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Post by fatfingerjohn on Jul 21, 2014 14:36:04 GMT
Having followed the Richard Thompson thread and listened to some snippets via Amazon I'm interested to know how different people buy their recordings. Whilst the RT Acoustic CD will have a different feel on many of the songs because they do not have backing from band or other vocalists, the CD nevertheless is mainly made up of songs I already have on other RT/LT CDs; there are a couple of exceptions.
If you want the whole CD (legally I hope!) then how do you buy? I guess it depends on what output device you are normally using. My main device will be my car music system as this is where I listen most. The quality is pretty good; certainly perfectly OK for me. (I also listen a fair amount on my laptop whilst doing other things on the computer).
So, my normal method is .... buy CD; download to laptop; copy from laptop to SD card (which plays in my car). I then have the recording available in 3 forms/locations. It only takes about 5 minutes to do this.
99% of the time I will then never use the CD again.
So, I guess in future I will simply buy the CD songs as mp3 downloads; I see for instance the RT CD is generally £2 cheaper as a download than the CD is. I have also started more to buy individual tracks that I like from CDs; most CDs probably have a fair proportion of tracks which I wouldn't listen to much; so that reduces the cost further. Only disadvantage is I can't physically take the CD with me somewhere else.
(I also buy quite a few CDs 2nd hand via Amazon and haven't had a bad one yet).
What do you do?
Regards
John
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Post by scorpiodog on Jul 21, 2014 14:44:50 GMT
I'll usually buy a cd, new, but sometimes 2nd hand from a charity shop or car boot sale. Copy it to iTunes, then it's available everywhere except my car, and I have a selection of cds in the car on an autochanger. But most of my cds are unused. I do have a cd player at home, but it's in a box after moving last November and I haven't set it up yet!
Occasionally I'll buy an iTunes download, but not often.
Not used Spotify or other streaming service. I sometimes listen to Soundcloud, particularly when I'm learning a new tune to see how others have interpreted it. Youtube is usually listened to (and less often watched) at work.
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Post by 007 on Jul 21, 2014 14:46:25 GMT
Firstly I am still a CD fan as well as plastic. I have a good separates system a Linn deck and a Creek amp I also have a Nakamichi Dragon tape deck which I picked up for a song on ebay. If I buy the plastic I will buy from an independent record store(getting more difficult to find i know} I won't buy from Amazon, but there are a lot of other cheeper sites. I also use Grooveshark to listen to music to when I am on the laptop and I borrow CD's from the Notts library service as they have a very varied selection and they will pay royalties to the artistes.I don't do MP3 downloads but I do do what FFJ does and copy stuff around.
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Post by Martin on Jul 21, 2014 14:46:54 GMT
These days, usually I buy the CD from Amazon, who will now allow you to download a free MP3 copy as well, or even just play the music you've bought straight from thir website.
I feel a bit funny about buying MP3s on their own - it feels very insubstantial, and I prefer the CD.
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Post by walkingdecay on Jul 21, 2014 15:26:35 GMT
Good audio quality is important to me, so I buy on CD and vinyl, plus some concerts and albums in FLAC format that are available through livedownloads.com. I've also re-bought many CDs in remastered form because the bitrates on the format have improved in recent years, such that the graininess of all those ones and zeros going by is less obvious.
I do sometimes rip to MP3 and listen remotely, though much less so now I've finished work. I liken the MP3 experience to listening to music on an old transistor radio - the shape of the tune may be there, the instrumentation may be suggested, but much else is lacking.
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Post by missclarktree on Jul 21, 2014 17:26:40 GMT
Call me old-fashioned (again) but I still prefer CD's. MP3 is fine for background music but for proper listening I prefer normal CD's. I always use copies in the car in case they get damaged in the heat. My son gave me his old ipod but I never use it. It's frustrating to record onto, hard to navigate, and to control the volume and all that. I also use minidiscs quite a bit. It's easier to copy CD tracks onto a minidisc than onto another CD via the computer. It's a shame they've died out really.
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Post by vikingblues on Jul 21, 2014 22:07:43 GMT
I'm another CD rather than mp3 buyer. I like the physical aspect of the purchase. Plus I'm not over keen on mp3 quality if the playback system is any good. I have an mp3 player but don't use it very much. I get irritated with all these sync systems between devices when transferring mp3s - so I switch them off to manual where possible and use copy and paste - I also dislike the way media players try to arrange things in ways I do not like or understand. Damn all computers that try to think for you. All that also puts me off mp3s. CDs I get are often from Amazon - no local shops that have anything much but the popular chart based music. Took me a while to accept CDs when they first came in - was a fan of vinyl and while not going the whole hog like Paul with a Linn I did have a decent Rega Planar 3 deck, NAD 3020 amp, and Linn Kan speakers. A poor mans substitute for quality Hi-Fi! The speakers are still going strong nearly 40 years later (wish I was ). Mark
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Post by alexkirtley on Jul 21, 2014 22:59:22 GMT
Everything I buy is on Vinyl, 78 or cylinder
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Post by Phil Taylor on Jul 22, 2014 7:25:52 GMT
I like to have a CD but do change them into other formats for listening most of the time. I use the Amazon RIP as well when possible. Having said that when we recently moved we found that we had over 600 cd's and when you downsize space is an issue so I have considered just downloads - probably a step too far for us since we like others have said we fear we will miss having the cover etc.
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Post by walkingdecay on Jul 22, 2014 12:27:11 GMT
Everything I buy is on Vinyl, 78 or cylinder Wot? No wire recordings or 8-tracks?
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Post by creamburmese on Jul 22, 2014 14:24:48 GMT
I'm the exception - all electronic - I use Pandora, Spotify, and Amazon streaming, download MP3's (or the upgraded download, whatever that is) from ITunes, and listen to UK radio stations via TuneinRadio Can't remember the last time I cranked up the CD player and my (large) CD collection has dust all over it. However I have ripped most of it onto the computer (and hence the iPhone).
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