I love physical media, life long music fan here. I’m 53, and there are only 4 artists that I will buy physical media of today. Combination of lack of room and insane prices. Mainly I stream and buy the mp3 of the ones I like. I can listen to music while I work and I love having my nearly 7000 songs on my iPod in the palm of my hand!
I am on board with that! Here is another idea! The industry should give a grammy for physical sales like the old days. Pre orderred vinyl.... The artist should lterrally have a two month pre order window of physical viny available, like Taylor swift.... No radio or internet play what so ever... coded to be un playable
Never streamed anything, have always as had vinyl and cd. Love to go record rummaging as you never know what you'll find. As long as pricing remains affordable these formats will grow.
vinyl prices are at a peak and frankly I'm struggling at finding a decent price to records in my hometown store and eventually buying online. and in accordance, my purchases has declined lately...
You're absolutely right they've devalued. Music.... And because of this, nobody's really producing the quality music they were in the past because they could do it basically for free
It has several times, though. Wax cylinders, 78’s, 45’s, 8-track, cassettes, CD’s, VHS, DVD, etc. When you commit information to a piece of physical media, you are hoping the technology to retrieve that information will be around forever. History has proven that is not the case. All platforms have pros and cons. But, one is not necessarily “better” than another. There are only preferences.
@@terrydrums of the eight formats you list, new players can be purchased today for five of them. New content is available on at least two. So not dead. As someone who resurrects defective CD players, I can confidently say the machines will outlive me! By the way, CD’s may not have grossed as much as vinyl sales in the UK last year, but in units sold the CD is the clear winner. In Germany, the CD market wins by miles. So, definitely not dead.
Let’s keep supporting cds 💿 and records and bring back physical media I suspect a cd 💿 revival next year 2025 to come back like records I have hope that 1 day Music stores will come back I still have Aomeba records in Hollywood thank god for that 🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️📀📀📀💿💿💽💽💽
I still buy CDs and Vinyl and even digital files from the artists through Bandcamp. I agree there is an emotional attachment to the music you buy. I do though use streaming services as I could not afford to buy all the music I love. Also for me, I listen to albums rather than singles and playlists. I like the vibe of whole albums.
Thanks Darrell. Bandcamp is a great source for sure. I too try to seek albums when I do stream music as the craft of compiling an album is something I value a lot. Happy listening.
I think this might be where I’m moving towards now. I’ve tried the Spotify thing, the streaming with Lossless and whatnot thing and my attention span just kept getting worse and worse no matter how good the service might be. Loss of ownership is also something I realized recently, many albums and songs get pulled off frequently (remember when we lost Loveless for a year and a half from streaming?) I think keeping a free Spotify account and RUclips for the odd hard-to-find song is a good idea, otherwise digital files, CDs and Vinyl are still best. Great video!
The main point for me is that artists are getting ripped off by streaming. Until a few years ago, I had a Pandora account, but then cancelled it, don't stream at all. I have purchased digital-only files, but mainly buy vinyl, and if I have to CDs and even cassettes. Mostly from Bandcamp, so artists get as much of my money as possible. I. certainly have a digital library for on the go, but all backed up actual sound carriers.
Yea, the deal artists get with streaming is very poor. If you're a huge global artist, it's not so much of an issue, but for the smaller independent or up-and-coming artists, it's basically useless.
Seriously you should start some sort of a movement call it call it global vinyl week. Have people absolutely not stream a single thing digitally for a weekend for Saturday and Sunday they can attend Live events or listen to vinyl. Anything that's not on the internet and see what kind of a dent just two days might take out of their revenue.....
I decided that I didn’t want to rent the music I love anymore. I’ll still stream music for work or to find something new but if I Love what I hear and can listen to the whole album without skipping a song… I get the vinyl lol
Interesting analogy. Period properties are purchased by the well heeled primarily as a status symbol, are you suggesting that buying vinyl is the. same?
