So long, CDs?

[markolas]

CD format to be abandoned by major labels by the end of 2012.

I'm not complaining. In the last couple of years, I've whittled down a collection of over 500 CDs to about 50. I bought IYD on CD, but other than that, I've been buying mp3s exclusively for a while now. I love having my entire music collection at my immediate disposal and never having to lug CDs around. The bit about magazines doesn't bug me either. Does anyone even still read print magazines?

[Silver Springs]

I hate downloading music. I don't want to lose CDs just to "move with the times". Why do I have to constantly be forced into this cold and decadent "techno future" when I don't want to be? This is bull****...... I'm in a bad mood now...

Edit: I really couldn't give a tut about magazines, though. I haven't read a magazine in years and I don't plan to.

[louielouie2000]

Originally Posted by Silver Springs

I hate downloading music. I don't want to lose CDs just to "move with the times". Why do I have to constantly be forced into this cold and decadent "techno future" when I don't want to be? This is bull****...... I'm in a bad mood now...

This is pretty much how I feel too. Downloading and playing an album isn't even a shadow of the experience of going to a store, holding the new album in your hands, opening it up, and putting it into your stereo for the first time... while eagerly looking over the album notes and pictures. I find downloading to be dull and even nerve wracking. I had to pay for & download Lindsey's new album twice because something went wrong. I've heard far too many stories of people losing all their mp3s because of iTunes flukes and such. I'll never leave my music collection to the whimsy of electronic equipment. I'm holding onto buying cd's until no more cd's are made. Which unfortunately, will probably be within the next 5-10 years.

[WildHearted]

I read magazines all the time. I love them. And I love having physical CD's to lend to people to listen to, to listen to in the car, to look at the album booklet, just to physically hold in my hand.

This sucks.

[Silver Springs]

Originally Posted by WildHearted

I read magazines all the time. I love them. And I love having physical CD's to lend to people to listen to, to listen to in the car, to look at the album booklet, just to physically hold in my hand.

This sucks.

I realise now how people felt when they began to phase out Vinyl and Tapes for CDs. I don't like the idea of having intangible music floating in the ether, where I can't see and feel it. Yeah. That sounds very airy fairy. But maybe you know what I mean. If I have a physical copy, it's a comfort that it's constantly there. I'm not going to one day put my CD into the player and find that the files aren't there any more or its corrupt.

[HomerMcvie]

I'm very anal about not playing my original CDs. Every CD in my car is a copy, as well as all in my garage.

Even though I'm talking about vinyl, cassettes and yes, 8 tracks, having to buy 8 copies of Rumours(having worn them all out), trained me to make copies of my CDs, and wear out the copies. MUCH cheaper in the long run!

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by WildHearted

I read magazines all the time. I love them. And I love having physical CD's to lend to people to listen to, to listen to in the car, to look at the album booklet, just to physically hold in my hand.

This sucks.

I totally agree with you. I have over 400 cd's and over 300 albums. Part of the joy of collecting for me is reading the liner notes or the booklets, finding out the specifics of the recording - who, what, where, when, and how. I miss that with downloading.

And, I love magazines too.

I'm totally bummed.

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by WildHearted

I read magazines all the time. I love them.

Me too! I love my music magazines. That's mostly what I buy.

As far as discontinuing c.d.'s, well, I think we need some tangible form of music no matter what the form. I like album art and it would be a shame to lose that forever.

[kak125]

I will miss my cd's too. My car doesnt have a jack for my mp3 player so I love to have my cd's just for my car. I can burn them once I download a cd but I never have the cases for them or I forget to write on them and then they seem to scratch so much easier. I have heard the FM trasmitter for the ipod doesnt sound that great but does anybody have one?

[KarmaContestant]

Originally Posted by cliffdweller

As far as discontinuing c.d.'s, well, I think we need some tangible form of music no matter what the form. I like album art and it would be a shame to lose that forever.

A lot of albums on iTunes come with artwork, lyrics and even extras that might not be in the CD booklet. The format is Adobe PDF. It's not the same...I know, but it's nice nonetheless.

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

I had one for my last car- a Belkin Tunecast, I think. The sound wasn't terrible- perhaps a smidge better than a standard FM broadcast. The most annoying aspect of it, however, was trying to find a clear bandwidth on the FM dial, which is no easy feat near a large city. And when you are driving long distances, you will have to constantly change the transmitting station to a clear frequency.

