thorsten sideb0ard wrote:
quoted 12 lines Personally, i buy a lot of CDs still, rip them at 320kbps mp3s on my
> Personally, i buy a lot of CDs still, rip them at 320kbps mp3s on my
> laptop and put the cover on my shelf. I like having the physical backup
> of it, but i often wonder if thats a sign of my/our age, and realise
> that i'm probably not representative of others. The ones which i do buy
> tend to be small labels, and i usually buy direct from them - its more a
> decision to support the label cos i like what they do, rather than not
> being able to get the music from other places, which you can usually do
> with a minimum amount of effort. The backup thing is good, but I think
> that will become more of a moot point in the future, as online backups
> and redundant system/disc setups become the norm. Quality is obviously
> an issue, but i am on the side of a well ripped 320kbps mp3 being good
> enough for my ears.
I'm a bit late to this thread and am still catching up to replies, but my
strategy is similar to Thorsten's. I arrived at it through quite a bit of
trial and error.
Even though I have difficulty keeping up with all of the promos I get, I
still buy a ton of physical music. In order of preference from highest to
lowest, I buy releases in these formats: CD, lossless download (flac/wav),
vinyl. I go to extremes to track down obscure old tracks on compilations
or CD singles if possible.
I rip most CDs and some vinyl to Apple lossless and play the files on my
iPod or over my Slim Devices Squeezebox:
http://www.slimdevices.com/
I've been grappling with how to store all of the CDs I've accumulated
(probably around 1500 at this point). I'm thinking of investing in some
heavy duty metal cabinets:
http://www.can-am.ca/
I just like having the physical artwork and backup around, but I am
starting to feel some guilt about the waste of plastic, shipping energy
and emissions, etc. so I may finally make the switch to preferring digital
at some point. Lossy just isn't good enough for me, though.
Cheers,
Jacob
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