Stop Talking About CDs vs Streaming!

Use streaming if you want to listen to music. Buy CD if you want to cherish it

You are overlooking one aspect I think. There are now several generations of younger people who have grown up 100% accustomed to everything being instantly available via the internet 100% of the time. One day they will understand the value of owning both books as well as music in a physical format. Yes, in case of a wide-spread breakdown the internet has enough redundancies and is decentralised enough that it will keep working , but not at the speeds required for feeding the general public with their daily data addiction/needs.

“I’ve never had the chance to A/B test it” = your next video. Keep the CD content coming!

I like CDs 🤗🤗🤗
No streaming

I do the same with Spotify. Discovery is incredible I have found so many new artists through it. Then I just click on the merch tab and buy the CD from the artist. The quality is good enough on Spotify to enjoy, but the Discovery tools are pricesless to me.

i only use streaming for discovery i then buy the cd or flac files and listen to it on cd or cdr lol.

I've almost 2000cds. I'll never have given up buying them. Also,I do stream a lot,mostly on the move and while driving. Having said thay I must admit I do not know anyone aged 20 or so who buys cds,worse luck. [Myself being 50+]

Same. Stream albums via Tidal and if I like them I buy them on CD. Saves me a fortune compared to buying every CD where there might be only one or two good tracks and not worth the outlay.

CD is still my #1 medium for listening to music.

Hi I've been buying cds💿since 1985..my first 2 cds were YES 90125 & Tears for Fears ..Songs from the big Chair.I have a very large collection.CDs will only last as long as there are players made...?

I live very far from USA so streaming here is really tuff & several hoops to jump thru, too much hassle to hear music

I think Tidal has pretty good quality. I’m using a decent DAC (Schiit Modi 3) and a decent bridge (Allo with RPi3) over Roon. Quite comparable to CDs’ PCM 44.1. Having said that I still prefer pulling out my vinyls as I do enjoy the rituals of playing records on the turntable.

The big issue is the push by corporations to acquire the music catalogues of music artists. Abba, Biily Joel, Springston to ZZ top have all sold their catalogues. What this means is the profiteers will now look to capitalize on their acquisitions. By having CDs you are insulated from any future shock. Believe me its coming. I liked it better 7-10 yrs ago when the CD market was dead. I could purchase new CDs for 3.99. Now the price has doubled. Now my collection is massive.

I still buy cds but also use Apple Music for on the go

Awesome take on this. I haven't bought a CD in about 10 years and just recently purchased one from an artist I listen to a lot. The experience of unwrapping the case and carefully putting the CD into my gaming console (since that's the only device I have that takes disks) was something special. It was an awesome feeling. Not long after that, I bought a used Sony Walkman and a used iPod along with some more CDs, lol.
I want to own the music I pay for going forward and eventually stop paying for streaming services.

mp3 is my main music collection. I've collected a lot of cds.
but I ditched them because my room is small.

I still use a portable cd player and go outside with it

I buy cd’s but the rip with Apple Lossless. I feel streaming wasteful for me while i already alll the music i listen to.. i rarely buy new music

Another thing I wonder is why do artists push streaming over cds when it’s the least profitable (allegedly)

Ima cd collector seller and buyer in 2024 and ima keep buying them and support Artist forever To me streaming dosent exist 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤢🤢🤢🤢 physical media forever cds 💿 forever better sound quality I get target 🎯 bonus tracks No internet and ur favorite artist gets more money on physical media 😅😅😅😅😅 streaming is a rental file 😂😂😂🙏🙏🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

My Cds aren't going anywhere. I have thousands..Streaming services are starting to raise prices more often now. I don't buy music to rent and never will.We do think alike

Can somebody explain what is different between WAW AND FLACK ? I rip my CDs on WAW Format . What is best ?

I download FLACs. Why are idiots debating CDs and streaming?

I'm gen z but my first car only had a cd player. So I had to build a cd collection my first 5 years driving. After getting a new car with Bluetooth, I definitely noticed a difference between my favorite cds and their Spotify version.

CDs eat shelf space. Otherwise, they are superior to any other media or format: sound quality, durability, ease of use, tangibility, collectability, presence of physical artwork and liner notes, no Internet connection or subcription fees or passwords needed... Like others, I use streaming only to discover and audition music: anything I like I buy on CD. Since their advent, they've always been for me the best and only real way to listen to music, other than live performance.

Streaming sucks, and this is why ...

If you have an album on cd like Prince - Purple rain and Deezer for instance put that cd on their website .. every 'better' remastered version that came after that first pressing will now be online as if you where listening to that first pressing.
Fact is that later pressings, and that is for most music, the compression that is used is much higher so you lose fidelity.
So now you as a listener think you are listening to the album Purple Rain as it would have been when the original pressing was released, in fact you are listening to an enhanced version of the album and quality would not be the same as the original CD.
The worst part is that on best of albums they use the same version over and over again.
The only reason for this is to save server space.

If you can, buy the original CD's at all time so you won't need to be dependent on the choices streaming services use.

