonos speakers T home. Not looked back if I’m honest… |
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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago
Chelmsford |
"Getting to the point now that it’s simply not worth thinking you’re going to rip your catalogue. If you want highest quality then Tidal or similar will probably have the vast majority of your music in HD. Sadly Spotify isn’t there yet. If you have ‘rare’ recordings you can still rip but then you can be really selective.
I have got rid of all my CDs. I realised I didn’t have the time or inclination to get into doing it all myself. I have Spotify and use Sonos speakers T home. Not looked back if I’m honest…"
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"I keep cd's to play in the car. "
I put stuff on CDs to use in the car.
Usually in MP3 format because my car radio can read that.
O/H's car needs one of those dummy cassettes with a flying lead into an MP3 player, hasn't even got a CD drive! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I was only talking about this last night
When I moved house in 2019, I got rid of every CD and every DVD I owned (apart from my Almodovar films)
I do regret getting rid of a few of the CD's |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I keep cd's to play in the car.
I put stuff on CDs to use in the car.
Usually in MP3 format because my car radio can read that.
O/H's car needs one of those dummy cassettes with a flying lead into an MP3 player, hasn't even got a CD drive!"
I used to connect my phone to my car radio with a wire and play off that but this car doesnt have the option so I have to shove a cd in and play the whole album even all the crap songs  |
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"I ripped over 4,000 CDs a few years back, into lossless FLAC format and stored them on a network drive. I didn't have the heart to throw them away and sequestered the lot somewhere in the loft.
But sometimes I do get tempted to ditch them.
Is Spotify or something similar an option ?"
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Music streaming services are indeed an option.
Spotify has become a colloquial term for music streaming. There are many other equally good services: Amazon Music, Deezer, TIDAL, YouTube Music, Apple Music, Napster, Pandora, SoundCloud...
I use YouTube Music (it's a Google product). I prefer it. It's linked to my Google Account and I can stream on my SONOS and smartphone etc.
But I also play my ripped CD collection on occasions.
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"I ripped over 4,000 CDs a few years back, into lossless FLAC format and stored them on a network drive. I didn't have the heart to throw them away and sequestered the lot somewhere in the loft.
But sometimes I do get tempted to ditch them.
How long did that take ?"
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About six months, on and off. Whenever I had spare time. But there are some services online that will rip them for you for. You send the entire bulk via courier and then they return them once they've done it for you, saving them on disk or in the cloud. |
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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago
Chelmsford |
"I ripped over 4,000 CDs a few years back, into lossless FLAC format and stored them on a network drive. I didn't have the heart to throw them away and sequestered the lot somewhere in the loft.
But sometimes I do get tempted to ditch them.
How long did that take ?
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About six months, on and off. Whenever I had spare time. But there are some services online that will rip them for you for. You send the entire bulk via courier and then they return them once they've done it for you, saving them on disk or in the cloud."
Do you know the names of these companies ? |
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"I ripped over 4,000 CDs a few years back, into lossless FLAC format and stored them on a network drive. I didn't have the heart to throw them away and sequestered the lot somewhere in the loft.
But sometimes I do get tempted to ditch them.
How long did that take ?
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About six months, on and off. Whenever I had spare time. But there are some services online that will rip them for you for. You send the entire bulk via courier and then they return them once they've done it for you, saving them on disk or in the cloud.
Do you know the names of these companies ?"
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Ripcaster is one of them but 'google' "cd ripping service UK" and you'll see others. Some charge 80p per CD but that can add up if you've got thousands. |
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By *AABMan
over a year ago
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I ripped my CDs to the Mac then dumped the CDs. Now i realise that HiFi is dead. Where once we would put a CD on the MIDI player or ‘separates’ if we could afford it, sit back and enjoy, we now Bluetooth our phones to a crappy speaker we bought in Tesco’s. With all this streaming malarkey I can’t help but feel music is relegated to musical wall paper. |
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"I will rip them to Digital. I need the space but breaks my heart to dump them.
Any value in second hand CDs"
theres no value in digital downloads as you cant sell them.
at least you can with cds though |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Gave half of mine to charity few years ago but still have a lot, cannot bare to get rid of rest of them, some club ones I had since a teenager and may be collectables in future too. |
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By *ickJMan
over a year ago
Hemel Hempstead |
"I'd like to take most technology and throw it into a run of molten lava. It would be very satisfying to see it dissolve."
And yet, here we are, posting on the Internet from a technological device like a computer or phone.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I got rid of most of mine and moved to using Spotify. Then ended up with a Bose sound system that is better via CD than bluetooth... and re-purchased a lot of my favourite older CDs.
Ah well. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Yes my cd collection has dwindled over the years and I think the last remaining few are stuck in a box in the loft somewhere, I used apple to buy albums until Spotify came along.
The mr |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I've still got my original cassette collection! Can't bring myself to get rid of them ! "
My tapes are in the loft as most of them I have on CD. I still have my CDs but have ripped them to my computer so I can play them on my phone etc. Won't get rid of them . |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I've still got my original cassette collection! Can't bring myself to get rid of them !
Glad it's not just me, mine are with my singles collection!
My tapes are in the loft as most of them I have on CD. I still have my CDs but have ripped them to my computer so I can play them on my phone etc. Won't get rid of them ."
