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iPod Sell or keep my CD collection?
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Cool. A second shot at being vaguely hip again.
Damn ... hip. That's betraying.
But, keeping them is a good idea, I think. The only ones I'll get rid of are the ones that I really want the remasters of. Even talking about CDs makes me want to buy more. Which I'll then have to store.
I have about 600 cds that i have just shoved away in our master bedroom closet. However, what I have been doing the last 3 months is buying exclusively from iTunes. Now, if I happen across a cd that I want and itunes doesn't carry it, of course I'm going to go ahead and get the cd. But d/ling from iTunes is my first choice.
I say keep them.
I say keep them.
That's sad, but put them up for adoption at a garage sale or if you have rare ones, on ebay, etc.
I sold a load of vinyl in the mid 90s, about 500 records. I totally regret it, but I needed the money at the time, I got about £250. I recently sold 3 records and got £275 for them.
I'm looking for some shelving units to shift my CDs on to. My collection has out grown the current shelves. It's proving very difficult to find shelves that'll hold 1000+ cds in a space only 77cm wide. I'll have to go down the wall mounted diy shelves route. I'll then have to find shelves that'll cope with 1000+ records, these'll have to be floor standing shelves as I don't trust the walls to hold the weight.
Getting Rid of Your CDs
I had over 1,200 CDs and getting rid of them is one of the best things I ever did. The clutter of CDs is gone from my life forever, and having so much music organized and sortable and searchable has made the music so much more accessible and, after all, it's about the music. I listen much more now.
- Rip your collection in Apple Lossless
- Keep your CDs stored somewhere until you have heard enough of your collection to know that rips were made without faults (skips due to scratches primarily)
- Store a full copy of your collection on three separate external drives
- Keep two of those (main library and backup) at home and store one drive off-site in case of catastrophic event (fire, burst pipe, etc.). After all, once you get rid of your CDs, you will have no original source to go back to.
- Once you are satifiied that your collection is in tact, recycle your CDs. You do not have the right to sell them if you keep the music.
I had over 1,200 CDs and getting rid of them is one of the best things I ever did. The clutter of CDs is gone from my life forever, and having so much music organized and sortable and searchable has made the music so much more accessible and, after all, it's about the music. I listen much more now.
I have a few thousand CDs stored in my A/V closet. I made the closet very large so you can walk in and enjoy browsing the CD collection. Everything in the collection has been ripped to my hard drives so if you see a cd you like you can hear it instantly . When I have parties, I find people browsing the collection and enjoying it a lot. I'll never sell them!
Good topic! I've been wondering the same thing.
I completely understand how you feel.
I completely understand how you feel.
That's awesome! I agree, people (non-tech especially) love to check out my collection of CDs. Plus, I don't let just anybody dig thru my HD!
I display them proudly.
keep them you won't get much $$ for them, and you will be glad to have them if a hard drive dies or even wors if your mac dies.
Interesting topic. People on this list keep saying that if you don't have the CD's, then you're a pirate. But what if someone steals your collection and all you have is your digital copy? Surely your not supposed to delete your entire collection 'cause somebody broke into your car and stole all your CDs. I've had this happens on multiple occasions. There's no way I'm getting rid of my backups. Anyone know the rules/laws on this?
When you buy a digital version from iTunes, you're buying whatever copies that is licensed for and whatever rights it has on it. If you rip a CD and then sell it to someone else, then you don't really have the original that you bought and it's pretty much the same thing as borrowing a CD to rip, except you made a few bucks from the transaction.
It's tough to explain, but I'm pretty sure that it's technically piracy if you use the digital audio files after selling the CDs. I know you're just trying to get rid of clutter, but I think that's how it technically works.
You guys realize this topic is almost one year old, right?
Well, Religon is clocking a few thousand years and still a riveting conversation piece.
So true. Anyone else remember the "good ole days" of music sharing? 1997, 1998, when MP3's were just starting to get big and Napster hadn't yet been shut down?
Back then, 99% of the MP3's floating around were encoded at 128k. On any reasonably decent stereo system, a 128k mp3 sounds horrible. Nothing at all like the original CD.I rip all my CD's at 320k now, which my ears cannot tell a difference between that and the original CD - and I have a very high-end stereo (price tag in the five-figure range
)I've re-ripped my CD collection multiple times over the past decade. First to 128k mp3 back in 1997, then into VBR OGG around 2000, then into 256k MP3 around 2003, and then finally into 320k AAC last year. Point is - you'll want to keep those originals.
So true. Anyone else remember the "good ole days" of music sharing? 1997, 1998, when MP3's were just starting to get big and Napster hadn't yet been shut down?
I rip all my CD's at 320k now, which my ears cannot tell a difference between that and the original CD - and I have a very high-end stereo (price tag in the five-figure range
I've re-ripped my CD collection multiple times over the past decade. First to 128k mp3 back in 1997, then into VBR OGG around 2000, then into 256k MP3 around 2003, and then finally into 320k AAC last year. Point is - you'll want to keep those originals.
I didn't know you could do that! I'm glad I still have my CDs. Time to Re-burn them...
(or I could wait a month, and just do it on my new computer...)
I have a very high-end stereo (price tag in the five-figure range
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Care to share what model ?
Interesting question, it's similar to the idea of damaged CDs i.e. If the consumer is really just licensing the music shouldn't they be able to get replacement disks if theirs are damaged.
I believe the RIAAs position is that your license is tied to the physical copy of the actual disk that you purchased. I don't think that's ever been tested in court though and the RIAA are huge bullies that will try to convince you that you have no rights whatsoever anyway.
Here is the solution I came up with.
Purchased catalog software: http://www.collectorz.com/
Purchased three of these cases: http://www.meritline.com/1000-cd-dvd-storage-wallet-case.html
2 for cd 1 for dvd (getting ready for another one) I have these stored in my closet. I have a couple custome fields in the cataloge software, tells me which case the cd is in. It also tells me which box in the garage the cd cases are in.
It took a little time to get started, but now that it is all done it is very nice. I have all the cd/dvd cases in boxes in the garage. For me they don't store 900 discs, I put in the line notes so I am getting about 800 plus or minus.
Purchased catalog software: http://www.collectorz.com/
Purchased three of these cases: http://www.meritline.com/1000-cd-dvd-storage-wallet-case.html
2 for cd 1 for dvd (getting ready for another one) I have these stored in my closet. I have a couple custome fields in the cataloge software, tells me which case the cd is in. It also tells me which box in the garage the cd cases are in.
It took a little time to get started, but now that it is all done it is very nice. I have all the cd/dvd cases in boxes in the garage. For me they don't store 900 discs, I put in the line notes so I am getting about 800 plus or minus.