@@Memoryman12367 yes, cds have better signal to noise ratio, dynamic range, wow and flutter is unmeasurable. Records can have severe wow if pressed off center and you need a good turntable that locks in at the right speed. None of these issues occur with CD!
The CD was the first and still the best overall audio recording (by a recording studio) that the consumer can buy and keep with virtually no wear and tear (if done properly). I bought my first CD on 29 December 1985. It was a Beach Boys CD and it still plays like it was recorded yesterday. Wow, after 36 years it still plays like a charm.
@@ericdaniel323 indeed. Worth paying money for . Bat of hell cover got me into buying music and art . And sometimes you even get the lyrics. Or a simple thank you from the artist .
CDs don’t last as long as you think. My dad had a huge CD collection and he had to get rid of most because they started skipping (some weren’t even scratched) in any CD player. Every CD I see immediately gets either transferred to PC or to tape Oh yeah and the ones that didn't scratch turned yellow on the edges
@@RealEpikCartfrenYT I can’t speak to your fathers collection, and I probably haven’t been collecting for as long as him, but I still have stacks of CDs I bought in the early 90’s in regular rotation and, excepting a few that got scratched or broken, they sound just like the day I bought them. I have records older than that of course, and they mostly sound great too, but they require more care. There is basically no difference between a clean and a dirty CD, but the same is not true for vinyl.
Honestly, I've always preferred music on CDs to any other format. The sound is just better than on vinyl, cassette and mp3. You can also easily skip to or repeat any song you want, and fast forward or rewind with unrivalled precision. No need to constantly get up to flip or turnover the compact disc like you usually have to with vinyl records and cassettes. Furthermore, you can rip music from CDs onto your computer so it can then be uploaded online or burned onto a CD-R or data CD for physical sharing. When you own a CD, moreover, you own an actual physical copy of the musical work rather than temporary online access to a stream of it. All of this makes the lucrative streaming services unnecessary, which I suspect is the real reason why there is a lack of enthusiasm among music industry executives for the revival of compact discs. The only drawbacks to CDs are that you have to take care not to scratch them (which is simple to do if you just keep them in the jewel case), and the artwork and liner notes typically aren't as detailed as on vinyl. CDs for the win!
yeah man, but sadly the so called Loudness War and overuse of de-noise filters have given compact discs, and digital audio in general, a bad name which they do not deserve if recorded, mixed and mastered properly !! I really hope for a CD resurgence with well mastered compact discs and and end to that damn Loudness War...
add this. much less work in maintaining a cd collection. just handle carefully and store in the jewel case. liner notes and graphics still very good compared to tapes. last handson collectible media. and a big plus is storage. try storing 1000 lps vs1000 cds. unless you have a room you can dedicate to vinyl or milk crates everywhere or buckling wall shelves. i store over 1200 cds on 2 cheap book cases. not much space. can this be done with 1000 lps?
I'm really glad that CD's and Cassettes are making a comeback , I still own and use a Arcam Alpha 9 CD player and a Yamaha KX580 SE Cassette deck, and they are both over 20yrs old now but still sound amazing.
@@cirrus1964 LOL no I'm not actually ,I spent around £4000 on my hifi setup, which is peanuts today, but 20yrs ago it got you some pretty top notch stuff back then. My Cassette deck won the What Hifi Magazine awards 5yrs on the trot.
@@bottomburp OMG, are you one of them? I had a Luxman K12 cassette, which on it self was 4500,-- in 1977. And although it came close, it still was less compared to the record. While any CD-R will sound as good as the original. But if you love to dwell, don't let me stop you!
I agree, clear hard plastic cases so much better in all areas regarding preserving cover art (as its protected by case) and less wear and tear on the cd from sliding in and out of a cardboard sleeve.
I have one or two releases that have the best of both worlds. The case is cardboard and made from recycled materials, the spindle that holds the disc is recycled cork, and the plastic film seal is also made from recycled plastics. It looks nice, albeit bulkier than a plastic jewel case so storage is awkward. Otherwise, I prefer this kind of packaging.
I love my shelf full of CDs. You know what I like best about them? You can always read the spine. With easily half the LPs on my vinyl shelf, you can't see those letters, they're too too small especially the non-gatefold "sleeve" style ones. With my CDs I can easily find exactly what I want with just my eyes, and I don't need my hands and shuffle through them. I've never stopped listening to and collecting CDs. I don't have to worry so much about accidentally touching them, because fingerprints are easily wiped off. I don't have to worry about getting a new stylus for my CD player, etc. etc. I still think its the best intersection of digital quality and tangible physical media.
@@jogmas12 hate to tell you but only a little over half of physical media sales are vinyl compared to CD. It's like 51 percent to 49 percent or something like that. No need for format wars and BS phrases like "no excuse to love CDs". CDs still sound better than vinyl for most people who can't afford a truly good turntable. Also, most new vinyl is recorded digitally anyway, meaning that it cannot possibly sound better than the CD version. I love vinyl and enjoy it immensely, but let's not get carried away.
Cds are my favourite format, I've started buying a small amount of vinyl just as a nice to have, sometimes a vinyl gets released by a favourite band in a really nice package so I'll buy it and play it, but cds are the best in my opinion.
I will NEVER give up my CD’s. I remember back in the day when an album came out I rushed right to the record store and just holding that physical CD I’m my hand for the first time was such a magical moment that unfortunately no longer exist anymore. I still download from time to time but there is NO way in hell I'm ever doing streaming. Screw that sh*t!
Spotify isn't that bad. It's a great way to preview the physical media you really want. I have over 500 records and ALL of the CD's I've collected since the 90's and still play them. My iPod recently starting having firmware issues so I gave Spotify a chance and it's really nice to have access to music I wouldn't normally have listened to. I still buy the physical copies for the stuff I love though.
I’m a physical media guy and I HAVE a BS Degree in Music Production & Music Business and I’m disappointed w/ my industry colleagues on this. Artists had a revue stream when it came to physical media. Thanks to Napster & the iPod they sacrificed quantity for quality. I always felt and knew CDs would come back in style. Analog cassette tapes…in 2022!?…I’m 46 (will be 47 on March 10) owned 1000s of cassettes before switching to CDs around 88-89. Granted analog tape stretches and degrades over time, and in my opinion that was the best portable form of music. The 8 track had great sound quality but in the 8-track’s casing, the tape was hard to maintain. I’m excited to see physical media back in an upswing. I have a HUGE CD collection….people kept telling me get rid of ‘em….no one buys them anymore. I say f-off!