Streaming is radio with enhancements. I can't haul my vinyl around, I will not ever use a CD again as that format almost killed what I love. So when I'm out an about, when I'm working a project and it's not at all convenient to flip records ...its streaming...the new radio. M
Thank you for generating discussion about this topic. I love playing LPs from the 70s and early 80s. I play generally play CDs for more recent music. Like you, I have been through changes/ moves in my life. I regret music that I have lost. I don’t find that streamed music is the same quality as my physical stuff and it totally lacks the experience of physically playing music. That said, please listen to music however it suits you! Of course!
I will NEVER choose a streaming service over my physical media. For a whole plethora of reasons - artist support, convenience, quality of sound, OWNING your music being on the top of the list.
And u have ur cds 💿 and records forever and support the artist 💽📀📀🤘🤘 streaming u only own a cell phone 😅😅😅lazyyy cheap streamers will never understand that
The problem I have with streaming and you touched on it and I think you have it backwards , sure it’s “cheap” if you’re making use of it, but in terms of ownership it makes absolutely no financial sense at all. Now don’t get me wrong, it’s nice have all the music at your fingertips but let be honest how many of actually go out of our comfort zones and listen to truly new things? We stick with our 1-2% bubble and stay there! Even Spotify will do this for you to the point that it actually gets a little tiresome. Sometime it feel like you just listen to that. Anyhow, streaming is worst deal in hi fi history made to like a great deal. Renting is not good financially. I’d rather buy the physical copy and keep it, but then I have the same attitude to drinking your literally pissing it up the wall.
Hi. Good evening dear 💐. Yes I strongly feel that Vnyle's clarity is always above all formats. Also 78 RPM records too give strong clarity and good sound effect 👍
Vinyl is a "been there, done that and good riddance" deal for me (and now the prices are insane) but I'm definitely into CD revival. Expecting power cuts this winter, my Discman is ready.
If we're talking about the "listening experience," streaming will never give us what it was like to drop the needle on a 45 (which was even cooler than dropping that same needle on an LP, which was never as cool as watching the drop on a jukebox). There was a magic in vinyl and in reel-to-reel that is lost in digital. But if we're talking about sound, I've yet to see any proof that dragging a piece of metal across grooves in vinyl is any match for the crystal clarity of digital. I get that the analog waveform is only being sampled in digital, but it's being mercilessly sampled to the point of overkill - without cracks, pops, wow and flutter, without the compromises necessary to keep a needle from dancing straight off the record. It's not the dazzle dazzle of early vinyl but it's second-to-none when it comes to sound reproduction - which I'm glad for because streaming is just so much easier to manage. I can take my music anywhere while doing practically anything. Even if I thought vinyl sounded better, I'd still have to go with streaming for the convenience, where I can sit on a bus and listen to every song ever made, pause it, rewind it, and listen to it again. But I haven't heard the proof that vinyl is better. It's fun, maybe more fun, but not better.
That bit about metal scraping on plastic was just a trolling comment. I actually enjoy Spotify's suggestions after listening to a track or album. I have found many bands I never would have otherwise discovered by letting some of those algorithms roll. Sometimes I will find the band's website and then buy a vinyl record of theirs
Oh yea, those suggestions definitely have their place. I like to combine it with the more traditional discovery routes for the best of both. Definitely, these things don't have to be binary :) What's your latest discovery that you've been really pleased to find?
I quit streaming a while back because a certain Devo album was not available so ive started collecting CD’s I only use apple music for listening to my CD rips and i stream albums ive never heard before so i know if they’re worth buying or not
I still buy physical media all the time. Be it cds, videos games, vinyl, ect. I've never stopped using physical media in the 43 years I've been on this earth. I'm still playing my PS2 games I've gotten in my 20ths and there is nothing more enjoyable than sitting down and listen too a record of a favorite piece of classical music. Also you don't have to fear something you love will disappear out of your collection, because someone else has determined that that piece of music, or a episode of tv serie you have enjoyed isn't suitable for this day and age anymore.
Nearly everyone I know stream on Spotify. My best friend is the only one I know that buys his music on iTunes. My friends think I'm daft for buying cds and vinyl
I find streaming is just rubbish. Your have to listen to the worst source material from poor quality masters to loudness wars. If I'm an Audiophile, I'm always playing the best source for the songs or artists That I listen to.
