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Correct. But it strongly depends on the CD (manufacturer) and the way you treated and stored the CD.Quote
DandelionPowderman
Mind you, it will happen. Happened to several of my cds. First signs: Weird sounds, hickups and beeping noises.
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Papo
After I switched to high-res audio files and a good player I started enjoying listening to music again. My ears don't tired anymore so quickly and overall I find it quite a pleasant listening experience and very convenient.
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jbwelda
.. its not really the medium that matters, its the music. For awhile CDs were being mastered way too hot and way too compressed and that drove me back to vinyl before I realized in most cases today they use the same masters to master vinyl as they do CDs except in audiophile cases. I think that is changing today and many companies do mix and master their vinyl different than they do their CDs but the "loudness was" still rages in the CD arena.
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jbwelda
.. its not really the medium that matters, its the music. For awhile CDs were being mastered way too hot and way too compressed and that drove me back to vinyl before I realized in most cases today they use the same masters to master vinyl as they do CDs except in audiophile cases. I think that is changing today and many companies do mix and master their vinyl different than they do their CDs but the "loudness was" still rages in the CD arena.
jb
Overly compressed mastering has been the biggest issue with all formats for a number of years now.
CDs can sound better than many folks give them credit for...but it all depends on the skills and decision making of the mastering engineers .
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Spud
CDs can sound better than many folks give them credit for...but it all depends on the skills and decision making of the mastering engineers .
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Javadave
Now is the time to buy them. It is very similar to the situation with vinyl in the early 1990s when it was devalued and there was a glut of good titles in great condition to be had for cheap. Many cd titles are no longer being manufactured and are now out of print, or only available as crappy manufactured on demand cd-r replicas. As good authentic cd copies become scarcer, prices will, and already have started to rise for them. My store sells a lot of cds still. They usually don't fetch the prices of the vinyl we sell, but they do sell. If a cd has quality, both in it's production and condition, it will remain viable.
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john lomax
Great question. My band (Fendahlene) has just completed our new album. We were originally just going to release on vinyl and spotify - but on reflection we decided to press CDs as well, for a number of reasons, ie:
- CDs are cheaper and people coming to gigs are probasbly more likely to buy a CD rather thn vinyl (if only for cost reasons);
- CDs are much cheaper to manufacture (especially these days);
- CDs sound better than streaming and I think its important to have a (relatively) cost-effective product that people without turntables can buy;
- A lot of people still have CD players ( whereas not everyone hass a turntable). Also many cars still have CD players....
So CDs aren't dead yet - so I convinced the band that we ned to press CDS as well as vinyl.
In temrs of my own experience - I stopped listeing to my CDs for a while and started buying only vinyl. My theory was that I would listen to vinyl on my hi fi, but would also listen to streaming on my Sonos system and in the car.
However, I recently put on a CD and it sounded fantastic (ie was Warpaint by the Black Crowes)....and so I have got back into listening to CDs again. As far as new releases are concerned- I was only buying vinyl but CDs are so much cheaper.....