Do you still buy physical albums?

Zarko · 01-29-2010, 01:51 AM

All of my music makes its way onto the computer, I just skip the middle man most of the time.

I WOULD buy CDs if I felt they were worth the overpricing, but most of my weekly salary that doesn't go into savings goes into 1) petrol and 2) DVDs, which I much prefer collecting (Though they can be similarly overpriced).

Maybe one day I will have that incination, but nowadays 18 bucks for a CD doesn't seem worth it. Got one nice mass-supplier in the city that sells a lot of classic old albums (Your Nick Cave's, Leonard Cohen's, Church's et al) for 10 bucks a pop, which is nice, but more often than not I don't have an inclination to buy these albums, especially when his stock is relatively small and I already have most of it.

Most CDs I would really want can only be purchased online, and then you have douchebag sellers charging 12 bucks P&H for Australia.

Most of my listening happens at the computer, and for my car CD player, I burn a CD. my Car CD player can play MP3s, so I can have 7+ albums on the CD more often than not, which is a **** load better than having to stop to change CDs all the time.

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

01-29-2010, 01:51 AM	#11 (permalink)
Zarko Barely Disheveled Zombie Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 1,196	All of my music makes its way onto the computer, I just skip the middle man most of the time. I WOULD buy CDs if I felt they were worth the overpricing, but most of my weekly salary that doesn't go into savings goes into 1) petrol and 2) DVDs, which I much prefer collecting (Though they can be similarly overpriced). Maybe one day I will have that incination, but nowadays 18 bucks for a CD doesn't seem worth it. Got one nice mass-supplier in the city that sells a lot of classic old albums (Your Nick Cave's, Leonard Cohen's, Church's et al) for 10 bucks a pop, which is nice, but more often than not I don't have an inclination to buy these albums, especially when his stock is relatively small and I already have most of it. Most CDs I would really want can only be purchased online, and then you have douchebag sellers charging 12 bucks P&H for Australia. Most of my listening happens at the computer, and for my car CD player, I burn a CD. my Car CD player can play MP3s, so I can have 7+ albums on the CD more often than not, which is a **** load better than having to stop to change CDs all the time.