Ima cds 💿 seller on 2024 and ima keep buying cds and selling them to support our favorite artist 👩🎨 🖐️🖐️🖐️physical media forever cds and records better sound quality u own the music no internet and support the Artist 🧑🎨 Streaming is garbage 🤮🤮🤢🤮🤢🤢🤮 and poor sound quality and keep paying not to own anything 😅😅😅😅
Hi,new subscriber, great channel and great content,jim a heavy metal fan,have been since I was 15 now 58,I sold my vinyl collection back in the mid 90s,got back into vinyl a couple of years ago, what's your thoughts on New vinyl compared to vinyl from say the 1980s,I've got a friend who won't buy New vinyl because it's too clean,I buy old and new.regards Graham watching from Shropshire.
Hi Graham. Thanks for your comment and I'm glad you like the channel. I buy both new and old vinyl. There can be some frustrating quality control issues with new vinyl from time-to-time, but in very recent years, I'd say it's improved a little. Some pressing plants are better than others. 60s vinyl I find to be superb! Happy spinning.
This is a whole lot of wishful thinking. And that's coming from someone who never streams. Streaming is for normies, but there's a whole lot more of them than there are of us and that's never going to change.
Thank god for my bookshelves it looks so cool having my own blockbuster and music store in my room 👍👍👍 was a stream 😅😅 oh I forgot to me it never exist only my cds 💿 blue rays and DVDs 📀 🙌🙌🙌Physicsl medisl forever
It been took over 😅all the stores sells records know cause people are buying them like crazy next I want cds 💿 to have a revival let’s pray 🙏 it happens for 2025 🙌💽💽👍📀💿💿🖐️🤘😊
I've gone through different phases of music throughout the years. I have thousands of songs on my iTunes and hundreds of CDs but I do love what streaming offers! I've found some amazing bands through spotify that I don't think I would have otherwise that I've spent countless hours listening to and then went and bought the vinyl or cd. However, there have also been some artists that only ever released 2 or 3 songs that I absolutely adore that I would have no other way to listen to other than streaming. It's a blend of both for me.
I only use Spotify for reference purposes, if I’m at a record fare and before buying vinyl I know little about but like the cover. I then check it out on Spotify…..👍
I loved streaming when I listened through the Rolling Stone 500 greatest albums list. But I still prefer my iPod for when I’m listening to music for enjoyment.
Physical media for me. I collect vinyl, CD, videogames, books, comics, DVDs, Blue-rays, and cassettes.
streaming can be so annoying these days. plus you do not own any of it. CDs for the quality, Vinyl for the experience!
I love physical media, life long music fan here. I’m 53, and there are only 4 artists that I will buy physical media of today. Combination of lack of room and insane prices. Mainly I stream and buy the mp3 of the ones I like. I can listen to music while I work and I love having my nearly 7000 songs on my iPod in the palm of my hand!
I am on board with that!
Here is another idea!
The industry should give a grammy for physical sales like the old days.
Pre orderred vinyl.... The artist should lterrally have a two month pre order window of physical viny available, like Taylor swift.... No radio or internet play what so ever... coded to be un playable
Never streamed anything, have always as had vinyl and cd. Love to go record rummaging as you never know what you'll find. As long as pricing remains affordable these formats will grow.
vinyl prices are at a peak and frankly I'm struggling at finding a decent price to records in my hometown store and eventually buying online.
and in accordance, my purchases has declined lately...
You're absolutely right they've devalued. Music.... And because of this, nobody's really producing the quality music they were in the past because they could do it basically for free
Physical Media will never die.
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It has several times, though. Wax cylinders, 78’s, 45’s, 8-track, cassettes, CD’s, VHS, DVD, etc. When you commit information to a piece of physical media, you are hoping the technology to retrieve that information will be around forever. History has proven that is not the case. All platforms have pros and cons. But, one is not necessarily “better” than another. There are only preferences.
