OMG a proper thread on the IDM list!! w00t!! :)
And to actually answer the question, yes, I still buy CDs if I can.
I haven't bought any digital releases online yet, but I see myself getting
some on bleep.com since it's becoming increasingly hard to find the same
releases on plastic with my favourite alternative record stores going out of
business one by one.
As a few others in here I also have the habit of ripping any new CD I bought
straight to an insane quality mp3 file.
That because it really sucks if a CD ends up scratched in the long run, and
the music becomes unplayable. Secondly because it's so much easier to port
the mp3 format all over the place and listen to it at work, in the car (mp3
radio), at home on the PC or dump it on an mp3 player. Sweet.
The claim that mp3 quality sucks is bogus imo.
If the bitrate is at the maximum (320kbps), you won't hear the difference
with the original CD. If you've been buying mp3s at 128kbps you've been
ripped off. 128kbps is for previews, like the latest Radiohead release up
for download.
Bleep.com does it at 320kbps for example.
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