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Post by Jersey on Dec 1, 2008 18:01:35 GMT -5
So I've got something of a dilemma.
My CD collection- over the dozen moves I've made in the past fifteen years- has grown jagged and rag-tag. Lots of missing discs/cases. Doubles. Scratched up and unable to be played any more.
So my dilemma is this: do I hang on to the remaining four or five hundred discs I have- organized and neatly displayed on this big shelf that I'll really have to make room for in my new apartment? Or do I bite the bullet, buy another 100 gig external hard drive and rip them all into 1's and 0's- thereby having them in a nice, archived state ready to be played at any moment- but then discard of the discs somehow- only keeping the ones with real sentimental value?
What would you do?
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Post by toastie on Dec 1, 2008 18:03:22 GMT -5
I would have a digital version for my ipod and keep the discs to make your friends jealous that you filled up 2 shelves with Cds.
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Post by motörben on Dec 1, 2008 18:07:28 GMT -5
So I've got something of a dilemma. My CD collection- over the dozen moves I've made in the past fifteen years- has grown jagged and rag-tag. Lots of missing discs/cases. Doubles. Scratched up and unable to be played any more. So my dilemma is this: do I hang on to the remaining four or five hundred discs I have- organized and neatly displayed on this big shelf that I'll really have to make room for in my new apartment? Or do I bite the bullet, buy another 100 gig external hard drive and rip them all into 1's and 0's- thereby having them in a nice, archived state ready to be played at any moment- but then discard of the discs somehow- only keeping the ones with real sentimental value? What would you do? Rip 'em, box 'em, stick in someone's attic. You solve your current space issue and set yourself up for some tasty down-the-road nostalgia! |
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Post by 212margarita on Dec 1, 2008 18:07:38 GMT -5
always keep the discs, especially if they arent burned copies. It's worth it for the art alone.
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Post by kim on Dec 1, 2008 18:08:11 GMT -5
I keep digital versions with me for the ease of moving and the hard copies at my parents' house to drive them insane and ensure they don't give my bedroom away to the dog. Granted, this also put them at risk for my kid brother to claim as his, but that also ended up getting him into THS, so I guess it's a fair trade.
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Post by Sunny D on Dec 1, 2008 18:43:17 GMT -5
I would have a digital version for my ipod and keep the discs to make your friends jealous that you filled up 2 shelves with Cds. I do that. I shelve everything good on my computer, and then display them in my room. The shit CDs I throw in a drawer, to get rid of in the future. |
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Post by Jersey on Dec 1, 2008 19:04:32 GMT -5
Yeah- I think that sounds like it's gonna be the best bet. Rip them all to digital, archive and catalog it all and box up the majority of them and stick em in my parents attic.
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Post by stephanie on Dec 1, 2008 19:08:49 GMT -5
Aww. Everyone who rips their record collections and then stores the discs elsewhere makes the baby Jesus (by which I mean, me) cry. I live for my record collection (most recently pictured here). But I am a record fetishist, and everything I own came with me when I moved out on my 18th birthday. There isn't a lot in this life I love more than opening records and looking at all the artwork. It's all part of the experience! My favorite records' liner notes are all tattered and highlighted from being kept in my pockets at various junctures in life. How could you give that up? |
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Post by Sunny D on Dec 1, 2008 19:16:59 GMT -5
Aww. Everyone who rips their record collections and then stores the discs elsewhere makes the baby Jesus (by which I mean, me) cry. I live for my record collection (most recently pictured here). But I am a record fetishist, and everything I own came with me when I moved out on my 18th birthday. There isn't a lot in this life I love more than opening records and looking at all the artwork. It's all part of the experience! My favorite records' liner notes are all tattered and highlighted from being kept in my pockets at various junctures in life. How could you give that up? I display the CDs I own, and sometimes take them out to view them, so it's not like I just put them in some box in my basement or closet. It's good enough for me! |
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Post by Evan on Dec 1, 2008 19:59:12 GMT -5
always keep the discs, especially if they arent burned copies. It's worth it for the art alone. 100% agreed. Burned copies, you can probably do without for space reasons (all you have to do is burn another copy, if you really want one), but never ever get rid of album art. |
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Post by theblondette on Dec 1, 2008 20:51:15 GMT -5
CDs must go on display! Nice full CD racks are sexy. Plus I listen to the physical cds on my hifi downstairs anyway.
