I like phonographs.
Now, there's a word you don't hear much these days. :lol: You mean like old Victrolas, or more modern turntables?
I'm just being a smart ass.
Okay. Well, there are people who actually like phonographs and are willing to spend thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars on the right one. :lol:
1) Cost. Not only are CD's and DVDS expensive, but in the case of music you are forced to buy an album for one or two songs. Yes you could get singles, but they even more expensive.
2) Physical size. Having CD's is ****ty if travelling...plus of course they fill up shelf space.
Nope, waste of money [emoji16]. Most people can't tell the difference between speakers/headphones after a minimum price and quality. Yea 10 euro headphones suck compared to 50+, but when they get to 2000 euros you are getting scammed imo. Same goes for speakers imo.Can I ask if you're the type to spend lots of money on high quality speakers for listening to your online .MP3 collection?
Nope, waste of money [emoji16]. Most people can't tell the difference between speakers/headphones after a minimum price and quality. Yea 10 euro headphones suck compared to 50+, but when they get to 2000 euros you are getting scammed imo. Same goes for speakers imo.
And I remember people talking about how bad CD's were for audio lovers and the only good thing was LPs aka turntables. Now people are pushing the same **** with CD's versus online streaming. It is getting old [emoji70].
At the end of the day however CD's are too expensive and always have been. The production and distribution cost use to be a few cents to maybe 10 cents a CD and yet you expect us to pay 10 euros plus for a new album.. Use to be even more expensive.
And when you add in the ability to just pay to listen to the songs you like on streaming services, the price comparison is a no brainer. I would literally have to spend hundreds if not thousands of Euro to get all the songs I like on CD and burdened with at least 60% useless crap, while with Spotify I can pay 9 euros a month (or listen to ads) for the same amount of liked songs minus the 60% useless crap.
Hell I would even say that paying for an album on ITunes or Amazon is also stupid, since you actually don't own the album...check their terms. They reserve the right to deny access to the sold material on the platform.
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Agree on minimum quality but nobody should ever spend €2000 on audio equipment unless stocking up a recording studio.
My problem with relying on online streaming is that the internet can always break or you suddenly need a Windows 10 update or it's downloading the next MacOS security update and so you get choppy playback - that never happens with a CD / DVD and I own it.
There is however an audio difference for me between a .wav file and an .mp3 - I can hear it, my eyes may be getting old but my hearing is still pretty good. I wouldn't pay for any audio streaming service whatsoever.
~ The obvious advantage of digital compressed formats is convenience, not quality of sound. ~
Can I ask if you're the type to spend lots of money on high quality speakers for listening to your online .MP3 collection?
I still buy some CDs, mainly inports, because I like to rip my own FLAC files. I own a lot of Blurays as well because finding a good digital version can be hard and there is no such thing as a collector's edition stream.
~ is it worth doing all over again yet...
Current set-ups.
PC-- ~
I suddenly had the thought when reading this bit: if you're old enough to remember turntables and when the only delay before your musical sound track starting was the walk from record shelf to player and then now the occassional skipping of your stream because of choppy wifi / windows update.
At least the walk was usually filled with anticipation - the choppy stream / windows update is filled with swear words.
Or additional troubleshooting ~
At the end of the day however CD's are too expensive and always have been. The production and distribution cost use to be a few cents to maybe 10 cents a CD and yet you expect us to pay 10 euros plus for a new album.. Use to be even more expensive.
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