No, no, no..definitely not a board that disses newbies. I was a newbie about 3 days ago and NOT ONE person mentioned it. As opposed to the COF forum which tore me to shreds for being a newbie. Hence the reason I'm here. To answer your question, I live in NY, and there are TONS of places to go to get CD's in NYC, the Village, etc. Also, if you order on the net, try metaldisc.com, amazon.com, bestbuy.com (not much of a selection, but you'd be surprised at what you find at EXCELLENT prices), Ebay is good, all the record companies of your favorite bands (earache records, relapse, nuclear blast, etc.). Go to concerts and buy CD's there. Mmm..there's a Festival coming up in April (Metal Meltdown 4) taking place in Asbury Park, NJ, and it's one of the best places to get rare or current CD's at great prices. If I think of anything else, I'll let you know. And welcome!