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CodeTen · Post by **CodeTen** » Sun Apr 16, 2017 12:57 pm

OK...i'm gonna show my age here...but what is considered the best format these days for buying new albums/updating my ageing CD collection ?...I dont want to invest in more CD's as I think they are pretty much obsolete these days (so my teenage kids tell me) even though they are still my favorite format for my front room listening pleasure

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Thanks for any help.
regards

Googly Smythe · Post by **Googly Smythe** » Sun Apr 16, 2017 1:18 pm

I'm still buying CDs... Although when I buy from Amazon, there is often an "auto-rip" option to download the mp3 version, too, which means that I don't have to break the law to put them on my phone.

CodeTen · Post by **CodeTen** » Sun Apr 16, 2017 1:33 pm

Googly Smythe wrote:I'm still buying CDs... Although when I buy from Amazon, there is often an "auto-rip" option to download the mp3 version, too, which means that I don't have to break the law to put them on my phone.

Ah yeah thats a good option....I am basically wanting the best way to setup my music collection on a cloud...is MP3 still fairly future proof or should I be looking at something like FLAC?.
But yeah...the Amazon option sounds like a good place to start...the CD and an autorip...many thanks.

Ah sorry...one more thing...what is the legality of ripping my own cd's to upload to a personal cloud?

Regards

fedexnman · Post by **fedexnman** » Sun Apr 16, 2017 2:10 pm

I've kept my old CD collection , in the past I've ripped some CDs to Google Play Music , because I'm an Android user ... I found myself liking Google Music Stations for something different ... Recently I subscribed to Google Music for $9.99 a month ( it cut the commercials and ads out of the Google Music Stations ) as well as skips. there was a 90day free thing going on so I bit the bullet and have not deleted my subscription like I thought I would of after 90+ days .. It also gives me downloadable albums etc etc YouTube Red that cuts the commercials out . I like it alot ... Spotify , Apple Music , Amazon , etc etc are options too . I remember I used to buy more than 1 CD a month when I was between 16-23 years old so this is cheaper than a bad habit ... I'm 40+ now. .. Still no Netflix for me though.

AnX · Post by **AnX** » Sun Apr 16, 2017 2:13 pm

Vinyl

foosnark · Post by **foosnark** » Sun Apr 16, 2017 2:27 pm

I wouldn't worry about obsolescence of non-physical media formats

It's not hard to convert.

I buy CDs pretty rarely now, but occasionally pick up something on Bandcamp. Mostly I listen to Google Play Music.

Jace-BeOS · Post by **Jace-BeOS** » Sun Apr 16, 2017 5:01 pm

I still prefer to buy CDs. I like having a physical object, liner notes, art... I've never enjoyed vinyl, and I don't understand the resurgence of it as anything other than nostalgia.

Of course I do put my most listened to music on my iPhone 4 (relegated to being an iPod).

Frantz · Post by **Frantz** » Sun Apr 16, 2017 5:09 pm

You can't beat Spotify streaming for value. Bandcamp is best if you want to support the artist.

Physical media is a quaint relic of a bygone era like print newspapers.

stratum · Post by **stratum** » Sun Apr 16, 2017 5:28 pm

Bandcamp is also best if you are looking for something different.

Azeri folk from Israel? https://kamakamila.bandcamp.com/
Black metal from Iran, with traditional instruments? https://akvan.bandcamp.com/
Flamenco from Australia, with Turkish lyrics? https://solquemia.bandcamp.com/album/limonera
Want to find people who make game music? https://miracleofsound.bandcamp.com/album/metal-up
Like classical but tired of hearing mozart and beethoven a zillion times again and again? https://bandcamp.com/recommended/fabriziopaterlini

SODDI · Post by **SODDI** » Sun Apr 16, 2017 9:28 pm

There are a few artists, like The Legendary Pink Dots, Edward Ka-Spel and Brian Eno, that I always buy in CD and always upon release - mainly just to get them the royalties, no matter how small that might be. Probably misplaced loyalty I guess.

How much of the purchase price for a downloaded .mp3 (usually $1.29 per song on Amazon) would established artists get?

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Sun Apr 16, 2017 10:44 pm

Vinyl

cassette tape!

Hooj · Post by **Hooj** » Mon Apr 17, 2017 1:06 am

jancivil wrote:
Vinyl
cassette tape!

8-track!

masterhiggins · Post by **masterhiggins** » Mon Apr 17, 2017 1:34 am

CD. That way you have a backup already. It's the quality I've grown up with and is satisfying enough. I rip to Apple Lossless.

AsPeeXXXVIII · Post by **AsPeeXXXVIII** » Mon Apr 17, 2017 10:44 am

masterhiggins wrote:CD. That way you have a backup already. It's the quality I've grown up with and is satisfying enough.

I second this and add the following:

A physical CD in the shelf conveys a sense of ownership in a way digital doesn't.
CDs can be played more or less straight away without the additional hassle of vinyl and cassettes.

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Mon Apr 17, 2017 2:01 pm

Hooj wrote:
jancivil wrote:
Vinyl
cassette tape!
8-track!

Best format to buy music...