Who else plays CD's?

ChefBrunch · 09-27-2022, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

I'm glad you enjoy it (genuinely), but **** makes no sense

the disc is just the box your file comes in

it's more akin to the sleeve a record comes in

assuming you download the right file, it will be literally identical to what's on your CD... because your CD is just a box that has that file in it

They don't sound as good in actual play back as the CD's.
I've tried.
Many of the albums I like sound like trash compared to the cd when streaming even on their HiRes...their stored compressed so playback is crap....

The oversampling on disc's I feel smoothes out the sound.
And the selection of download able music in high resolution music is pretty awful frankly.

ChefBrunch · 09-27-2022, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

virtually any notable release on CD will have not just a quality downloadable version, but literally the exact same file whatever res that's in thanks to how easy it is to that transfer

Depends what you consider to be a notable release on CD. Heck it's hard to even find info on some of the CDs I want anywhere on the internet. Granted a lot of them are Japanese who are still at around 75% CDs as the preferred media choice.

See how much Jun Fukamachi you can find download able.
Heck starview was only released on Laserdisc.

Or Jun Miyake first 2 albums are vinyl only and never repressed not even once..

I can't even get these selections in any format...maybe I can download the crap compression from YT but that's not quality.

Plankton · 09-28-2022, 09:16 AM

Lossless formats like FLAC and WAV will give you an uncompressed version of any CD or other format. The downside is that the files are large.

ChefBrunch · 09-28-2022, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

Lossless formats like FLAC and WAV will give you an uncompressed version of any CD or other format. The downside is that the files are large.

The biggest drawback in streaming and downloads is the extremely limited content.

I believe more popular content is stored and played back at higher resolutions. But it's just not what I'm looking for.

SGR · 09-28-2022, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

it took me 30 seconds to find the stuff you mentioned for free in uncompressed form

Bet you can't find the latest album from this guy for free in uncompressed form though. He only put it out on CD.

ChefBrunch · 10-01-2022, 04:18 AM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

it took me 30 seconds to find the stuff you mentioned for free in uncompressed form

yeah what albums of Fukamachi did you find? did you compare it to the discogs of his catalog spanning 50 years? and all the side projects and sit ins?

granted few people will want that stuff but I do.

show me links or it does not exist.

ChefBrunch · 10-02-2022, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

I'm not gonna feed you

just know you're super wrong

but also keep enjoying your jewel cases if that's what you're into

Ok then,obviously you know they don't exist. I like the jewel cases, I actually plant to buy 100 or so to replace the ones I threw out 25 years ago but still have the disc's in sleeve.

now I'll give you that you can probly pull a good amount off YT and separate the audio, but it will not be the kind of audio quality I am looking for, I understand this is a music site and not an audiophile site, and 20 years ago I would of been happy just listening to ripped music off YT as I listened mostly to mp3s then and I did not care about it.

SweetHeartHolly · 07-31-2024, 11:48 PM

I don't know how many I have now, but I still get CDs. To me, they are the best. I will never understand why some people prefer vinyl.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

Drjohnrock · 09-01-2024, 07:35 PM

I still buy CDs. When they were first introduced, I couldn't stand them because they were so much more expensive than vinyl (which I had quite a bit of) and were just another way for music bizzers to sell people music they already had. Over time, I came to prefer them over vinyl becauser (1) vinyl almost became extinct when CDs took off (2) I have very rarely had to return a CD becaust it was defective, unlike vinyl, and (3) I don't have a good turntable to play records on, and (4) CDs are now much less expensive as the price of vinyl has skyrocketed (the music bizzer factor again) If an album I really want isn't available on CD, I get the download and burn a CD.

Psy-Fi · 09-02-2024, 06:59 AM

I still occasionally play CD's and occasionally buy them but far less than I did 10+ years ago. I still have around 600 of them in my collection but most of them haven't been played in several years.

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SweetHeartHolly Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2024 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 120	I don't know how many I have now, but I still get CDs. To me, they are the best. I will never understand why some people prefer vinyl. God bless you always!!! Holly

09-01-2024, 07:35 PM	#29 (permalink)
Drjohnrock Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 378	I still buy CDs. When they were first introduced, I couldn't stand them because they were so much more expensive than vinyl (which I had quite a bit of) and were just another way for music bizzers to sell people music they already had. Over time, I came to prefer them over vinyl becauser (1) vinyl almost became extinct when CDs took off (2) I have very rarely had to return a CD becaust it was defective, unlike vinyl, and (3) I don't have a good turntable to play records on, and (4) CDs are now much less expensive as the price of vinyl has skyrocketed (the music bizzer factor again) If an album I really want isn't available on CD, I get the download and burn a CD.