I'm willing to bet you cannot ABX high res flac (Qobuz) vs a 320ogg transcode (Spotify quality) from it. Shit, I bet you couldn't even do so with old school lame v2 (VBR MP3) vs CD :P

So im a cinema buff, i have over 300 movies on blu ray. What you said in the video i have never heard of so i have a bit of research to do there, but you didnt mention the bitrate of streamed music.. why? A CD is 1.4mbps where as "hi-res" audio is 360kbps.

Hi-Res can not sound better than standard CD sound. Take a hi-res file and down sample it to 44.1 and it will sound EXACTLY the same. It's not hard to do these days. 99% of amps and speakers are unable to reproduce frequencies above 20khz and 0% of human ears can hear them either.

Don’t sacrifice quality for convenience Do what is better not what is easier can’t be lazy because cutting corners is no way to do anything. With physical media you have more control and no one can take our choices away. I also don’t want to live in a world that’s too dependent on internet or cellphones. Don’t want to have to deal with too much computer stuff I want a plug and play system Online shopping cannot replace in person shopping I want to just run down to a store and see and inspect and look at everything in person an not just pictures on a screen

Oh yeah, ads! Also, there are albums that you will only be able to listen to on CDs and even then some are so rare that they're quite expensive on eBay if you can even find them there.

I never bothered with streaming until lossless became the norm. Now, my 300+ cd collection is packed up in storage and sold my CD player. The convenience of streaming sold me while still having great sound. I did converts my CDs to FLAC, and use that too. At 55, my priorities have changed. Plex and iTunes is all I need atm.

Lossless audio ( i.e. sold on iTunes and downloaded on the computer ) are what you claim CDs are to vinyl. They sound the same ( or better ), they are cheaper to buy ( almost half price ) and most of the time no need for extra device. As for the "ceremony" come on you flip flop based on the comparison you make.

If owning the content is the most important factor, then I recommend buying a used CD, then rip it to a hard drive using an open source program like Kodi, or many others. I’ve done an A-B sound test between the CD and ripped FLAC/WAV files, and there’s no distinguishable difference to my ears. This way, you preserve the CD and can instantly access the music in a library form, even remotely from your phone or tablet. If you’re a hardcore audiophile, then note that many artists have recently been remastering classic albums, so you may need to spend more in the future if you want that newly remastered sound. High res audio, from services like Amazon Music Unlimited, are pretty inexpensive at $10/month. The advantage to high res streaming services, is that you can discover great new artists and music that you probably wouldn’t have taken the chance on if you had to purchase the CD. Various websites that sell high res 256 or 512 DSD music, typically charge $30-100 per album! Granted, you’d likely only crave DSD albums if you have an extremely resolving high end home audio system. Fortunately today, there are several companies that charge affordable prices for very high quality audio gear like Schiit, Geshelli Labs, Emotiva, etc. Amazon Music Unlimited is currently offering a 3-4 month free trial so sign up for the service, then do an A-B comparison between the CD and ultra HD high res 24bit 192khz version on Amazon. If you don’t notice an audible difference, then stick with CD ripping.

I took horrible care of my 💿 in the 90s and 00s. I've always been a vinyl collector, but i want to get into the home audio experience. Mainly the artists i care about, like Donna Summer.

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We didn’t care because 1) we weren’t paying and 2) we were mostly listening to live bootlegs. It really sucks that we don’t have the same access to physical media anymore. CD technology could be advanced to do so much more than it was doing.

How about buy high res audio song file?

Streaming services offer a vast choice, but NOT everything. I have many CD's NOT offered by iTune or other streaming services (that I have tried). Different editions of CD's, for the same music, often deliver different quality. Sometimes the streamed music is better or worse thant a CD. Usually, SACD is equal or better than streamed (lossless) music, using my own system, probably because most SACD's are better made for audiophiles. But of course, there are fewer SACD titles than CD or streamed music, but more than vinyls (and the quality of many vinyls is atrocious). Therefore, I think it is down to personal preference.

Yeah I pretty much just check out a CD from the library and rip it with EAC at home if I want a physical copy these days. If that's not an option, I will buy it from Qobuz and burn it to a CD-R. I just don't care for streaming. Never got into it because I didn't have unlimited data.

PHYSICAL FOREVER!!!

I have some 8000 cd's, 8000 dvd/blurays, 2000 games, 1500 books and over 55 000 comics. All original and physical baby! 👍

I will NEVER pay for a streaming service, I don't need or want them.

I built a system to maximize streaming. I am using Qobuz, Roon, a network switch, a dedicated streamer, a digital to digital converter, I²S to a quality R2R DAC. My modem, Network, Roon Server and Streamer are all on separate linear power supplies. The rest of my system is above average quality. I have about little over $20K invested. I LOVE how it sounds with quality recordings. I can't tell much difference if I play a CD through it. This is just "my" experience…and as said in the video…no two listening experiences (comparisons) are ever going to be the same. TOO many variables. 😂 …as long as we are all having fun that's all that really matters!

TBH, I started listening to music much more since I switched to Tidal & Bluesound. Even I still have and use sometimes vinyl, but CD....

And you're right, the answer is BE your own streaming service! I personally use the Samsung Music app on my phone (and it only works on Samsung phones) for all my ripped albums. It's the closest to the old Google Play Music app that was discontinued a few years back. I have a dedicated phone just for my massive library of ripped CDs.

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