Back in the 70's I bought the master tape from the record shop, got home and played it once. It was then copied to another blank tape (chrome tape) and that tape got a bit of wow/flutter it was not a problem.... Copy another from the master.
I think it’s a similar shift with DVD and Blu-ray… with so many films being cut to ribbons or just plain removed from streaming services because they contain what is now considered “difficult content”, CDs and tapes are physical copies in peoples homes… they exist outside company executives control. Power to the people!
@@Multiversetraveler93 The thing with streaming is that the item gets pulled from the service, you may not see the on the service possibly never again do the fisycal format should and always be there even as a god forbid a back-up
I've never moved away from CD's. Vinyl's far too expensive, cassettes have too much noise/hiss and downloads are too compressed. I've always wanted the physical copy, even though they often now come in a bit of cheap cardboard rather than a jewel case. Quality video, and I seriously hope that you're wrong about the price rocketing!
Cassettes don't have much noise if you use good ones and a good deck. Even with dolby B and moderate volumes you can't really hear it even in between the songs, in fact the noise floor from outdoors like wind etc. often drowns out the tape hiss.
@@westelaudio943 Ah, I was being rather anal. Nothing wrong with cassettes, my whole collection used to be based on them. As this is an audio channel though, I thought that it was worth mentioning. CDs are definitely the way to go, in my opinion.
I have a great Collection of CDs, no need to stream as I own my music on CDs and have a Amazing system to hear my music at home. Thanks for giving us the facts, you bring up some very good points! Also some the streaming music is crap!
I am in the U.K. and have started this Carboot (Flea Market) season literally hoovering up bags of CD’s for pennies and will continue to build my collection.
I started collecting cd's last year because they were so much cheaper and now I'm starting to see people in thrift stores clearing out the cd racks. The hype for cd's is becoming vintage now so it'll come back, especially from the youth
Yep, prices have me looking elsewhere. Plus I’m not buying the BS that analog is superior. I love my analog records. I’ve been playing, enjoying, and buying vinyl for around 50 years, and I find the sound of the CD to be just fine. In some cases superior, in others not.
Sound quality is only as good as the original mastered recording. The CD vs vinyl has been around since the CD was invented. It is kinda like the tube amplifier vs solid state. Everyone has their opinion. To me anything that makes people passionate enough about listening to music on a dedicated audio system other than ear buds and a cell phone or crappy Bluetooth speaker is fine by me.
Great video! I am totally with you on this. Paying ~$10/month for streaming does allow listeners to access a massive library of music. However, the I feel most people only listen to hits or the singles, NOT albums. Having committed to buy a CD, cassette or vinyl in a way made sure we try listening to it more than once even though at first listen, the whole album did not sound amazing. I can't say how many times I wasn't totally impressed on first listen on a lot of my favorite albums. With the massive library available from streaming services, listeners are always going to move on to something new without absorbing the impact of one album or artist. And then there's the thing of not having anything in my own collection even after being a dedicated music fan for decades. Not that I am going to sell my CDs, but they still have a reasonable value on used market. For me, these are the main difference between music fans who stream and those who buy physical media. People just don't realize what a great format CDs are. Any data retrieval/transfer process that is purely optical has minimal media damage and are highly efficient systems. Plus CDs sound fantastic, even the ones from early 80s. Frequent out of stock CD players tells me there are a lot of fans shopping for CD players now.
Thank goodness I never got rid of my small CD collection when everyone else was dumping them for penny’s. I always enjoyed listening to them on my players (mostly CD/LD players) as it was always the best way to listen to music. I don’t mind streaming music either but if I really like an album I’d always prefer to own a physical copy.
it would be so great if cds come back strong. also great for independent music creators who would have another outlet to sell their music. plus the included copy and art work in a cd case is just great added value you dont get with streaming
I download FLAC usually from Bandcamp, and then I make tapes of albums and sometimes mixtapes. With NOS Type II and IV tapes they sound pretty amazing without noise-reduction (NR always sounds to _my ears_ like it dampens the highs too much). The trick is to get a reasonably good tape deck, amp and speakers. And there's a lot of that about for cheap if you are patient or can use a soldering iron.
Yeah I do the same but with Amazon HD/Ultra HD Music subscription which is lossless CD quality FLAC audio. I can't afford Type II blank cassettes so I make do with the best mid tier Type I's that are available and a high quality deck. I also totally agree with your asessment of Dolby NR. Even when copying from an analog source I never use NR because it does indeed dampen and muffle the highs. I would rather hear tape hiss in my music than mess with the clarity and detail.
@@ThiefOfKrondor I got a similar reaction when I was at this guy's house testing a tape deck I was buying. I put in a 90minute audio pro cassette with gnr appetite for destruction, copied a from nearly new record. The guy was stunned when he heard it. I don't think people realize how awesome a good tape can sound. I love them. I always have. Back in the 90s I used to record cds to chrome tapes to play in my Walkman. When done right they're amazing.
When CD is done ( right ) it sounds awesome. It all starts w/ a good master tape. Processed at 24 bit resolution. Then dumbed down to 16 bit red book standard. The little silver disc still has life in it yet. I come from the era of pride of ownership physical medium. Put on a piece of music & enjoy!!!
Loved the video Mike! I have a HUGE CD library. Also SACD and DVD-Audio. I have my CD player hooked up to my Cambridge Audio upsampling DAC, which is connected to my preamplifier via XLR cables. Awesome sound man. Just picked up The Motels and Echo & The Bunnymen CD’s last week.
That's the way you do it! I've got Rotel cd player with 32bit audio converter hooked to a Quad 33 controller with 405amp with Quad speakers 2sl. For the fab Beatles anniversary 5.1 releases it's the Sony blueray player into Dennon A/V reciever. As a vinyl record is only worth about 100 plays before the grooves wear or collapse causing the audio sound to deteriorate with the end result being.... Oh sh*t, I have to buy that album again!!!... And again. I bought my first cd in 1981 (I think??) and it DOES sound the same as the day I bought it. The new vinyl trend is all about consumerism. Think about it!!!