This has been my experience, too, even in a much smaller city.

[Dodfather]

Originally Posted by Silver Springs

I hate downloading music. I don't want to lose CDs just to "move with the times". Why do I have to constantly be forced into this cold and decadent "techno future" when I don't want to be? This is bull****...... I'm in a bad mood now...

Edit: I really couldn't give a tut about magazines, though. I haven't read a magazine in years and I don't plan to.

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

This is pretty much how I feel too. Downloading and playing an album isn't even a shadow of the experience of going to a store, holding the new album in your hands, opening it up, and putting it into your stereo for the first time... while eagerly looking over the album notes and pictures. I find downloading to be dull and even nerve wracking. I had to pay for & download Lindsey's new album twice because something went wrong. I've heard far too many stories of people losing all their mp3s because of iTunes flukes and such. I'll never leave my music collection to the whimsy of electronic equipment. I'm holding onto buying cd's until no more cd's are made. Which unfortunately, will probably be within the next 5-10 years.

Hear hear! This really p***es me off. I like having the artwork, liner notes and something tangible as part of the experience of listening to music. I don't own an ipod. I do have an ipod shuffle but I only very recently got that so I could have music at the gym. and even then I was the last person I know to get one. I have a combined cd/vinyl player and even that's only because I live in a small flat and can't fit a big proper turntable in here!

I still buy cds all the time. In fact I went ona bit of a spree and bought 10 yesterday! Mostly they were for only a few £ each from PlayTrade and amazon marketplace though but I did get a couple of new ones too - new Kelly Clarkson album and Miranda Lambert's new one.

I'll keep buying cd's as long as I can. Even when the format is dicontinued you'll be ale to fill out your music collection with older cd albums from marketplace, ebay etc.

[poetinmyheart]

Originally Posted by Silver Springs

I hate downloading music. I don't want to lose CDs just to "move with the times". Why do I have to constantly be forced into this cold and decadent "techno future" when I don't want to be? This is bull****...... I'm in a bad mood now...

Agree. I hate downloading too. I know that downloading really has taken over but to completely discontinue cds!! Argh!

[starshine]

Originally Posted by Silver Springs

I hate downloading music. I don't want to lose CDs just to "move with the times". Why do I have to constantly be forced into this cold and decadent "techno future" when I don't want to be? This is bull****...... I'm in a bad mood now...

Edit: I really couldn't give a tut about magazines, though. I haven't read a magazine in years and I don't plan to.

I totally agree--I still have all of my cds too. We maybe a techno dependent world but things happen & no system is perfect. I also 'love' my cds & I will also purchase them til I can't anymore. Personally, there making a mistake to me. They should at least do LTD Edition versions for those of us that DON'T want to DL stuff. I hate this totally. I still read magazines & books the old fashioned way. I like to 'hold' something in my hands still. I'm on the computer all day at work & I don't want to look at a computer screen again when I get home either. Its a sad sad day. At least to me.

[Street_Dreamer]

Originally Posted by Silver Springs

I hate downloading music. I don't want to lose CDs just to "move with the times". Why do I have to constantly be forced into this cold and decadent "techno future" when I don't want to be? This is bull****...... I'm in a bad mood now...

Edit: I really couldn't give a tut about magazines, though. I haven't read a magazine in years and I don't plan to.

I agree. The same goes for books. I like to have the actual thing instead of something on a Kindle. It just doesn't seem right to me.

[Mac_Man_Dan]

Im very VERY fussy now with buying the most original of CD album possible, those with the black and dirty cases. Those to me are special and really make a CD more enjoyable, so much that if a reissue has extras on but is the shiny cases, i wont usually buy it, but keep looking out for the originals.

Yes it has something to do with being lucky and half a dozen 1st pressing cd's i have being worth quite a lot money, but its adds character and age to it! I do download MP3's all the time and enjoy them, but i will go out my way to buy the CD second hand, and no i dont like buying new CD's for the reasons above- so buying second hand isnt as such paying the band unfortuantly, but if they made them all old and crap and sold them as new, id be giving them a fortune !!

and now to say how much i prefer VHS Video tapes over DVD's.... but that will bore the hell out of everyone.......

Crazy young adult(19) not getting with the times... pfft.... long live the days i never can appreciate for real