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By (user no longer on site)
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I ripped my entire cd collection to a hard drive years ago (around 160gig’s worth) and play it through an iPod or iTunes. The cd’s sit in a box in the loft but I don’t think I could part with them.
I used to love going to specialist recordshops hunting out rare stuff and know that not everything is available on streaming sites, not if you’re into the underground and smaller artists. |
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I managed to sell about 2 crates of CDs but had another 6 crates that I couldn't sell (too many in circulation, not worth anything).
Held onto them for way too long, got rid of them last year when I realised that if I wanted to play one I don't actually own a CD player any more...
They were already saved on my iTunes account, although I pretty much use Spotify these days. I kept a handful of the ones that have decent artwork. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I still can't bring myself to use streaming services. I still buy tracks from Apple as I want to own my music. I have a massive cd collection and most of them are Music Factory or DMC, so cost a fortune to buy and not available from streaming sites. All my discs are backed up and I don't really use the cds, but I can still play them in the car and I love having a physical copy to look at the artwork and sleeve notes. To be honest I lament the shift to digital music. As has been said above it relegates music to a distraction. We used to spend big money on fantastic high equipment and now are happy to stream music on a shit speaker or TV and the sleeves were an artform and part of the fuller experience - what a shame. |
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By *otsossieMan
over a year ago
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Streamers are super hi def now, I use them all the time.
But a lot of my CDs aren’t on there. I really need to fix my players - the lasers have failed in both. I have a replacement, just haven’t got around to fitting it yet. |
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"I still can't bring myself to use streaming services. I still buy tracks from Apple as I want to own my music. I have a massive cd collection and most of them are Music Factory or DMC, so cost a fortune to buy and not available from streaming sites. All my discs are backed up and I don't really use the cds, but I can still play them in the car and I love having a physical copy to look at the artwork and sleeve notes. To be honest I lament the shift to digital music. As has been said above it relegates music to a distraction. We used to spend big money on fantastic high equipment and now are happy to stream music on a shit speaker or TV and the sleeves were an artform and part of the fuller experience - what a shame."
I broadly agree with that. It's not just the music, it's the experience and memories too. Where you bought the CD, someone gifted it to you ... I also like the covers and the little inserts. Also if you put it on digital form, some don't do the image and I like to see that. I even have some old tapes like the one with mum and my siblings all singing together. I will never part with that or the little cassette player I had back then. |
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By *yron69Man
over a year ago
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CD is actually a good sound format. Avoid compressed digital files where possible.
That’s not being snobby but sound quality is everything in good music. Shite music don’t worry so much about the tinny sound. |
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Still got them still buy them.. don't have a computer..or WiFi connection..so can't stream or download or whatever..I actually like to be able to select a cd off the shelf and put it in the player.. just like I like to read a book and turn the pages.. |
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I got rid of mine to a charity shop ages ago. I've been using Spotify ever since, I can download music to play even if I'm not Internet connected, and I whack the sound quality up to the maximum.
LvM |
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I couldn't get rid of mine. Streaming sites have advantages but I actually like to own something. If I stop paying for a subscription or a company goes under, I would end up with nothing if I relied on them. I'd rather put 20 years of subscription money into owning something outright. Luke |
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I don't have a huge CD collection - they all fit in a 'case of beer' sized box...
....which remains in the outside storage room where it was put when we moved here - four-and-a-half years ago...
....I've only deliberately accessed it twice, and one of those occasions was to see how much Music Magpie would give me for them - as most of them came up as 'not wanted', I just put it away again...  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Use spotify now and have vinyl colection however never really listen to those now. I sold all my cd's to that company that buys them. Got 40 odd quid for them  |
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I always said I wasn’t keen on iTunes as you don’t “own” the music . But anyway I caved in and over time bought a few albums and songs . Some downloaded on top disc , others not .
Here’s the hard lesson , haven’t used it for a while and last night went to throw on some music and over 50 songs greyed out , some are individual songs from albums , not the complete album .
Managed to speak to someone from apple , yep believe it or not , over the phone . And they said it is down to user agreements with the artists or agents etc .
So my questions was “how does that leave me after having paid for them” . To which I was told if you have had them longer than 3 months there is no refund as you have had time to “enjoy” them .
And here lies the lesson , As when you click “buy” on iTunes it really means “rent” . |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
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"I always said I wasn’t keen on iTunes as you don’t “own” the music . But anyway I caved in and over time bought a few albums and songs . Some downloaded on top disc , others not .
Here’s the hard lesson , haven’t used it for a while and last night went to throw on some music and over 50 songs greyed out , some are individual songs from albums , not the complete album .
Managed to speak to someone from apple , yep believe it or not , over the phone . And they said it is down to user agreements with the artists or agents etc .
So my questions was “how does that leave me after having paid for them” . To which I was told if you have had them longer than 3 months there is no refund as you have had time to “enjoy” them .
And here lies the lesson , As when you click “buy” on iTunes it really means “rent” ."
and today's lesson in ownership. If you can't hold it: you can't own it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Ripped all mine years ago, stored on a NAS (so local home streaming). iPods for everyone in the house and we have our music on the go. I gave all the CDs away and haven’t looked back.
Did the same with DVDs too. The only physical media we have in the house now are vinyl and video games. |
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