CD Collection - What to do? Poll
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CD Collection - What to do? Poll
I have over 700 CDs. The collection is starting to take up a little more space than is manageable (according to my wife). Couple questions:
1) Does anyone still buy CDs? If so what is your percentage of CDs vs. legal digital downloads?
2) What is the average collection out there?
3) Do you guys catalog your CDs with some software? If so, what would you recommend?
1) Does anyone still buy CDs? If so what is your percentage of CDs vs. legal digital downloads?
2) What is the average collection out there?
3) Do you guys catalog your CDs with some software? If so, what would you recommend?
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My wife hates my DVD collection more than my CD collection. I can digitally keep my music, so I can stash the CDs better... unfortunately I can't digitally keep the DVDs... anyway... I have somewhere between 500 and 600 CDs. I use the ones that aren't mainstream as risers on my DVD shelf... they are ripped to digital first. I think the best bet to sell them are the indy stores. They always buy used discs. Where are you? Good places in So. Cal. are Amoeba in Hollywood or Mad Platter in Riverside. Sounds Like in Riverside is ok, and Rhino Records in Montclair is good too. If you can go to Amoeba though... that is the best record store in existence (IMHO).
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Originally Posted by jlmace
I have over 700 CDs. The collection is starting to take up a little more space than is manageable (according to my wife). Couple questions:
1) Does anyone still buy CDs? If so what is your percentage of CDs vs. legal digital downloads?
2) What is the average collection out there?
3) Do you guys catalog your CDs with some software? If so, what would you recommend?
1) Does anyone still buy CDs? If so what is your percentage of CDs vs. legal digital downloads?
2) What is the average collection out there?
3) Do you guys catalog your CDs with some software? If so, what would you recommend?
1. Oh yes. I do the Itunes but there's something about the tactility of the CD I like. I probably buy 50-60 CDs a year and download 4-6 albums perhaps
2. About 700 (constantly trading in old stuff for new stuff - at one point I had maybe 1000)
3. No but I really keep meaning to. Music Collector Ive downloaded a demo and it looks very good, but I just wince about the $40 price. But really not that bad considering:
http://www.collectorz.com/music/?fro...FQU6awodxnAlMw
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1) Does anyone still buy CDs? If so what is your percentage of CDs vs. legal digital downloads?
2) What is the average collection out there?
3) Do you guys catalog your CDs with some software? If so, what would you recommend?
Also for storage: http://www.sauder.com/furniture/subcategory.asp?sc=16
(I've got two of these and various other smaller units)
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Have about 350 in my closet. Same deal as everyone here, like having the cd/art/hard copy... I've been going thru them lately and traded in about 50...CD's are easier to part with if you still have the digital files in itunes... so I just keep the CD's I really like.
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I still buy CD's all the time. I probably have over 2000, but i've never really bothered to count them. They are in alphabetical order though! I still download a ton of shit as well.
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1) Does anyone still buy CDs? If so what is your percentage of CDs vs. legal digital downloads?
2) What is the average collection out there?
3) Do you guys catalog your CDs with some software? If so, what would you recommend?
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I very occasionally buy a new CD, always the physical thing...maybe 6 disks a year, if that. Since I got my ipod I've enjoyed re-discovering my CD collection.
They *were* in alphabetical order in shelving, until we moved--twice. Now they're in boxes in the garage in pseudoalphabetical order.
I've probably got about 700 or so, like the OP.
What i would like to do is revisit my cassette collection and digitize some of them; they are in 4 big wooden slotted racks and 2 additional big bags (due to the aforementioned moves).
They *were* in alphabetical order in shelving, until we moved--twice. Now they're in boxes in the garage in pseudoalphabetical order.
I've probably got about 700 or so, like the OP.
What i would like to do is revisit my cassette collection and digitize some of them; they are in 4 big wooden slotted racks and 2 additional big bags (due to the aforementioned moves).
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I LOVE Rate Your Music...so much that i've donated to the site and sent submissions and corrections. I would call it the cd version of DVDSpot.
http://rateyourmusic.com/
My list: http://rateyourmusic.com/~danganet
http://rateyourmusic.com/
My list: http://rateyourmusic.com/~danganet
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I have well over a 1000 cd's.. i'm going to be moving next week, and i have no idea where i'm going to put them.. I don't want to sell them or trade them.. i'll be moving to a smaller place.. what to do, what to do?