😅 I cannot wait untill I can start collecting CDs and cassette player. (But however including vinyl/record players) I will be collecting over millions once I finish college and get a career. Thanks for a great video. Loved it ❤. I do not and never will care what others might or will say.
I’ve never stopped buying CDs/ Vinyl, I’ve never liked downloading, and it was a big mistake stopping selling CD Singles, I still have lots of cassettes also
What was the point in selling cd singles when everyone had switched to the pocket mp3 player? Most people had copied their CD's onto minidisk and put them in a draw by then anyway.
I'll never give up on my CD's. I was around when 'records' were around the first time. Then came along the CD. I have never looked back. Goy rid of all my vinyl and I now own thousands of CD's and so it shall remain. Great video and I love the shirt. NIN forever!😊🤘🤘🤘
I'm a fan of CD's and have been ever since I purchased my first CD in 1987. In my opinion cds never died. They just became unfashonable in favour of vinyl records. Which I'm not a fan of. With CD you can load up a 5 or 6 disk player and have around 6 hours of continuous HQ music. Unlike all the inconveniences of playing casettes and vinyl records that also wear out with each play.
Luckily for me classical CDs seem to be immune from this price surge. Just 2 days ago I tried to sell some of my duplicates at the local used CD store and was told "we can't use classical music". Oh well, more for me.
Classical like violins and cellos and harps oh my? with no singing? It's not my favorite but if i find some cds of that at a thrift store for $0.50 USD then i would pick them up.
After Eddie Van Halen passed away, I picked up the 6 CD box set of their first albums. I had copies of their records and they needed to be replaced many, many years ago. And I felt this would be a way to Honor Eddie's memory.
The music industry want people to think that CDs are obsolete & uncool. Why? Because with a CD, you have to produce the psychical CD, booklet, case, shrink-wrap, etc. & ship it all over the world ($$$$$). With MP3 downloads, the just send a link in an e-mail, much cheaper! For me, CDs all the way, .WAV Files are the best!
I forgot to mention in my "rant": I don't use any "streaming" service.(Except for podcasts) I own PHYSICAL copies of ALL of my music AND my favorite movies. And I always will. Sure I have digitized my music for portable use, But at home I'm playing my records, tapes and CDs.
CDs were easy to hype about in the 80s when everyone was intimately familiar with the shortcomings of vinyl and tape. In that era the fast advances on the physical side of technology were tangible. First home computers, CDs, even cheap digital wristwatches were the manifestation of the utopia that futurists had been promising for decades. With time, as they became ubiquitous, they turned into just everyday tools that everyone got used to. These days it's vinyl that is easy to hype about. It is capitalizing on the last 15-20 years of niche appreciation that slowly percolated to the masses until it reached critical mass. The experience is very tangible, that careful ceremony that you have to conduct twice per record, the big cover art, the splatter disc, the whole enchilada. The myth of superior sound still persists in some circles. I get the feeling that current shortages only contribute to the hype. Nobody is going to say "LPs were sold out so I'm going to get a CD instead". A vinyl fan will say instead: "For digital you just go online. Vinyl is the luxury I want." The funny part is that, according to one study I saw, only 52% of vinyl buyers even play their records. 41% have a turntable that just sits there. 7% don't even have a TT. :)
I think the major craze with vinyl is the current generation of hipsters are discovering that listening to music on something else other than their cell phones, ear buds and crappy Bluetooth speakers can be an enjoyable experience regardless of the media form. Everyone has their opinion but if the goal is to come as close to the original recorded sound as possible, a properly recorded and mastered CD is superior to vinyl and other analog formats due to analog’s limited dynamic range. It takes spending a lot of money on a high quality turntable, cartridge and stylus and preamp to equal the sound of a portable CD player you could once easily buy in a drugstore for $20 when connected to the same audio system. One notable exception is reel to reel tape in some instances but that is also very expensive.
@@mikee2923 I'll never understand why so many people hold vinyl up there as some sort of holy grail, where speaking ill of it is tantamount to blasphemy. Hardcore vinyl collectors can be some of the most snobby and toxic people in the music community because they drain every bit of enjoyment out of music listening. Some of them aren't even music lovers but they buy rare vinyl records just so that they can belong to some upper echelon class of collectors.
@@mikee2923 The myth of CDs being true to the studio sound holds no water prior to the 90’s. Most studio master recordings were still analog. Another thing about CDs and even LPs is that the single hit versions on many songs differ from what is on the LP/CD albums. Those versions in many cases today still have not been available on CD.
I grew up on LPs (and some cassettes and even some 8-tracks) but I only buy music on CD now - the only downloads I have are rare live recordings not offered on physical media. If people think LPs sound better than CDs, they need a better DAC and maybe a better CD transport. And what I really hate now is that the automobile companies have almost completely eliminated CD players from their cars. I've heard the "reasons" for this and they are completely bogus.
I watched a video review by a 10 year old something kid show casing his Elton John CD collection. You better believe CDs will take off in the next two years or so. A whole new generation are discovering CDs, it's as clear as day.
I’m all for CDs and Cassette because once you buy it the music is yours, personal, not bound by the chains of subscriptions and ads. I’ve seen a lot of Japanese TCM 450 players on eBay I’m starting to collect as I see it will be along while if not never till we see a more affordable Walkman like player
A large chunk of music I downloaded have mysteriously vanished. I also downloaded the entire Janet Jackson album Invincible and all the songs have gone except one. I’m really annoyed
@@vacuumblink2300 I think that statement doesn't make sense. I take care of my music collection. I can relisten them again and again. I can sell them, I can give them for free. And there will be something to use. But with streaming, there's nothing. All things on the www are fragile and fugitive. In time they will be deleted. Also, I think that all the streaming devices, www connections, routers etc, are far more polluting that a collection of cd jewel cases. The cd jewel case serves a purpose for a long time. Not so the electronics for the streaming option, which turns into electronic waste with a very short timeframe. And anyway, I am now 55. since I was a little kid, I was told that the Earth are going on it's side tomorrow. In fact yesterday. We had gasoline saving Sundays where no cars were allowed to drive. We had watt measuring devices which are supposed to tell you if you should turn off ore change a device. I do have a car, but rarely use it. I use a bicycle every day and within a radius of 50 kilometers. I buy HiFi (and some other things) second hand and save ressources. I haven't eaten a piece of meat since 29 years ago, because I think it's not needed. I only prepare what food I can eat, so no waste. I repair my clothes until it's worn out, not going into fashion changes every week or whatever (like new streaming formats). I cannot tell the Sun to do less solar storms and what not, and just one of those will have a far greater effect on the Earth, than we imagine that we can contribute with. I am all in for less pollution and taking care of the World, but I think we are overestimating our own capabilities, if we think that we make too much CO2 or what not. Look at the ice drillings from the south and north pole. They clearly show extreme amounts of CO2 and many other interesting things through billions of years. I think it's very pretentious to think that jewel cases will destroy the planet we share. But I do spend some time reading here, and listening to music. And you better spend an old ex-soviet vacuum tube listening to music, rather that it's original intended purpose. Kind regards.
