CDs or MP3s?

[Bloodsoaked666]

What do you guys (and girls) buy more of really/actual CDs or mp3s from places like iTunes, metaltracks.com and so on? If you could get all your music online would you buy online and download it or do you like to have the CD in your hands?

I wish all music was available to download for all bands, it is so much easier!!!

Peter

 

[Hammer of Might]

Only imbeciles BUY mp3s.

 

[Scorn the Dethroned]

I like cds better. I find them a better experience with the booklets and the cover art and reading the lyrics etc. Also I some what collect cds, so its basically my hobbie buying them.

 

[Bloodsoaked666]

Only imbeciles BUY mp3s.

Huh?




Peter

 

[Eyes Of The Insane]

Mp3's Cd's. It doesent matter to me. You got the music. Thats all that matters.

 

[Bloodsoaked666]

I like cds better. I find them a better experience with the booklets and the cover art and reading the lyrics etc. Also I some what collect cds, so its basically my hobbie buying them.

I was a CD collector at one time myself and I still love reading the lyrics and thanks list most of the time that can be found online. I guess I just like to be able to buy, download and be listening to an entire album in 5 mnutes or less.


Peter

 

[Astrum]

Only imbeciles BUY mp3s.

basically

 

[Hooker Joe]

Only imbeciles BUY mp3s.

This guy has the best point. I don't think I've ever paid for an mp3.
Ever.

 

[Evil?]

Only imbeciles BUY mp3s.

qft

 

[Scott Evil]

MP3s always sound like shit compared to CDs.

 

[Bloodsoaked666]

This guy has the best point. I don't think I've ever paid for an mp3.
Ever.

Why not?

 

[Bloodsoaked666]

MP3s always sound like shit compared to CDs.

They can sound just as good as the CD.


Peter

 

[Solipsist]

I like cds better. I find them a better experience with the booklets and the cover art and reading the lyrics etc. Also I some what collect cds, so its basically my hobbie buying them.

I concur. It is true it is the music that matters the most, but having the genuine tangible product can be very special and holistically satisfying as well (especially if the cd is very hard to find anywhere). Downloading is very helpful though if the cd's are too difficult to obtain though... there's tons of mp3 cd's I dowloaded (never paid for them, never will) that I would love to have an original hard-copy of but that would take a lot of "very lucky ebay instances" and/or "lucky random stumblings upon rare finds in the used bin" in order to fulfill.

 

[Fury of the Storm]

If I am going to buy, then it will be a CD, not an mp3.

 

[Hooker Joe]

Why not?

Because I've never had to.
That was also said in the theory that after I hear a song or two that I like from an album, chances are I'm going to go out to the record store (we've got a good one in town) and buy the CD.
I'll get a file share from a friend, get tuned into a band, and go out and buy the CD, usually for the first time used.
This is also to say that I've never gotten an entire CD mp3'd before.

 

[Eyes Of The Insane]

They can sound just as good as the CD.

true. Best mp3 are at 192 kbs to 500 kbs.

 

[Puzzleface]

I'll download MP3s just to make sure I like what I'm interested in listening to. I'll also download hard to find and out-of-print stuff. But I prefer to buy the CD's because I'm really anal about having the artwork and liner notes n' stuff!

 

[Satanstoenail]

I like cds better. I find them a better experience with the booklets and the cover art and reading the lyrics etc. Also I some what collect cds, so its basically my hobbie buying them.

Same here. I've got about 800. I don't even like having burns really, I've gotta have the original with the cover art and everything or it just doesn't feel right.

 

[skeptik]

There's no way in hell I'm going to BUY an mp3 when I can buy an actual CD and rip it or just download it for free.

 

[Scott Evil]

They can sound just as good as the CD.



Peter

Listen to an MP3 on a decent stereo system, and compare it to the same CD. Even at the highest bit rate, the CD sounds better. I'm not talking a $300 off the shelf system, I'm talking a $10,000 surround system.