How cheap are cd's at the moment?

[Wilts Hobbit]

Don't get me wrong i love my vinyl but cd's seem ridiculously good value for money at the moment, and have become my primary source at present. Went to a car boot sale today and brought 32 nearly immaculate discs for under £25, and that included one disc at £5 which was a brand new nin SACD, it worked out at 78p a cd 😁🙂

 

[Gray]

Don't get me wrong i love my vinyl but cd's seem ridiculously good value for money at the moment, and have become my primary source at present. Went to a car boot sale today and brought 32 nearly immaculate discs for under £25, and that included one disc at £5 which was a brand new nin SACD, it worked out at 78p a cd 😁🙂

CD is 40 years old this month, apparently.
Remember when they were the luxury purchase?
For quite a while in HMV, it's been vinyl that's the luxury (same album £5.99 / £29.99 I saw).

 

[jvlovesjazz]

If you are simply after content, then CDs - even SACDs- are the answer, especially at bargain prices.HOWEVER, if you are seeking incomparable warmth of reproduction IMHO there's still no alternative to vinyl.

 

[Edbostan]

Don't get me wrong i love my vinyl but cd's seem ridiculously good value for money at the moment, and have become my primary source at present. Went to a car boot sale today and brought 32 nearly immaculate discs for under £25, and that included one disc at £5 which was a brand new nin SACD, it worked out at 78p a cd 😁🙂

The price of new ones are rising.

 

[prince albert]

I buy from charity shops

 

[Friesiansam]

I buy Cds online and often buy used from reliable sources, like Music Magpie. My average spend is well below a tenner a disc.

 

[daytona600]

Tenner a month you can stream millions of Songs

 

[Dom]

Tenner a month you can stream millions of Songs

I think having the physical media forever is what draws most people to it. Rather paying for something that isn't yours.

 

[Al ears]

The price of new ones are rising.

Quite so. Perhaps it should read how cheap are second-hand CDs......

 

[Edbostan]

I think having the physical media forever is what draws most people to it. Rather paying for something that isn't yours.

I buy from charity shops

We have a very good Oxfam shop near us which has a large cd and vinyl collection

 

[twinkletoes]

Tenner a month you can stream millions of Songs

Which you need to keep paying for with nothing to show for it after the fact.
Not to mention artists can pull there content at any time I’ve come across a number of albums that are partially there or not there at all. Nightmare on wax, Metallica ,swifty to name but a few. There’s pro and cons to both.

I personally hate this rental culture, I have to do it with my adobe/3d design software it drives me nuts! though nothing to do with music but shows exactly what can happen, adobe after 20-25 years are pulling the Pantone colour books from there software, come November I’ll need to pay yet another subscription just get colour books with out it I can’t colour the artwork correctly for print and manufacture. It’s not an insubstantial amount either. If I “owned” the software it’s not somthing they would be able to do, not easily.

 

[Shildondurham]

I love a cd. Or a physical format. And especially a 2nd hand car boot/charity shop bargain and was always against streaming but the convenience of listening to millions of albums at the touch of a button is tremendous. I can listen to random fancies at leisure.
I always say it’s like having the keys to a record store for £10 a month. Especially with lossless. I use tidal now and very rarely buy a new cd.

 

[herring8]

I love CDs but players are getting rarer. My car used to be stuffed full of CDs but the current one doesnt have a CD player. A basic CD player at the likes of Richer is now > £300. Ive just had a Technics of mine fail and i've been trying to pick up a replacement on Ebay and the prices are jumping. i still have one Sony player but want another one

 

[herring8]

. Ive just had a Technics of mine fail

Im going to try and get it fixed at a local guy who sorted a Marantz amp for me - to be on safe side Ive got bids in on two players on Ebay

 

[Gray]

i still have one Sony player

I've just passed a CDP-561E on, but still have Philips and Marantz players.
Wouldn't want to be without a CDP...even though I mostly play FLAC rips of the discs via Pi / DAC.

 

[Al ears]

Im going to try and get it fixed at a local guy who sorted a Marantz amp for me - to be on safe side Ive got bids in on two players on Ebay

Any old bluray player will play CDs.....

 

[Al ears]

I love CDs but players are getting rarer. My car used to be stuffed full of CDs but the current one doesnt have a CD player. A basic CD player at the likes of Richer is now > £300. Ive just had a Technics of mine fail and i've been trying to pick up a replacement on Ebay and the prices are jumping. i still have one Sony player but want another one

There are actually two under £300 on RicherSounds, however if you are prepared to take your chances with a second hand one.......

 

[herring8]

There are actually two under £300 on RicherSounds, however if you are prepared to take your chances with a second hand one.......

Im thinking of trying the black Denon for 289 if i fail on ebay

 

[herring8]

Any old bluray player will play CDs.....

Hi - I never thought of that approach, i tried a few on amazon and they seemed to just have HDMI out - for my amps i need RCA outs

 

[Al ears]

Hi - I never thought of that approach, i tried a few on amazon and they seemed to just have HDMI out - for my amps i need RCA outs

Forgot to mention that....however many cheap Sony DVD and blue ray players do

 

[DIB]

I've noticed that the prices of new CDs have gone up in price at the merchandise stands at live gigs, well at least the handful I've been to recently. I'm not an arena person myself, I much prefer the small local gig, a tenner on the door type of thing. At a recent Eric Gales gig they were asking £20 for his latest CD, which could be had for £9.99 online. Last Saturday night it was £15 for a CD elsewhere at a different gig. I don't mind paying about a tenner for a CD after the show, but above that it's too much for me. Maybe I'm just tight?

 

[Greenwich_Man]

I have noticed that some CDs.
Generally some of the SACDs sound better than vinal.
But it's not always the case.

 

[12th Monkey]

At a recent Eric Gales gig they were asking £20 for his latest CD, which could be had for £9.99 online. Last Saturday night it was £15 for a CD elsewhere at a different gig. I don't mind paying about a tenner for a CD after the show, but above that it's too much for me.

You often get milked in situ - I think they are hoping you'll get carried away having seen the show. It's a bit like food/drink prices at motorway services in that you are a captive audience too.

 

[Al ears]

You often get milked in situ - I think they are hoping you'll get carried away having seen the show. It's a bit like food/drink prices at motorway services in that you are a captive audience too.

unless it's something special like a signed copy I avoid buying any sort of overpriced merchandise at shows.

 

[12th Monkey]

unless it's something special like a signed copy I avoid buying any sort of overpriced merchandise at shows.

I have some stuff obtained that way from comedy - Rich Hall and Stewart Lee, and all at RRP.