They need to be made like the early 80s ones though. They've been made way too flimsy for ages, yet I've got some CDs from 1984 that Jane (AFAIK) never been recased and are tiptop.
If I can't buy a physical copy of your album somewhere and hold it in my hand, you didn't release an album.. You just made music and put it online. Plain and simple. So glad that people are figuring this out and releasing their music on CD's, records, and cassettes again.
I'm glad cassettes are making a bit of a comeback. Unfortunately the recording quality I've heard from new cassettes doesn't hold a candle to the cassette releases of the 90's.
The recording methods that were used in the early days was particularly good until the early 80s and the advent of type 2 and type 4 tape and the improvements with tape until the cd really took hold unless you recorded your mix tapes with a fair or better tape recorder then the tape was often better sounding which I've always done for myself. Tapes often do as they are recorded that's where they too often have the reputation of being bad or trashy. But then there have been tapes on their own that have been trash in their own right because the company has made inferior tape that they shouldn't have made or sold to the public.
yeah it's too bad, i know most cassettes these days are mostly about the aesthetic rather than the sound lol. those chrome tapes from the late 80s and 90s were really something though
I love it all !!! CDs,Vinyl,and Cassettes!!!! I believe CDs will make a huge comeback in the future.Cassettes are still great to collect and sooner or later, the high quality cassette players will come.I really do believe that.We just need to be patient. 🙂👍👍✌❤
Yes analog tape does have a great quality if the conditions of a clean tape path and head alignment is always consistent and it even brings out the best of digital recordings that are recorded on tape. ..
I think there is just something awesome about looking at a shelf with CD books on it or CDs physically in their cases on them or record albums or cassettes and say this is my collection I can physically look at it and go this is my music. It becomes something tangible something you can put your damn hands on and something you can throw into a player and say this is just awesome to listen to I guess I grew up in the wrong arrow but when I had all my records it was the same way and I still have records too but mostly cuz that's now cuz I scratched and played the hell out of my records to where they're pretty well shot but this is just good news all the way around I hope they come out with some somewhat economically priced CD players one of these days. And dude I'm from Denver also and I love your your podcast your websites you're all the stuff you're doing is just amazing thank you
I want CD’s to comeback in full. We will see who can really sell records if that was to happen. Plus you wouldn’t have the thing where if the streaming service can just remove an album for any reason. Owning physical music was the best.
@@audioarkitekts nothing worse than getting on spotify to find an album gone. I have some albums on tape,cd and vinyl that have been pulled from spotify and now I have to pull them put any time I want to hear them
CDs will always be better then streaming CDs 💿 better sound quality and streaming is rental and u don’t own the music is garbage USBS is Worse also 🤮🤮🤮🤮
That's it in a nutshell. Why would a music lover rely wholly on a third party to access music they enjoy? I say third because the second is the WiFi server. There are times when my WiFi has stopped. The Internet I can do without for a few hours but if I was listening to music I'd be really unhappy. Own your music
Vinyl can be annoying now, a reissue of an album with two records for what would usually be a single album back in the day. Getting up 4 times to change a record, whilst a CD plays through.
You are correct, physical media or paying for the download is better for the artist, and the consumer. I have had albums removed from my Apple Music library for unknown reasons. If you buy the album, CD or downloaded, you own it. I just bought my first SACD, Animals 2018. I plan on buying Aja when it is released on SACD, as I will with any new music I buy that I don’t already have on CD.
I don't care, CDs are the best way to experience music imo. They sound so much better than vinyls and most streams, it's so much cheaper for a double album on CD than a regular album on vinyl, it's much nicer packaging, it's easier to take care of, and they're as portable as cassettes. Even with things like Tidal and Apple Music Hi-Fi, there's still songs that aren't available on streaming, plus some CDs include a bonus DVD with extra content. Plus, you can still have downloads with CDs - rip them, get iTunes Match or Apple Music, and just have it sync with everything that has iTunes/Apple Music installed. I do that, and it's great. TL;DR Vinyl is cool, but CDs are better in every way
I've never stopped buying CDs and have never signed up for any audio streaming service. I'd rather buy what I want and own it forever. I don't want to be at the mercy of some business decision to revoke things on a whim. Also totally with you re buying a CD and then ripping it to have a physical and electronic copy. I used to be like that with vinyl. I'd buy the record and record it on to a tape. I could never understand why people would by original cassettes. Let's hope this resurgence continues and the streaming services fall flat on their faces!
Hi, thank you so much for the mention I really appreciate it. Great to meet someone else passionate about CDs. I am going to make these music business updates a regular feature on the Now Spinning channel. Phil :)
You guys were the ONLY ones in the UK actually speaking the truth and we all appreciate it! Would love to connect with you guys, shoot me an email mike@audioarkitekts.com
I went back to Vinyl first, Vintage vinyl sounds amazing but for stuff that's out of my price bracket on Vinyl, I've gone back to CDs. Streaming is great for discovery and the commute but I've never stayed subbed to any service very long. With Physical Media I can play it whenever I like and only cost was the purchase price once.
I am 53 and began with cassette and LP's in the late 70's, then from the late 80's on, it was mostly CD's... never got into liquid music, except i transfer all my CD's to hard disk as a safety copy and for casual listening from the computer. But for serious listening on my system, it's always CD or LP with the occasional radio or cassettes on my 70's tuner and tape deck.
I guess I was one of the “strange freaks” because I didn’t follow everyone else off the cliff by first selling off my vinyl collection for CDs, and then selling off my CDs to buy back all the now gouging prices of vinyl. Furthermore, I make streaming work for me with the cassette format; I tape virtually any damn thing I want off the computer by inserting a blank tape into my deck. Hey, Overall, I have a finger to show to trends, all those who follow them, and the music industry in general. And it isn’t my thumb.
