drummerbod
Senior Member
- Location
- South Derbyshire
Writeable CDs should be banned. They won't hold their data for more than 5 years as the dye degrades and the polycarbonate they are made from takes 1000s of years to rot.
When did CDs become obsolete???
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Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
Still use CDS, although I mostly back up on memory sticks and DVDs. I also have a voluminous library of Classical and later symphonic music spread across a few media, from LPs to MP3. I tend to do a lot of photographic work still onto CD and DVD, but I'm no longer in the business.
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
further
Guru
- Location
- Glastonbury Somerset
But MP3s sound sh1t
Smokin Joe
Legendary Member
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- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
Saluki
World class procrastinator
- Location
- ...Norwich over the water.
I have hundreds of CDs and I play them (not all at the same time). I have CDs in the car, I can plug my iPod into the Aux plug if I want though but tend to play CDs. I might be able to plug my iPod into my hi-fi I suppose, but I don't know how to. I like my CDs, I also like playing my vinyl.
Imagine someone being so rude as to turn down a CD you'd burned for them. Are they too lazy to transfer it to an iPod themselves? Turning it down is rude, rude, and rude. Then again, there are some right ignorant peasants about.
Imagine someone being so rude as to turn down a CD you'd burned for them. Are they too lazy to transfer it to an iPod themselves? Turning it down is rude, rude, and rude. Then again, there are some right ignorant peasants about.
Piemaster
Guru
- Location
- UK City of Culture
Still buy CDs (or have them bought for me). Generally can pick them up for buttons on Amazon, it's possible to buy several CD for the price of one download and with some amazon purchases you get 'autorip' you can download the music instantly but they still send the CD anyway.
They all get ripped as soon as they drop through the letterbox anyway.
They're far from dead yet, the car is 5 years old and only has a cd player in it. My own biggest issue is the end of the iPod Classic, with 130Gb of music on it, it's still very much in use when travelling and at work. Nothing else comes close to its capacity without having to break out a pc. (And no, streaming isn't an option for me)
They all get ripped as soon as they drop through the letterbox anyway.
They're far from dead yet, the car is 5 years old and only has a cd player in it. My own biggest issue is the end of the iPod Classic, with 130Gb of music on it, it's still very much in use when travelling and at work. Nothing else comes close to its capacity without having to break out a pc. (And no, streaming isn't an option for me)
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
Euh, no.Got any Edith Piaf?
drummerbod
Senior Member
- Location
- South Derbyshire
Got any Edith Piaf?
Yes and I have Non - Regrets.
andyfraser
Über Member
- Location
- Bristol
That's the only time I buy CDs now as well. Very occasionally HMV will have something cheaper too. Other than that it's all digital.I sometimes buy cd's from Amazon and rip them onto my NAS because they are sometimes cheaper than buying the MP3 version and you get the MP3 version for free as well when you buy the CD
andyfraser
Über Member
- Location
- Bristol
My ears must be getting bad because MP3 and AAC at high bitrates sounds ok to me. I now just play my music from a computer or tablet via a Bluetooth speaker or headphones and I have no complaints.
andyfraser
Über Member
- Location
- Bristol
I don't use my iPod Classic as much now but I'll miss it when it dies. Nothing else will take my whole collection.
Spotify on my phone works virtually everywhere I go locally. I have enough data each month to keep it affordable. My iPod comes out when travelling, when I might want to preserve my phone's battery or when I might not have a data connection.
Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
Is this Italian? Am I the only one still on cassettes?All my music in in the cloud, backed up on an external hard drive, in case Google decides to charge for the cloud
andyfraser
Über Member
- Location
- Bristol
[QUOTE 3441421, member: 259"]I use Spotify premium and even where I don't have mobile data I've got days of stuff available offline. The iPod has been retired except where I need huge battery life.[/QUOTE]
I have Spotify Premium too but haven't investigated the offline facility. I haven't needed to yet. I do like having my entire library on my iPod for long journeys rather than just a few GB on my phone. And as I said previously, my iPod can help save my phones battery.
I have Spotify Premium too but haven't investigated the offline facility. I haven't needed to yet. I do like having my entire library on my iPod for long journeys rather than just a few GB on my phone. And as I said previously, my iPod can help save my phones battery.
coffeejo
Ælfrēd
- Location
- West Somerset
Another one who gets whichever's cheaper of the download or the CD though I also occasionally browse charity shops for CDs and then take them back as a donation. I've only kept my absolute favourite CDs - everything else is on the laptop and external hard drive. Don't cycle with headphones but never go for a walk or to the gym without my iPod. Must admit I'm extremely annoyed with Apple for deciding to stop making them. It's not that I don't want an iPhone, it's that I like the teeny size of my iPod and its excellent battery life.
