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I'm in the finishing stages of downloading all of my CD's to hard drives and want to get rid of the physical CD's. Are CD's fodder for the recycling bin or is there any value in them now? (nothing rare, no autographs, just late -70's to mid-90's stuff)
There is a used cd market. Probably a number of used cd shops in Boulder.
What all do you have and what are you looking to get for them?
Put a list up on the for sale section. I have digitized ALL of my media (DVD's, BluRays, Music, Movies, TV shows, Etc) and I would consider buying CD's to add to my digital media server.
Downloaded my whole collection to Apple Lossless last year. Took a box (100-150 discs) to one of the BST stores. Came back a week later and they were interested in less than 10 CDs. Not even the good ones.
Yep, they are fodder.
Maybe start a "pay it forward" for CDs on this site.
Second Spin on Colorado Blvd will take them. Be prepared for $0.50-$5.00 values depending on the artist. Some places give better values for store credit, I do this so I can rip the music and pick up new CD's to expand the library.
Once you have them in your music player (presuming itunes) but whatever player print out the album list to a pdf or screen print it and post the list of cd's here I am not above driving to Boulder if there are any that appeal to me and the price is right.
If you are just going to "trash or recycle" them let me be the first to say I will take them in that circumstance. Just be certain that the format you chose to convert them too is the format you want to keep them in before you get rid of the CD's.
Low resolution mp3 vs Apple lossless or FLAC can be quite a difference in listening quality.
As the poster below me pointed out. The DMCA expects you to delete all digital forms of any album you own if you "get rid of intentionally" the original format of form that you purchased the music. (Basic expectation is that the digital copy you ripped it to is your "back up" of the recording while you retain the original. I will leave you to your own interpretation of how you understand that law.
As USMC88-93 points out, make sure you choose the format you want before getting rid of the CDs. I keep mine so I have the option of changing formats or recording density -- when I first began ripping my CDs so I could carry my music more easily, I used 128 kbps, sometimes 160 for "high" resolution in order to keep file sizes manageable. Nowadays, I'd want 192 kbps for the car and 256+ for home use.
I won't get into "fair use" defense since I detest the DMCA and RIAA but from an ethical standpoint, selling or giving away your CD but keeping the digital copy is depriving the artist of his/her cut on that album. If you keep or trash the CD, all you've done is change formats, much like those of us that taped record albums so we could carry more music on cassette tapes (yes, I'm old as fsck).
Creating your own "mix tape" at the Tower records kiosk huh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aloha_Shooter
Reel - Reel here, son.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aloha_Shooter
Tower? Nah, too pricey and I think they only got to the Islands about the time I was in high school. I got my LPs at the BX.Quote:
Originally Posted by USMC88-93
As far as Kazoo goes, the reel-to-reel wasn't portable ... and it broke. I still have cases for carrying a couple dozen (more more) cassettes ... [facepalm]