Yep people used to call me old fashioned for holding onto my CD collection and now that older titles are mostly all out of print, I am glad that I never sold my CD's. I also record music off my computer onto cassettes using my cassette deck. Whenever Amazon Music offers me a free HD/Ultra HD subscription, I record entire albums from there in the lossless CD quality FLAC audio that they now offer.
I refuse to relinquish the thousands of CDs and HiFi separates I’ve built up over the years to replace it with a streaming service. Not a chance. Physical media forever!
I fell in love with CD's from the first time I heard one. I bought my first CD player in 1984, and have been buying CD's ever since, and have never gotten rid of any of my CD's. I still have them all. More power to the CD!
Never going to happen, Dolby NR has been succeeded by better alternatives since. And anyway NR is pointless if you don't have a decent transport, and tape-head in the player and a decent tape, none of which are being manufactured right now. If you have a decent deck and tapes, NR isn't even necessary, with a reasonably good hi-fi, unless you sit right next to the speakers, you can't hear that tape hiss. I frequently talk to friends about the CD playing, then let drop its tape and they would never have guessed. On a walkman, you hear it straight away, if you do a 1 to 1 comparison with tape and CD, you hear it too but mostly because tape has narrower dynamic range, but if play a decent hi-fi in a reasonably sized room, most people can't tell (they just enjoy the music, not the absence of noise reduction!). That went on a bit more than i intended :D
I'm an old fart who grew up on vinyl and later cassettes, and I love analog anything, it seems. Amazingly enough, though, my collection of CD's is much larger than either my vinyl or cassettes collections. But my ears can detect minor nuances on the older tech that I've never picked up on the CD's. I would say 90% of the people wouldn't be able to tell the differences between ANY of the three media types' sound quality, however, based both on research and observances. I don't know if the cassette resurgence will continue, as the new decks and players are pretty crappy. But I'm probably a bigger fan of cassettes than most, and even at that, I will always prefer vinyl, whether 78, 45, ot 33 1/3.
I love my CDs. I have over 600. I like them because I mainly play music in my car and they work. I buy them because I like to check out the art work and really like it when the artist gives details about how they recorded the songs, who was involved and what was used. I don't care for the jewel cases though and pretty much never have. Bad design. They break far too easily. Sure, I could upload my music onto a USB stick and I have for a few CDs, but I just prefer them.
My band distributed a whole album per streaming shops. After 4 years, we stopped doing that - revenues are ridicuously low (plays were high). When we started in 2016, we actually sold demo cd's of our EP. Gonna repeat that😀
My favorite way of listening to music is driving in my car. But if I buy a new car I won't get to listen to my CDs (or tapes) because the auto industry doesn't want to let me. No more factory CD players in cars. I may have to buy an old car instead.
Thanks for the tip! I love listening to a fine CD played on my Denon DCD-1290. I have recently recapped with Nichicons Fine Gold and replaced the output opamps to the Burr-Brown OPA-2134s and fast recovery diodes. Man, what a fine sound! Way better than my friend’s rig doubling the investment of mine. Also I’m filtering the mains before reaching the main fuses. Pioneer D2S receiver ( recapped) and my all time B&Ws. Light years away from “vinyl” BTW I don’t have to stand up from my favorite sofa to turn the bloody thing over… Cheers everyone!
It's simple. The bigshots don't want you to own the physical media so you depend on them through subscription services and whatnot. Also, there's the necessity to own amd operate a computer or some other "smart" device which in turn gathers your personal data that is then handed over to big tech and governments. Owning the physical CD especially frees you from that leash and gives you back some independence. But hey: what does the WEF say in one of their dystopian ads? You will own nothing. And you will be happy.
In my hometown is very rare to find someone who collect vinyl cd or cassette, mostly because the few stores that sell them are very expensive, but there is a lot in the used market but there are not many who buy them, and if you are gonna buy on internet it's very expensive too....so you dont have many chances on getting them, i hope one day this situation will change 'cause i love buying, listening and collecting music in all formats, i dont wanna lose that. This channel is my school in audio, thanks a lot man!
I've collected cassettes for 5 plus years. Turning 18 im glad to have started young. I was raised listening to old music older rock, pop, metal etc and tapes will always be my favorite format. My stereo and boombox are my priceless relics of musical past. And yes do I still listen to them years later. YES!!! I'm an audiophile. And making your own mixtape feels like a sentimental item to you. That you can forever hold onto and show others. Cassettes are beautiful everyone should give em a try.
Artists make more money from physical media. By a LONG shot. That's why. For the consumer, it's the experience of siting down, opening read, inserting and playing the physical media. What the music and tech industries tried to do with streaming, other industries are trying to do. they don't want you to own anything. The car industry is trying to head towards car 'borrowing' rather than owning, where features within the car have to be paid for to rent fro the car company. Nuts.
There's the 2 TEAC/Tascam new hifi cassette decks but they don't use their original transport so the W&F readings are not good, otherwise the sound is decent according to reviews, though the frequency ratings are mediocre compared to TEACs of old. The transport is a high end version of a boombox mechanism apparently. The best on offer from its maker (which is not TEAC itself but a Chinese maker I believe) but barely good enough for hifi. I suspect though for TEAC to reintroduce its own mechanism the sales numbers would have to be high enough to justify reopening an entire department. Another problem is that the decks are probably overpriced for what they are, but that's a reflection of fairly low production numbers. However, if you want a new hifi separate deck the TEACs are the only game in town as far as I know (I'd be delighted if someone knew of another maker). There's lots of tat about of course, cheap walkman style players and boomboxes and shoebox players but no other 'high end' stuff I'm aware of.
Harnesing CD'S, VINYLS and Audio Cassettes represent the respect for the full theme inside an Album and the uncompromising support for the loved artist!!
Like you, I've been saying this for some time. And mostly people think I'm a twit! But we're both right. The trouble is that both the music industry AND the HiFi industry have a vested interest in persuading you to part with your money. The music industry wants you to buyy the same music all over again, and in the case of the HiFi manufacturers and retailers, trying to sell you a whole pile of new gear as well. The vinyl resurgence was always on the cards, but now turntables cost a fortune and vinyl LPs are way more expensive than they ever were. But everybody loves music - rich or poor - and whether you're a passionate music nut, a collector OR or a casual listener it's MUSIC that comes first, not the format. On that basis, as you say, we're in a wonderful position at present, because most fools... sorry, people... have swallowed the "CDs have had it" mantra and it's now a buyer's paradise. Only please keep quiet about the thrift and charity shops....!!