Even sexier than full cd racks, though, are full bookshelves. Mmmhmm.
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Post by Sunny D on Dec 1, 2008 21:13:12 GMT -5
CDs must go on display! Nice full CD racks are sexy. Plus I listen to the physical cds on my hifi downstairs anyway. Even sexier than full cd racks, though, are full bookshelves. Mmmhmm. And even SEXIER is a crate of vinyl. |
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Post by Jersey on Dec 1, 2008 22:35:52 GMT -5
And even sexier than all of that is all of this sexiness talk.
Grrrowl!
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Post by ct on Dec 1, 2008 22:37:45 GMT -5
CDs must go on display! Nice full CD racks are sexy. Plus I listen to the physical cds on my hifi downstairs anyway. Even sexier than full cd racks, though, are full bookshelves. Mmmhmm. And even SEXIER is a crate of vinyl. and even more sexier is a cabinet of reel to reel...... |
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Post by stephanie on Dec 1, 2008 23:29:00 GMT -5
I've only met a couple of boys with record collections bigger than mine.
Consider this a challenge.
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Post by Sunny D on Dec 2, 2008 0:01:54 GMT -5
And even SEXIER is a crate of vinyl. and even more sexier is a cabinet of reel to reel...... Oh my GOD!!! But I don't think many people reelly have those. |
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Post by ct on Dec 2, 2008 0:09:08 GMT -5
and even more sexier is a cabinet of reel to reel...... Oh my GOD!!! But I don't think many people reelly have those. ouch.....that was so bad that it's not punny one of my friend's dad has always been into high end audio and he really does have a cabinet of reel to reel.....plus crates albums and cd's.......we still aren't allowed to touch his audio equipment.... |
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Post by Sunny D on Dec 2, 2008 0:23:45 GMT -5
Oh my GOD!!! But I don't think many people reelly have those. ouch.....that was so bad that it's not punny one of my friend's dad has always been into high end audio and he really does have a cabinet of reel to reel.....plus crates albums and cd's.......we still aren't allowed to touch his audio equipment.... That's awesome! And I wish I knew what you meaned about it not being punny. |
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Post by Camie on Dec 2, 2008 0:37:19 GMT -5
 My dad is awesome for this wall. |
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Post by meoskop on Dec 2, 2008 1:17:05 GMT -5
CDs must go on display! Nice full CD racks are sexy. Plus I listen to the physical cds on my hifi downstairs anyway. Even sexier than full cd racks, though, are full bookshelves. Mmmhmm. And even SEXIER is a crate of vinyl. I really, really, really want to make a cylinders joke here - shellac just wouldn't do it, but I can't bring myself to ......... Dude, keep the cd's. I have a wall of them (sold my extensive lp collection to a welsh pal for a quarter in the 80's - think we both cried) Burn 'em and display 'em. |
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Post by Gotti on Dec 2, 2008 7:08:00 GMT -5
keep as many as you possibly can on display - walls look bare without them.
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Post by lilhan on Dec 2, 2008 7:51:25 GMT -5
i always display my music.
a wall of vinyl is gorgeous.
my wall of cds makes me smile.
i like a man who has LOADS of records.
i only know a couple of guys with a bigger record collection than me... but they have whole houses to store them in.
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Post by 212margarita on Dec 2, 2008 13:23:55 GMT -5
My dad is awesome for this wall. I will have dreams about that tonight...my vinyl collections is so tiny in comparison...but still very loved. |
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Post by Camie on Dec 2, 2008 19:01:30 GMT -5
I drool over that wall, seriously. I am so glad we have a working turntable now.
We are also getting another turn table that will let me record to my i-Pod.. win
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Post by shuffleitall on Dec 5, 2008 8:18:50 GMT -5
My dad is awesome for this wall. wow I wants it. To answer the question in this thread: Rip them to an external hard drive but DEFINITELY keep the real cd's. If they're missing the cases or are damaged you can put them in a box somewhere but don't throw them away... |
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