@@terrydrums of the eight formats you list, new players can be purchased today for five of them. New content is available on at least two. So not dead. As someone who resurrects defective CD players, I can confidently say the machines will outlive me!
By the way, CD’s may not have grossed as much as vinyl sales in the UK last year, but in units sold the CD is the clear winner. In Germany, the CD market wins by miles. So, definitely not dead.
Yes Amazon sells cd 💿 transports for new cars so problems solved no more excuses My car don’t got cd player 😅😅😅😅
I never messed with streaming (aka renting music!) My physical & digital music archive still serve me well, plus I actually own it!
There's a lot to be said for owning it. Many albums haven't made it on to streaming in the first place, or have tracks missing
@@soundmatters Amen. Plus I don’t want the algorithm tracking what or when I listen to music. Technology is too intrusive now.
Let’s keep supporting cds 💿 and records and bring back physical media I suspect a cd 💿 revival next year 2025 to come back like records I have hope that 1 day Music stores will come back I still have Aomeba records in Hollywood thank god for that 🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️📀📀📀💿💿💽💽💽
I I'm a professional musician.
I can't stand Apple music, Spotify etc.
We're going to release a vinyl LP and sell it at shows
They simply don’t pay well. Rough deal for artists
@@soundmatters 100 percent.
It's like artists are hostages held for ransom.
I still buy CDs and Vinyl and even digital files from the artists through Bandcamp. I agree there is an emotional attachment to the music you buy. I do though use streaming services as I could not afford to buy all the music I love. Also for me, I listen to albums rather than singles and playlists. I like the vibe of whole albums.
Thanks Darrell. Bandcamp is a great source for sure. I too try to seek albums when I do stream music as the craft of compiling an album is something I value a lot. Happy listening.
I think this might be where I’m moving towards now. I’ve tried the Spotify thing, the streaming with Lossless and whatnot thing and my attention span just kept getting worse and worse no matter how good the service might be. Loss of ownership is also something I realized recently, many albums and songs get pulled off frequently (remember when we lost Loveless for a year and a half from streaming?) I think keeping a free Spotify account and RUclips for the odd hard-to-find song is a good idea, otherwise digital files, CDs and Vinyl are still best. Great video!
Thanks for watching Jose and for sharing your experiences here. Enjoy the music and building your collection 🎶
The main point for me is that artists are getting ripped off by streaming. Until a few years ago, I had a Pandora account, but then cancelled it, don't stream at all. I have purchased digital-only files, but mainly buy vinyl, and if I have to CDs and even cassettes. Mostly from Bandcamp, so artists get as much of my money as possible. I. certainly have a digital library for on the go, but all backed up actual sound carriers.
Yea, the deal artists get with streaming is very poor. If you're a huge global artist, it's not so much of an issue, but for the smaller independent or up-and-coming artists, it's basically useless.
Seriously you should start some sort of a movement call it call it global vinyl week.
Have people absolutely not stream a single thing digitally for a weekend for Saturday and Sunday they can attend Live events or listen to vinyl. Anything that's not on the internet and see what kind of a dent just two days might take out of their revenue.....
That’s an interesting idea… a vinyl only day (or weekend). Or any other physical medium for that matter
@@soundmattersstill waiting for this.
I decided that I didn’t want to rent the music I love anymore. I’ll still stream music for work or to find something new but if I Love what I hear and can listen to the whole album without skipping a song… I get the vinyl lol
Excellent to hear! Enjoy the music and welcome back to owning the music that matters most to you!
Interesting analogy. Period properties are purchased by the well heeled primarily as a status symbol, are you suggesting that buying vinyl is the. same?
Streaming is radio with enhancements. I can't haul my vinyl around, I will not ever use a CD again as that format almost killed what I love. So when I'm out an about, when I'm working a project and it's not at all convenient to flip records ...its streaming...the new radio. M
Thank you for generating discussion about this topic. I love playing LPs from the 70s and early 80s. I play generally play CDs for more recent music. Like you, I have been through changes/ moves in my life. I regret music that I have lost. I don’t find that streamed music is the same quality as my physical stuff and it totally lacks the experience of physically playing music. That said, please listen to music however it suits you! Of course!