When I was a little girl (the late 1990's), I listened to tapes. Back In 2005, I listened to both formats (my own CD's and my mother's tapes). I listen to both Spotify and CD's nowadays. Even though I like Spotify, the CD experience in my humble opinion, is unparalleled
Well when an LP is $30 and the CD is $6 , what do you think is going to happen ? CD and LP are different listening experiences , any audiophile can tell you this. But don't take my would for it, go to a good Stereo Store and have listen for yourself. I suppose the record companies are making more money on the LP too. There aren't that many LP factories around anymore also.
It's not a problem, it's a benefit. The problem is most people who like physical think everything not physical is bad instead of also using it to their benefit. All formats are good and have their up-sides. I have 20,000 comics on an ipad, any song I want at my fingertips, I can find any movie online, and I can take it all with me anywhere I go but sure....it's a problem.
@@tweakerman It's like $1,200 bucks for a decade of just about any music you want wherever you want. I spend that in a month on physical and it's harder to transport, takes up space, and I only have what I bought nothing more. Streaming is a huge benefit.
@@510tuber but at the end of it you own nothing, my whole collection is worth something, streaming is worth nothing & in my opinion doesn't sound as good.
@@tweakerman idk why people have an obsession with, "you actually own it bruh". It's on EVERY video. There's better reasons to own physical. 2 people play the same song but one gets to say, "but I actually OWN it"...just seems like pointlessly sucking ones own dick to me.
You're right Mike. I'm gathering up CD's like a hoover; for me it's a bonanza. I still have my FIRST CD I bought for £13, ( Duke Ellington). CD's are always high quality, easy to play, and great sound if you posses HiFi equipment with very, very large bass speakers! Streaming? ..best left to the Generation X youngsters. ( Actually, I shouldn't be airing this view fear of everyone jumping on the band wagon! )
I was a high school teenager in the late 70s. I didn't have access to a turn table, so I had to buy nearly all of my new music on 8 Track. I hated 8 Track, but it was my only option. So 1980 comes along and I get my first cassette stereo in my car, and I start buying all of my new music on cassette. Cassettes weren't ideal, but they were leaps and bounds better than 8 Track. The only complaint I had about cassette was the time and effort it took to fast forward or reverse to get to the song(s) you wanted to hear most. Fast forward to 1986 and I buy my first CD player. It was part of a Technics 'rack' system. I was aware of the hype of the sound quality of the CD being superior to vinyl and cassette during those years, but honestly, what sold me on CD was it's convenience of being able to skip forward or backward to any track you wanted, instantly. I could even program the order I wanted the songs to play. How awesome was that?! Since there were no car stereos with CD players until the 90s for the most part, at least with CD you could make your own mix tapes onto cassette for listening in the car or on a Walk Man. So the sound of the Compact Disc was one thing I took into consideration when I bought my first CD player, but the convenience of the CD was the primary reason I made the jump to the CD format. I had a turn table throughout the 80s, but I very seldom bought a new album on vinyl, and when I did, I always bought a copy on cassette at the same time. One last thing I'll mention, is how futuristic and cool the CD was back in the day when it was released onto the market. It looked like something out of Star Wars, or Star Trek. There was a lot to love about CD's back then, and for me, there's still a lot to love about CD's right now, and going forward in my humble opinion.
I wondered how long this was going to take to come back around to the CD format. I bought into the vinyl thing for a minute. That was annoying. Just when getting comfortable and into the music. It was te to get up and flip the dang thing and start all over. That was the draw of CDs. Along with the clarity. No snap crackle pop during playback. Just another reason why we cant have nice things
Extreme temperatures having little effect on CDs' is the main reason I still buy them. Another is you can copy them in your PC and load them onto your portable DAP for use outdoors w/out loosing sound quality. Vinyls are great and the best for audio but not really good in hot/humid weather and never ever stack them on top of each other.
I keep buying CDs to support artists and accompanied bands, vocalists, orchestras, and the recording technicians while appreciating the music, even more so since this covid19 pandemic. Thanks for speaking out.
I had a huge amount of my own music files that I transfered from older computers and different things onto ITunes so that I could listen from anywhere. I then started to use apple music streaming services for a monthly fee. After 6 months I decided to quit using them. They discontinued my files on the streaming service and they locked me out of and removed them off of iTunes. They also stole or wiped out my own private files that I had for years as wav and Mp3 files. When I tried to complain and fight them they told me that when they changed format of the files and converted them that they were no longer my property. That did it for me, screw them and their services. It also meant my files were locked out and gone. I was able to recover about maybe 38 % of my own music from backed up copies in mp3 from an old Droid phone.
I'm a vinyl DJ and yet I can't give up my CDJ's. I have a Tascam CD recorder that I use to record albums that are too rare and expensive to take out. Plus l can fill a cd-r with samples, sound effects and "transition" music (audio wasabi). Laptop on my banquet table? Never. Might have to bring the cassette deck though soon! 🙂
This is amazing! I’ve heard so many reports that CD’s and cassettes are going the way of the dinosaur...ESPECIALLY cassettes! But your video is a breath of fresh air!!
@@audioarkitekts I’m a boomer. I have well over 500 cassettes that I started collecting in the 70’s and 80’s. I’ve kept them for decades. To me the only downside to cassettes is trying to forward and rewind to find the exact spot on the cassette I am looking for. Also, trying to come up with a labeling system to legibly write out what is on each cassette, because I used many of them to record things and events in my life, my kids special moments when they were growing up, my vocal impersonations, guitsr practice sessions and my magic show performances, church services, my personal journal, etc, etc. Not to mention music and songs off the radio. When you have over 500 it really becomes a challenge and a Royal mess! I tried color coding them by subject, and that helps a little bit. Still, when you have numerous things recorded on a single cassette, the writing surface is very tiny to try to write down everything on that cassette. And when any cassette is mixed in with a pile of hundreds of others, they all begin to look alike! Still, I love cassettes. I simply need to come up with a workable, practical, EFFICIENT system of organizing and labeling. Color coding helps, but it’s not the entire solution.