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i still buy cds, i own more than i download. my collection right now is around about 150 rap cds, 40 everything else
what i did tho was condence alot. i had maybe 200 more a year ago. but i have so many that i wasnt using them/buying a cd for only a few songs.
so maybe you should just download random shit and buy from artist you really want to support
what i did tho was condence alot. i had maybe 200 more a year ago. but i have so many that i wasnt using them/buying a cd for only a few songs.
so maybe you should just download random shit and buy from artist you really want to support
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Originally Posted by danganet
I LOVE Rate Your Music...so much that i've donated to the site and sent submissions and corrections. I would call it the cd version of DVDSpot.
http://rateyourmusic.com/
My list: http://rateyourmusic.com/~danganet
http://rateyourmusic.com/
My list: http://rateyourmusic.com/~danganet
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I stopped buying new CDs a few years ago and just go for the iTunes. I do keep an eye on Ebay and if I see a cheap lot of cds I may pick them up, add to my pc, and then sell the CDs on Ebay.
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about 1400 CDs total, and I do catalogue them. microsoft excel is a very nice way to do it.
I still buy them if I like the album enough. As far as legal downloads, if I'm going to pay, I want the actual CD.
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Originally Posted by Snowmaker
That's what I use, but I only have around 500 CDs.
I still buy them if I like the album enough. As far as legal downloads, if I'm going to pay, I want the actual CD.
I still buy them if I like the album enough. As far as legal downloads, if I'm going to pay, I want the actual CD.
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I have about 1300 CDs. I would never download an inferior sounding digital copy of anything that is available on CD, though FLAC files would be the only thing I would consider if nothing else was available. Why pay for something that sounds less than what it could be and that you have to back up yourself? Anyway, I've not yet cataloged them as the task frightens me.
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Originally Posted by jlmace
I have over 700 CDs. The collection is starting to take up a little more space than is manageable (according to my wife). Couple questions:
1) Does anyone still buy CDs? If so what is your percentage of CDs vs. legal digital downloads?
2) What is the average collection out there?
3) Do you guys catalog your CDs with some software? If so, what would you recommend?
1) Does anyone still buy CDs? If so what is your percentage of CDs vs. legal digital downloads?
2) What is the average collection out there?
3) Do you guys catalog your CDs with some software? If so, what would you recommend?
2. Over 2000 here. Not sure of the exact number.
3. I don't catalog my collection. I started to with an excel spreadsheet but gave that up a few years ago.
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Originally Posted by jlmace
I have over 700 CDs. The collection is starting to take up a little more space than is manageable (according to my wife). Couple questions:
1) Does anyone still buy CDs? If so what is your percentage of CDs vs. legal digital downloads?
2) What is the average collection out there?
3) Do you guys catalog your CDs with some software? If so, what would you recommend?
1) Does anyone still buy CDs? If so what is your percentage of CDs vs. legal digital downloads?
2) What is the average collection out there?
3) Do you guys catalog your CDs with some software? If so, what would you recommend?
2. wow, no idea...has to be more than 300
3. No.
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I still buy physical media - the sound of downloads is far worse than I can stand to listen to and I still love to have an actual object. Have no plans to stop or slow down any time soon.
I'm not sure how many CDs, specificallly, I have, but the whole collection (CDs, LPs, singles, music DVDs) is somewhere around 7000-8000 or so. I've got it all listed on Excel spreadsheets and it runs to about 130 or so pages. Makes it very easy to keep track of exactly which edition of which title I have, and which editions need to be upgraded as remastered or deluxe editions come out.
I'm not sure how many CDs, specificallly, I have, but the whole collection (CDs, LPs, singles, music DVDs) is somewhere around 7000-8000 or so. I've got it all listed on Excel spreadsheets and it runs to about 130 or so pages. Makes it very easy to keep track of exactly which edition of which title I have, and which editions need to be upgraded as remastered or deluxe editions come out.
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I still buy cds, never buy mp3s. The cds get put in a box under the stairs, after ripped to itunes. Someday, I will have enough space to put them out, but not right now.
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1) Does anyone still buy CDs? If so what is your percentage of CDs vs. legal digital downloads?
2) What is the average collection out there?
3) Do you guys catalog your CDs with some software? If so, what would you recommend?