I will NEVER choose a streaming service over my physical media. For a whole plethora of reasons - artist support, convenience, quality of sound, OWNING your music being on the top of the list.
And u have ur cds 💿 and records forever and support the artist 💽📀📀🤘🤘 streaming u only own a cell phone 😅😅😅lazyyy cheap streamers will never understand that
The problem I have with streaming and you touched on it and I think you have it backwards , sure it’s “cheap” if you’re making use of it, but in terms of ownership it makes absolutely no financial sense at all. Now don’t get me wrong, it’s nice have all the music at your fingertips but let be honest how many of actually go out of our comfort zones and listen to truly new things? We stick with our 1-2% bubble and stay there! Even Spotify will do this for you to the point that it actually gets a little tiresome. Sometime it feel like you just listen to that. Anyhow, streaming is worst deal in hi fi history made to like a great deal. Renting is not good financially. I’d rather buy the physical copy and keep it, but then I have the same attitude to drinking your literally pissing it up the wall.
Amen let’s keep buying cds and records and keep physical media alive 📀📀📀💿💽💽🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘😊
Streaming is a scam, I lost a lot of songs from I tunes I paid for . When contacting Apple, like always , there’s nothing they can do.....
Own the music you love 🎶
Hi. Good evening dear 💐. Yes I strongly feel that Vnyle's clarity is always above all formats.
Also 78 RPM records too give strong clarity and good sound effect 👍
Vinyl is a "been there, done that and good riddance" deal for me (and now the prices are insane) but I'm definitely into CD revival. Expecting power cuts this winter, my Discman is ready.
A Discman at the ready sounds like a good idea. I still love CDs too. Happy listening. Fingers crossed on the energy situation.
@@soundmattersI want a cd 💿 revival in 2025 I have Sony cd 💿 players to back me up so I’m ready also brooooo
If we're talking about the "listening experience," streaming will never give us what it was like to drop the needle on a 45 (which was even cooler than dropping that same needle on an LP, which was never as cool as watching the drop on a jukebox). There was a magic in vinyl and in reel-to-reel that is lost in digital.
But if we're talking about sound, I've yet to see any proof that dragging a piece of metal across grooves in vinyl is any match for the crystal clarity of digital. I get that the analog waveform is only being sampled in digital, but it's being mercilessly sampled to the point of overkill - without cracks, pops, wow and flutter, without the compromises necessary to keep a needle from dancing straight off the record.
It's not the dazzle dazzle of early vinyl but it's second-to-none when it comes to sound reproduction - which I'm glad for because streaming is just so much easier to manage. I can take my music anywhere while doing practically anything.
Even if I thought vinyl sounded better, I'd still have to go with streaming for the convenience, where I can sit on a bus and listen to every song ever made, pause it, rewind it, and listen to it again. But I haven't heard the proof that vinyl is better. It's fun, maybe more fun, but not better.
That bit about metal scraping on plastic was just a trolling comment. I actually enjoy Spotify's suggestions after listening to a track or album. I have found many bands I never would have otherwise discovered by letting some of those algorithms roll. Sometimes I will find the band's website and then buy a vinyl record of theirs
Oh yea, those suggestions definitely have their place. I like to combine it with the more traditional discovery routes for the best of both. Definitely, these things don't have to be binary :)
What's your latest discovery that you've been really pleased to find?
I quit streaming a while back because a certain Devo album was not available so ive started collecting CD’s
I only use apple music for listening to my CD rips and i stream albums ive never heard before so i know if they’re worth buying or not
I still buy physical media all the time. Be it cds, videos games, vinyl, ect. I've never stopped using physical media in the 43 years I've been on this earth. I'm still playing my PS2 games I've gotten in my 20ths and there is nothing more enjoyable than sitting down and listen too a record of a favorite piece of classical music. Also you don't have to fear something you love will disappear out of your collection, because someone else has determined that that piece of music, or a episode of tv serie you have enjoyed isn't suitable for this day and age anymore.