I hope young people are finally realizing most of todays popular music is really not good and by buying old music the industry goes back to promoting real musicians. I love youtube channels of young people discovering old music from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and becoming fans of different artists from these eras. I personally have been buying so many old and a few new CDs lately! Just got Duran Duran's new album "Future Fast" on CD!
You're just too lazy to look for good music. You see the top 5 and hear other idiots say there's no good music today and you just go along with it. You're the ignorant one here. Go watch "Born in the Wrong Generation" by FilthyFrank and "The Power of Nostalgic Music" by Nathan Zed
Another thing I really like about physical CDs and the jewel cases they come in, compared to the undeniable convenience of streaming audio, are the beautiful and highly informative booklets which were often included with many CDs, which described the music, the artist or artists performing it, even notes and photos about the musical instruments played, if they have historical or other interest. Very few streaming-audio sources, even top-flight Qobuz, include the booklets which originally came with CDs which are now available for purchase as downloadable files. (In all fairness to Qobuz, they TRY to obtain the booklets for their CDs, but often end up empty-handed. This is yet another good reason why I'm glad I have a good collection of CDs, ranging from pop to classical, making me reluctant to part with them.
I have around 400 CD's , 300 cassette's and around 30 vinlyl records . All of them playing well until now. I listen to them often. My Cassette's player work well. I still love them
I'am over 48 and i certainly won't exchange dematerialized music for CD's and if all the Cd's could be now forgotten that would be really cool due to their limitation.
Sorry but what is there to be nostalgic about a digitally sourced format? All the players functioned about the same and didn't have a stand out design or were memorable, the mastering is dogshit californiacation is unlistenable on cd I get ear fatigued by the 2nd track, the packaging except for a very few releases just sucked. I get it if kids missed out on the format and grew up with nothing but mp3s or youtube but honestly they're not missing out much.
Between the years 2006-2014, many many people told me, i am nuts for buying cds, they told me why i spent money on, if it was already something obsolete! Better buy an ipod or download the music, it's the same thing they told me, but never paid attention to them, i believed in the cds and i still believe in them. And i love the vinyls too, the cassettes are cool, but i like to see the comeback of the MD too, the md are so cool and deserve another chance.
@@audioarkitekts thank u man i hope so. I've been buying CD's since 1997 and haven't stopped since. I am very happy that they return with force and that the new generations value them. I hope the stores return as in the past, where we spent hours watching discs.
My cassette collection is still in storage at home. Bought a budget Radio/CD player and a second hand cassette, and the cassette got chewed. I do have my stand alone Cassette player play cassettes on,so I may revisit that experience again soon. Still retained some vinyl and have been thinking about upgrading to a better’HiFi-Music Centre’. When you break it all down,it’s still CD for me.
I was really disappointed that my new BMW does not have a CD player installed. i have a large CD collection at home which I have built up over the years. But now I am now unable to play and enjoy music from my own CD's in my car. BMW expects that as a new car owne, I will to subscribe to a streaming site to play for the privelage of listening to a CD that I have already purchased in my own personal collection. Vinyl and cassettes a big no! Why, because CD and DVD's are one of the best inventions ever made.
I've loved music since I was 5 years old. I started my CD collection at 14 years old and still work on it now at 62 years old. It truly gives me a feeling of peace. I recently baught the new remix of the Beatles Revolver 2 disc set, priceless the sound it has. I really wish people wouldn't spread the word about CDs, the prices are fabulous these days. 😉
I knew the CD resurgence would come sooner or later. That is why I never stopped buying CDs. I am at 3,000 and counting. Why do I still collect them? IMHO, no other format sounds better, not even vinyl.
I love my CDs, I have thousands. I don’t care what the current trends are. CDs still sound great!
I agree. CD always 💪
Same goes for me Paul.
Technically speaking CDs are better but it is subjective
@@Memoryman12367 yes, cds have better signal to noise ratio, dynamic range, wow and flutter is unmeasurable. Records can have severe wow if pressed off center and you need a good turntable that locks in at the right speed. None of these issues occur with CD!
CDs 💿 forever better sound quality and u own the music 🎶 support physical media guys Streaming is garbage and USBS can go to the trash 🤮🤮🤮🤢🤮🤢😊
The CD was the first and still the best overall audio recording (by a recording studio) that the consumer can buy and keep with virtually no wear and tear (if done properly). I bought my first CD on 29 December 1985. It was a Beach Boys CD and it still plays like it was recorded yesterday. Wow, after 36 years it still plays like a charm.
I once read that a cd could last 250 years .
“Perfect sound forever.”
@@ericdaniel323 indeed. Worth paying money for . Bat of hell cover got me into buying music and art . And sometimes you even get the lyrics. Or a simple thank you from the artist .
CDs don’t last as long as you think. My dad had a huge CD collection and he had to get rid of most because they started skipping (some weren’t even scratched) in any CD player. Every CD I see immediately gets either transferred to PC or to tape
Oh yeah and the ones that didn't scratch turned yellow on the edges
@@RealEpikCartfrenYT I can’t speak to your fathers collection, and I probably haven’t been collecting for as long as him, but I still have stacks of CDs I bought in the early 90’s in regular rotation and, excepting a few that got scratched or broken, they sound just like the day I bought them. I have records older than that of course, and they mostly sound great too, but they require more care. There is basically no difference between a clean and a dirty CD, but the same is not true for vinyl.
Honestly, I've always preferred music on CDs to any other format. The sound is just better than on vinyl, cassette and mp3. You can also easily skip to or repeat any song you want, and fast forward or rewind with unrivalled precision. No need to constantly get up to flip or turnover the compact disc like you usually have to with vinyl records and cassettes. Furthermore, you can rip music from CDs onto your computer so it can then be uploaded online or burned onto a CD-R or data CD for physical sharing. When you own a CD, moreover, you own an actual physical copy of the musical work rather than temporary online access to a stream of it. All of this makes the lucrative streaming services unnecessary, which I suspect is the real reason why there is a lack of enthusiasm among music industry executives for the revival of compact discs. The only drawbacks to CDs are that you have to take care not to scratch them (which is simple to do if you just keep them in the jewel case), and the artwork and liner notes typically aren't as detailed as on vinyl. CDs for the win!
yeah man, but sadly the so called Loudness War and overuse of de-noise filters have given compact discs, and digital audio in general, a bad name which they do not deserve if recorded, mixed and mastered properly !!
