I decided that my having failed to understand the question suggested that I was a Luddite, so I voted for CD. [The fact that CDs sound better via my CD player than from HD via my PC's internal M-Audio Audiophile 192 soundcard had nothing to do with it].
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Andrew Everard:Not sure - I thought the point was that you just voted, rather than voting then telling us why you voted that way...
I'm for HDD. I tend to only play CDs once for ripping. But they're sooo fragile they keep getting scratched
I have to say I've never had a problem with a scratched CD, and I have several thousand, some of which go back to the early days of the format.
Andrew, I think it depends on how much of a muppet you are. I put my two favourite CDs into my pocket and jogged to a late appointment to hear the Spendor A6s. Both CDs were badly scratched when I arrived
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igglebert:Andrew, I think it depends on how much of a muppet you are. I put my two favourite CDs into my pocket and jogged to a late appointment to hear the Spendor A6s. Both CDs were badly scratched when I arrived
I don't scratch CDs either. Mind you I have lots of £20 notes too after buying a mains cable upgrade rather than a new amp.
i put cd, i use a cyrus cd6s and a chordette gem though none of my ripped music is at lossless so i dont know how the chordette would do against the cdp on a level playing field at a high bitrate, cdr,s i have burnt at say 192kps v streaming is very close though. i still like to buy cd's though and i dont download much, its like always having a full resoloution back up disk in case anything goes wrong so i guess thats why i voted cdp
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Despite efforts not to be, I am a luddite. The bulk of my listening is CD based although I still spend a healthy amount of time enjoying my vinyl collection. I am less inclined towards vinyl now, though, because my CD system actually sounds pretty analogue and natural so I'm really enjoying my big collection of silver spinners.
The vote is actually closer than I thought it would be. The fact that we are all sitting at a computer to view this forum might be biasing the result?
dcadogan:Pragmatically, it has to be HD as all my music is there in one spot.
Hmmm. Counting the hours to upload, the sparkup time, the fact that you chop and change without listening to full albums, it can only be CD.
Hmmm. Counting the hours to upload, the sparkup time, the fact that you chop and change without listening to full albums, it can only be CD.
CD for me, i just like the whole thing of buying them and picking them out of my collection, i know its sad but it could be a age thing.
nick46:CD for me, i just like the whole thing of buying them and picking them out of my collection, i know its sad but it could be a age thing.
I'm 29 and love being able to pick out a CD from the shelf, flicking through the booklet whilst listening. It's nice these days to get hold of information offline.
I'm 29 and love being able to pick out a CD from the shelf, flicking through the booklet whilst listening. It's nice these days to get hold of information offline.
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nick46:CD for me, i just like the whole thing of buying them and picking them out of my collection, i know its sad but it could be a age thing.
Totally agree with you Nick, one more vote for the good old fashioned CD.
Totally agree with you Nick, one more vote for the good old fashioned CD.
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daveh75:Why do they(CD & HDD) have to be mutually exclusive?
I use both!!!
Nah. I used to think that. You have to pick a side then throw rocks at the other lot.
Label the 'other lot' as iPod toting hoodies or old Grandads with their quaint 'legacy' gear.
If it doesn't accept your mobile telephone as a remote control device (and source) then it's 'legacy', and the grandads/luddites/dinosaurs will say that if you don't have to load a disc in a drawer and walk back to the chair, then it's all compressed MP3 digital c##p. (CD adherents often hint at it's warmth and 'analogue' qualities and conveniently dodge the fact that everything they listen to comes through a DAC at the same time as labelling the opposition's preferred sources with the perjorative.. "digital"!)
To any really old fossils (like me) who remember the post 1983 'CD vs Vinyl' battles - in the magazines of the time - the terminology is almost identical and the outcome will be too.
Give it 20 years and Nanotechnology brain implants (or more likely an iNeured dock/tranceiver located on the forehead*) will be battling it out with old fogeys who won't let go of their virtual HDDs and refuse to let Currys Digital staff drill holes in their head.
*Exciting times ahead when advertising can be transmitted into your dreams and you will be able to 'work from sleep' to remain twice as productive to your employer. The most popular 'downloads' will probably be happy memories that can be lived out in full sensory consciousness. (Whether they are actually yours or not will be a minor philosophical pothole on the road to enormous wealth for someone.)
Good wine this.
I use both!!!
Nah. I used to think that. You have to pick a side then throw rocks at the other lot.
Label the 'other lot' as iPod toting hoodies or old Grandads with their quaint 'legacy' gear.
If it doesn't accept your mobile telephone as a remote control device (and source) then it's 'legacy', and the grandads/luddites/dinosaurs will say that if you don't have to load a disc in a drawer and walk back to the chair, then it's all compressed MP3 digital c##p. (CD adherents often hint at it's warmth and 'analogue' qualities and conveniently dodge the fact that everything they listen to comes through a DAC at the same time as labelling the opposition's preferred sources with the perjorative.. "digital"!)
To any really old fossils (like me) who remember the post 1983 'CD vs Vinyl' battles - in the magazines of the time - the terminology is almost identical and the outcome will be too.
Give it 20 years and Nanotechnology brain implants (or more likely an iNeured dock/tranceiver located on the forehead*) will be battling it out with old fogeys who won't let go of their virtual HDDs and refuse to let Currys Digital staff drill holes in their head.
*Exciting times ahead when advertising can be transmitted into your dreams and you will be able to 'work from sleep' to remain twice as productive to your employer. The most popular 'downloads' will probably be happy memories that can be lived out in full sensory consciousness. (Whether they are actually yours or not will be a minor philosophical pothole on the road to enormous wealth for someone.)
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daveh75:
Why do they(CD & HDD) have to be mutually exclusive?
I use both!!!
I use both too, but voted for CD because, when it comes to actually sitting down and properly listening to music, I still prefer CD.
Why do they(CD & HDD) have to be mutually exclusive?
I use both!!!
I use both too, but voted for CD because, when it comes to actually sitting down and properly listening to music, I still prefer CD.
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Rough usage stats for my main system:
HDD (MacMini) - 50hrs a month
Analogue records - 10hrs a month
CD (Arcam) - 1hr in six months. And that was so my daughter could play her new JLS CD (not going to sully my iTunes with that one) while having lunch.
You can probably guess which way I voted...
HDD (MacMini) - 50hrs a month
Analogue records - 10hrs a month
CD (Arcam) - 1hr in six months. And that was so my daughter could play her new JLS CD (not going to sully my iTunes with that one) while having lunch.
You can probably guess which way I voted...
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