Do you still buy physical albums?

~~Spiritinthesky~~ · 12-09-2010, 11:59 AM

I download but I still like to buy the albums as well.

Zer0 · 12-09-2010, 06:00 PM

I think i've actually bought more physical albums this year than i have in any other years. CDs are just so cheap now, and used CDs are being given away for practically nothing. Downloading however is still my main source of music.

Batty · 12-09-2010, 06:37 PM

I buy vinyl when I can, it's a ritual thing playing records, moreso with my TT as it has an extra step involved. I have a Townshend Rock and this has a trough of silicon fluid you have to move in and out when changing records. It damps oscillations at the front end and is so worth it.

Key · 12-15-2010, 09:42 PM

I buy physical albums if I feel like it'd be a good collectors item, otherwise I just download or buy off iTunes.

Badlittlekitten · 12-21-2010, 01:41 PM

I'm disapointed with you music banter, your contributing to the downfall of the music business

Actually I only buy the stuff that I think is good enough. Shitty bands don't deserve my money!

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 12-21-2010, 01:52 PM

Those emoticons are giving me diabetes.

Badlittlekitten · 12-21-2010, 02:07 PM

But they're so cute.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 12-21-2010, 02:10 PM

Eh, you see them so much that they lose their flair.

Badlittlekitten · 12-21-2010, 03:02 PM

I know what you mean, but I'm pretty new so they still have some novelty.

MB smilies:

Followeroffashion · 01-03-2011, 11:36 AM

Most of my music is in CD's, prefer something I can hold and see to entertain my underdeveloped brain, also like the 'collectors' memorabilia that they usually come with.

I'm working on restoring a record player from my old man, which no doubt outclasses a 'budget' turntable I could buy new. It already has a good amp so I can use more of my budget on a new stylus and good speakers.

as Neil Young comments on CD's compared to Vinyl,

" We've gained control, but we've lost the sound. The sound is gone. Its sensory depravation: you think you're hearing it but you're not. It's an insult to the brain and heart and feelings to have to listen to this and think it's music"

I'm yet to really find out but I'll take his word for it, as of yet.

View Poll Results: How many of your albums are tangible?
None, I download everything.	22	13.75%
A few but mostly I just download	62	38.75%
Its about 50/50	26	16.25%
Most of them but I still download a few.	25	15.63%
I buy all of my albums in hardcopy.	25	15.63%
Voters: 160. You may not vote on this poll

12-09-2010, 06:00 PM	#132 (permalink)
Zer0 ∞ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 3,792	I think i've actually bought more physical albums this year than i have in any other years. CDs are just so cheap now, and used CDs are being given away for practically nothing. Downloading however is still my main source of music. __________________ Last FM \| RYM \| The Final Sound

12-21-2010, 01:41 PM	#135 (permalink)
Badlittlekitten And then there was music Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Near Wild Heaven Posts: 287	I'm disapointed with you music banter, your contributing to the downfall of the music business Actually I only buy the stuff that I think is good enough. Shitty bands don't deserve my money! __________________ 'Said do you feel it? Do you feel it when you TOUCH ME?. THERE'S A FIRE! THERE'S A FIRE!' The Stooges. Dirt. https://soundcloud.com/bad-little-kittens My Top 100 LPs My Top 52 Indie Tracks Of The 21st Century (incomplete)

12-21-2010, 02:07 PM	#137 (permalink)
Badlittlekitten And then there was music Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Near Wild Heaven Posts: 287	But they're so cute. __________________ 'Said do you feel it? Do you feel it when you TOUCH ME?. THERE'S A FIRE! THERE'S A FIRE!' The Stooges. Dirt. https://soundcloud.com/bad-little-kittens My Top 100 LPs My Top 52 Indie Tracks Of The 21st Century (incomplete)

12-21-2010, 03:02 PM	#139 (permalink)
Badlittlekitten And then there was music Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Near Wild Heaven Posts: 287	I know what you mean, but I'm pretty new so they still have some novelty. MB smilies: __________________ 'Said do you feel it? Do you feel it when you TOUCH ME?. THERE'S A FIRE! THERE'S A FIRE!' The Stooges. Dirt. https://soundcloud.com/bad-little-kittens My Top 100 LPs My Top 52 Indie Tracks Of The 21st Century (incomplete)

12-09-2010, 11:59 AM	#131 (permalink)
~~Spiritinthesky~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 6	I download but I still like to buy the albums as well.

12-09-2010, 06:37 PM	#133 (permalink)
Batty Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: South Australia Posts: 194	I buy vinyl when I can, it's a ritual thing playing records, moreso with my TT as it has an extra step involved. I have a Townshend Rock and this has a trough of silicon fluid you have to move in and out when changing records. It damps oscillations at the front end and is so worth it.

12-15-2010, 09:42 PM	#134 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	I buy physical albums if I feel like it'd be a good collectors item, otherwise I just download or buy off iTunes.

12-21-2010, 01:52 PM	#136 (permalink)
~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,538	Those emoticons are giving me diabetes.

12-21-2010, 02:10 PM	#138 (permalink)
~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,538	Eh, you see them so much that they lose their flair.

01-03-2011, 11:36 AM	#140 (permalink)
Followeroffashion Groupie Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 6	Most of my music is in CD's, prefer something I can hold and see to entertain my underdeveloped brain, also like the 'collectors' memorabilia that they usually come with. I'm working on restoring a record player from my old man, which no doubt outclasses a 'budget' turntable I could buy new. It already has a good amp so I can use more of my budget on a new stylus and good speakers. as Neil Young comments on CD's compared to Vinyl, " We've gained control, but we've lost the sound. The sound is gone. Its sensory depravation: you think you're hearing it but you're not. It's an insult to the brain and heart and feelings to have to listen to this and think it's music" I'm yet to really find out but I'll take his word for it, as of yet.