Preferred Format for Music

Zer0 · 01-20-2010, 05:30 PM

Minidisc all the way.

No seriously my preferred format is CD. I'd rather listen to music on CD but most of the music i want to listen to i can't seem to get on CD (music shops in my town suck and i don't have time to travel elsewhere) so i'm downloading more and more. I really prefer the sound of a CD to the often compressed sound of an mp3 download, and it's great to have stacks of CDs on your shelves and look through the booklet at all the artwork, photos and lyrics. But if i can get a certain album on CD i'll do so instead of downloading a digital copy. I have a record player as well but it's a piece of sh!t and i can never get it to sound right so i don't bother with vinyl anymore.

storymilo · 01-20-2010, 06:01 PM

Eight-track. I'm old skool.

duga · 01-20-2010, 07:02 PM

cd

you guys have been saying digital for the convenience of portability and space saving, which i have to agree with. however, i love impressing people with my massive collection of cd's as well as the album art. album art can at times change a tone of an album (for me). also, not being able to tote around my entire collection forced me to play certain albums over and over and really study them. i felt closer to my albums during that time.

but, i have succumbed to the digital age and of course wouldn't know how to function properly without my ipod. i enjoy digital...but cd's were the way to go.

Arya Stark · 01-20-2010, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sidewinder

I prefer CDs for my collection and for the physical artwork/package, which I can rip to digital format for everyday use.

This

noise · 01-20-2010, 11:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by duga

i love impressing people with my massive collection of cd's as well as the album art. album art can at times change a tone of an album (for me).

did you say album art? i have 700x700 album art scans for all my 1400+ digital albums, and all are meticulously tagged. even better, i have apps that let me take advantage of it:

file browser (directory opus)

music player (foobar)

desktop (with cd art display)

digital all the way! granted, you have to be pretty damn compulsive to get your collection into this kind of pristine order, but when you do, it's far better than a wall of CDs :p

duga · 01-20-2010, 11:55 PM

^

yeah compulsive, alright. i have tried to be similarly compulsive but i just have way too much to keep it straight and my ipod messes up the artwork all the time anyway. everytime i try to get this stuff organized digitally i end up getting pissed off and i give up.

noise · 01-21-2010, 12:03 AM

haha you just have to get the right apps. the key is to not embed artwork, but to keep it in your album folder. of course, players like itunes don't like that unfortunately.

but foobar will read external album art. and best of all, it will resize/embed external album art on the fly while it sends music to your ipod, and it works flawlessly!

for organizing, i suggest Media Monkey. it's a fantastic tool to help you get your collection in order. it can even move files based on tags, which is great for sorting.

once you have things looking the way they ought to be, try MP3tag for tagging, it is flexible, fast, and does a great job.

hfield07 · 01-21-2010, 12:09 AM

Until just about every artists catalog gets remastered and re-released on vinyl, high quality digital is just too easy to not love.

carmen · 01-21-2010, 06:43 AM

digital all the way

Antonio · 01-21-2010, 08:44 AM

digital, i don't really care about the physical product/artwork, cause it tends to distract me from the music.

some cases though are pretty freaking sweet, especially this, which came with a cool little poster from my favorite band, so i had to get it.

so i guess at times it's a toss up, but i do like to support my favorite bands through purchasing their cds, but i usually end up ripping them onto my computer anyway.

View Poll Results: Which format do you prefer
Vinyl	9	14.06%
CDs	23	35.94%
Digital	31	48.44%
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01-20-2010, 05:30 PM	#11 (permalink)
Zer0 ∞ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 3,792	Minidisc all the way. No seriously my preferred format is CD. I'd rather listen to music on CD but most of the music i want to listen to i can't seem to get on CD (music shops in my town suck and i don't have time to travel elsewhere) so i'm downloading more and more. I really prefer the sound of a CD to the often compressed sound of an mp3 download, and it's great to have stacks of CDs on your shelves and look through the booklet at all the artwork, photos and lyrics. But if i can get a certain album on CD i'll do so instead of downloading a digital copy. I have a record player as well but it's a piece of sh!t and i can never get it to sound right so i don't bother with vinyl anymore. __________________ Last FM \| RYM \| The Final Sound

01-20-2010, 07:02 PM	#13 (permalink)
duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	cd you guys have been saying digital for the convenience of portability and space saving, which i have to agree with. however, i love impressing people with my massive collection of cd's as well as the album art. album art can at times change a tone of an album (for me). also, not being able to tote around my entire collection forced me to play certain albums over and over and really study them. i felt closer to my albums during that time. but, i have succumbed to the digital age and of course wouldn't know how to function properly without my ipod. i enjoy digital...but cd's were the way to go. __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...

01-20-2010, 11:55 PM	#16 (permalink)
duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	^ yeah compulsive, alright. i have tried to be similarly compulsive but i just have way too much to keep it straight and my ipod messes up the artwork all the time anyway. everytime i try to get this stuff organized digitally i end up getting pissed off and i give up. __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...

01-21-2010, 12:03 AM	#17 (permalink)
noise thirsty ears Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Boulder Posts: 742	haha you just have to get the right apps. the key is to not embed artwork, but to keep it in your album folder. of course, players like itunes don't like that unfortunately. but foobar will read external album art. and best of all, it will resize/embed external album art on the fly while it sends music to your ipod, and it works flawlessly! for organizing, i suggest Media Monkey. it's a fantastic tool to help you get your collection in order. it can even move files based on tags, which is great for sorting. once you have things looking the way they ought to be, try MP3tag for tagging, it is flexible, fast, and does a great job. __________________ my flac collection

01-20-2010, 06:01 PM	#12 (permalink)
storymilo Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,845	Eight-track. I'm old skool.

01-21-2010, 12:09 AM	#18 (permalink)
hfield07 Groupie Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 4	Until just about every artists catalog gets remastered and re-released on vinyl, high quality digital is just too easy to not love. __________________ Rateyourmusic Profile

01-21-2010, 06:43 AM	#19 (permalink)
carmen Groupie Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2	digital all the way