Nearly everyone I know stream on Spotify. My best friend is the only one I know that buys his music on iTunes. My friends think I'm daft for buying cds and vinyl
Ur cool a person cause cds 💿 have better sound quality and u own the records and cds 💿 the lazyyyy streamers will never understand that 😅😅😅😅😅
I find streaming is just rubbish. Your have to listen to the worst source material from poor quality masters to loudness wars. If I'm an Audiophile, I'm always playing the best source for the songs or artists That I listen to.
I find Tidal is better for mastering quality than some of the others, but I'll always prefer owning a nice physical copy :) - Happy spinning
Ima cds 💿 seller on 2024 and ima keep buying cds and selling them to support our favorite artist 👩🎨 🖐️🖐️🖐️physical media forever cds and records better sound quality u own the music no internet and support the Artist 🧑🎨 Streaming is garbage 🤮🤮🤢🤮🤢🤢🤮 and poor sound quality and keep paying not to own anything 😅😅😅😅
When I listen to music, I'm surrounded by 350 of my closest friends, The albums I've purchased over 50 years.
Hi,new subscriber, great channel and great content,jim a heavy metal fan,have been since I was 15 now 58,I sold my vinyl collection back in the mid 90s,got back into vinyl a couple of years ago, what's your thoughts on New vinyl compared to vinyl from say the 1980s,I've got a friend who won't buy New vinyl because it's too clean,I buy old and new.regards Graham watching from Shropshire.
Hi Graham. Thanks for your comment and I'm glad you like the channel. I buy both new and old vinyl. There can be some frustrating quality control issues with new vinyl from time-to-time, but in very recent years, I'd say it's improved a little. Some pressing plants are better than others.
60s vinyl I find to be superb! Happy spinning.
@@soundmatters thanks for your reply regards Graham 👍
This is a whole lot of wishful thinking. And that's coming from someone who never streams. Streaming is for normies, but there's a whole lot more of them than there are of us and that's never going to change.
Streaming is a trap. It does not mean real owning of music.
Thank god for my bookshelves it looks so cool having my own blockbuster and music store in my room 👍👍👍 was a stream 😅😅 oh I forgot to me it never exist only my cds 💿 blue rays and DVDs 📀 🙌🙌🙌Physicsl medisl forever
Vinyl is like real ale. It's for the discerning consumer, a minority group interested in a craft product, but will probably never go away.
I also like real ale :)
yeah that like just your opinion men..
I really hope vinyl takes over
It been took over 😅all the stores sells records know cause people are buying them like crazy next I want cds 💿 to have a revival let’s pray 🙏 it happens for 2025 🙌💽💽👍📀💿💿🖐️🤘😊
It already has. Do you live in the world?
@@RobertQuant I want them to completely take over
@@thiscorrosion3843 I want them to completely take over
@@thiscorrosion3843 of course just cause streaming is popular dosent make it better Depending we’re u live
I've gone through different phases of music throughout the years. I have thousands of songs on my iTunes and hundreds of CDs but I do love what streaming offers! I've found some amazing bands through spotify that I don't think I would have otherwise that I've spent countless hours listening to and then went and bought the vinyl or cd. However, there have also been some artists that only ever released 2 or 3 songs that I absolutely adore that I would have no other way to listen to other than streaming. It's a blend of both for me.
Streaming is garbage 🗑️ period 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤢🤢🤢🤢
I only use Spotify for reference purposes, if I’m at a record fare and before buying vinyl I know little about but like the cover. I then check it out on Spotify…..👍
I loved streaming when I listened through the Rolling Stone 500 greatest albums list.
But I still prefer my iPod for when I’m listening to music for enjoyment.
To compare, I use Qobuz, before buying my most preferred vinyl result.
I wonder whether there are any other generation Z people who think like this, because I fear the most young people will keep streaming…
I see a lot of records fans no shade as long as is physical media were good ima cd 💿 guy though 👍👍👍💽💽📀📀
Completely agree. When you were talking about the abundance of choice, this sprung to mind: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paradox_of_Choice
Choice paralysis: 💯