Vinyl sales roar ahead of CDs in the UK
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I’m going to eventually switch to streaming and concentrate on my vinyl rig
Discogs is the place for individual vinyl sales. But you have to be ready to do it. You need boxes. A good label maker. Maybe a shipping account to make the process easier.
Whatsbest would be an ok place to post a collection sale, but you really want the Ebay exposure to the market.
Whatsbest would be an ok place to post a collection sale, but you really want the Ebay exposure to the market.
I did discogs years ago. I did pretty well there. I do eBay for sports cards and some comic books I had leftover from my store
Well…. Now my McIntosh MCD201 that had been just sitting there gathering dust since it had developed the dreading skipping disease has decided it has life after all. This morning I thought well if I’m gonna get rid of the cd’s might as well see if the old 201 skipped as bad as I remembered. Now at like 5 or 6 cd’s including 1 sacd…. Playing perfectly. I did dust out the cd tray after taking the top off, didn’t see anything but figured might as well since I opened it up…. so confusing
Nice! Break out that treasure trove of CDs and get about 
a weekend of non stop spinning
a weekend of non stop spinning
I’m still collecting CDs. So are numerous others. My digital playback is just about as good as my analogue now. When I upgrade my Vitus line stage and CD - MP series - I’m sure to be closer or possibly even surpass my analogue playback. I have a great analogue playback with both MSL Platinum Signature and Opus 1 carts, but my CDs are very, very close to the same sound signature. I’m continuing to purchase CDs. Just received four new ones today…
In this aspect I hate streaming and the top quality servers
. Buying physical CDs from shops or Discogs in much more fun than streaming. But as a the amount if streamed music in Hirez with excellenlt sound quality, sounding better than redbook in my system, is increasing exponentially I could not find any reasonable reason to buy CDs any more. As I was used to buy in Discogs, nowadays many times I now look for music there - their database and search engine are excellent and cut and paste directly in Qobuz!
In this aspect I hate streaming and the top quality servers
As I was used to buy in Discogs, nowadays many times I now look for music there - their database and search engine are excellent and cut and paste directly in Qobuz!
As far as HiRez files I‘d say they are different, but not necessarily better. On older music (60s-80s) I still prefer the redbook sound more personally. On the few “newer” artists I listen to I normally purchase their HiRez files as that was the way I most likely heard them at first. But I still purchase their CDs as well - back ups.
I enjoy owning media. If the internet goes down, or Tidal and Qobuz disappear (neither is making a profit at present) I’m still listening to music.
Big fan of CDs having made the commitment in 1989 to focus solely on redbook digital and to avoid splitting resources across too many formats. Other than new remasters (which are still often priced retail at the same price or not much more than we were all buying CDs back 30 years ago)...most CDs I can pick up on Amazon for 99 cents to 5 bucks.
So library and collection sales...great.
At some point, I will venture into hi-res but not feeling any particular rush to do so. Not anymore of a rush than when the various newer disc-based digital formats first came out (DVD-A, SACD, Blu-Ray).
So library and collection sales...great.
At some point, I will venture into hi-res but not feeling any particular rush to do so. Not anymore of a rush than when the various newer disc-based digital formats first came out (DVD-A, SACD, Blu-Ray).
I purchase CDs regularly via Amazon , my experience is if you are buying new not used CDs the cost ranges from $10-20 or so , with some older titles under $10. Remasters or not that is the case. Buying directly from artists websites the cost of new CDs is similar
Yes...I buy around 85% of CDs secondhand from Amazon. There are some very big sellers of CDs who have great collections in reliably excellent shape.
Wow now that is sticking with a commitment, almost 35 years!
I personally believe digital (music on local storage) and streaming are the future of audio. I have a ton of CDs that I ripped to storage years ago and LPs that really are getting less and less play. The great things is there is no one format that fits all. Whatever format one enjoys is great.
Physical digital and analog music media sales are but a fraction of the total music media sales. Streaming and downloads rule the market for video and audio and it's glorious, millions of albums and movies at your fingertips at ultra - high quality anywhere for pennies a day. ;-)
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Just my advice/ If you love physical media, buy a turntable.
