So long, CDs?

markolas · #1 10-29-2011, 11:43 AM

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 · #2 10-29-2011, 11:56 AM

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 · #3 10-29-2011, 12:02 PM

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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 · #4 10-29-2011, 12:04 PM

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 · #5 10-29-2011, 12:08 PM

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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.

poetinmyheart · #6 10-29-2011, 12:08 PM

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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!

HomerMcvie · #7 10-29-2011, 12:14 PM

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!

Silver Springs · #8 10-29-2011, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by 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!

O_o......And here I thought I was anal retentive. That's a special kind of crazy...

vivfox · #9 10-29-2011, 12:21 PM

I read magazines all the time and will miss them immensely. What do you expect an old man to do when he's in the waiting room getting his car fixed?

Silver Springs · #10 10-29-2011, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by vivfox

I read magazines all the time and will miss them immensely. What do you expect an old man to do when he's in the waiting room getting his car fixed?

Well I would say read a book but the techno-freaks are even getting rid of those bit by bit.

beccamorrisfift · #11 10-29-2011, 12:31 PM

I think a boycott is in order...

Silver Springs · #12 10-29-2011, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by beccamorrisfift

I think a boycott is in order...

Doesn't it seem kind of ironic to boycott something we're annoyed about being discontinued, lol?

wetcamelfood · #13 10-29-2011, 12:40 PM

Sort of like how DVDs are going "out of style" now, you can already see it's going to be a space thing like how they're going to stop selling DVD recorders because they want you to go tivo/DVR and I don't want to because that box will fill up then they milk you to buy more space on it. I like burning CDs & DVDs because there's no limits on how many you can have and like some have said above about pride in a collection. When you make friends with someone and tell them you collect music, what do kids now do? Take their friend in to their room and point to a small black box on the other side of the room and say "well, there's my collection"?

John