I really hope for a CD resurgence with well mastered compact discs and and end to that damn Loudness War...
add this. much less work in maintaining a cd collection. just handle carefully and store in the jewel case. liner notes and graphics still very good compared to tapes. last handson collectible media. and a big plus is storage. try storing 1000 lps vs1000 cds. unless you have a room you can dedicate to vinyl or milk crates everywhere or buckling wall shelves. i store over 1200 cds on 2 cheap book cases. not much space. can this be done with 1000 lps?
@@johnricco5366 💯% agree with you vinyls are too big and heavy
Couldn't agree more.
@@lucalone I just did a video on Loudness Wars. Quite unfortunate 😕
I'm really glad that CD's and Cassettes are making a comeback , I still own and use a Arcam Alpha 9 CD player and a Yamaha KX580 SE Cassette deck, and they are both over 20yrs old now but still sound amazing.
An amazing sound with cassettes, you must be deaf!
@@cirrus1964 LOL no I'm not actually ,I spent around £4000 on my hifi setup, which is peanuts today, but 20yrs ago it got you some pretty top notch stuff back then. My Cassette deck won the What Hifi Magazine awards 5yrs on the trot.
@@bottomburp OMG, are you one of them? I had a Luxman K12 cassette, which on it self was 4500,-- in 1977. And although it came close, it still was less compared to the record. While any CD-R will sound as good as the original. But if you love to dwell, don't let me stop you!
Never heard of an arcam . I have a Yamaha KX 390 cassette Deck and CD-555. I Use an Rotel unit for CD’s coax out on the back
@@zacharylagler242 Hi Zachary, Arcam is a UK based HI-FI & Home Cinema equipment manufacturer that started around 1976
I just hope they release CDs in the classic crystal cases! (and not just in slip-box/carton)
I like the carton but it has to have a cd holder and not just a sleeve. After 50,000 titles, the digi-pack saves on space.
I agree, clear hard plastic cases so much better in all areas regarding preserving cover art (as its protected by case) and less wear and tear on the cd from sliding in and out of a cardboard sleeve.
I have one or two releases that have the best of both worlds. The case is cardboard and made from recycled materials, the spindle that holds the disc is recycled cork, and the plastic film seal is also made from recycled plastics. It looks nice, albeit bulkier than a plastic jewel case so storage is awkward. Otherwise, I prefer this kind of packaging.
No, I like the cartons because they apply lots of scratches for that retro factor.
I hate paper cases ,.
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I love my shelf full of CDs. You know what I like best about them? You can always read the spine. With easily half the LPs on my vinyl shelf, you can't see those letters, they're too too small especially the non-gatefold "sleeve" style ones. With my CDs I can easily find exactly what I want with just my eyes, and I don't need my hands and shuffle through them. I've never stopped listening to and collecting CDs. I don't have to worry so much about accidentally touching them, because fingerprints are easily wiped off. I don't have to worry about getting a new stylus for my CD player, etc. etc. I still think its the best intersection of digital quality and tangible physical media.
With the right DAC it can sound very analog. Like the Ares II by Denafrips
Don't forget the liner notes!
I like vinyls but they're so fragile every time I handle one I'm scared I'll damage it. CD's are no where near that level of sensitive.
No excuse to love cds vinyl has regained its rightful throne, vinyl is king 👑
@@jogmas12 hate to tell you but only a little over half of physical media sales are vinyl compared to CD. It's like 51 percent to 49 percent or something like that.
No need for format wars and BS phrases like "no excuse to love CDs". CDs still sound better than vinyl for most people who can't afford a truly good turntable. Also, most new vinyl is recorded digitally anyway, meaning that it cannot possibly sound better than the CD version.
I love vinyl and enjoy it immensely, but let's not get carried away.
Cds are my favourite format, I've started buying a small amount of vinyl just as a nice to have, sometimes a vinyl gets released by a favourite band in a really nice package so I'll buy it and play it, but cds are the best in my opinion.
I will NEVER give up my CD’s. I remember back in the day when an album came out I rushed right to the record store and just holding that physical CD I’m my hand for the first time was such a magical moment that unfortunately no longer exist anymore. I still download from time to time but there is NO way in hell I'm ever doing streaming. Screw that sh*t!
I have never listened to a song on spotify just looked into the site and was not happy with it
Spotify isn't that bad. It's a great way to preview the physical media you really want. I have over 500 records and ALL of the CD's I've collected since the 90's and still play them. My iPod recently starting having firmware issues so I gave Spotify a chance and it's really nice to have access to music I wouldn't normally have listened to. I still buy the physical copies for the stuff I love though.
I’m regretting giving up my CD collection
I’m a physical media guy and I HAVE a BS Degree in Music Production & Music Business and I’m disappointed w/ my industry colleagues on this. Artists had a revue stream when it came to physical media. Thanks to Napster & the iPod they sacrificed quantity for quality. I always felt and knew CDs would come back in style. Analog cassette tapes…in 2022!?…I’m 46 (will be 47 on March 10) owned 1000s of cassettes before switching to CDs around 88-89. Granted analog tape stretches and degrades over time, and in my opinion that was the best portable form of music. The 8 track had great sound quality but in the 8-track’s casing, the tape was hard to maintain. I’m excited to see physical media back in an upswing. I have a HUGE CD collection….people kept telling me get rid of ‘em….no one buys them anymore. I say f-off!
I think there is space for a comeback. Let's hope for the best!
Back in the 70's I bought the master tape from the record shop, got home and played it once. It was then copied to another blank tape (chrome tape) and that tape got a bit of wow/flutter it was not a problem.... Copy another from the master.
I think it’s a similar shift with DVD and Blu-ray… with so many films being cut to ribbons or just plain removed from streaming services because they contain what is now considered “difficult content”, CDs and tapes are physical copies in peoples homes… they exist outside company executives control. Power to the people!
Oh shut up.... there's nothing wrong with streaming services and what is on them...
@@Multiversetraveler93 The thing with streaming is that the item gets pulled from the service, you may not see the on the service possibly never again do the fisycal format should and always be there even as a god forbid a back-up
Old comment thread but DVD's are starting to see a rise here in Australia ruclips.net/video/bioiu-XAmUE/видео.html
I've never moved away from CD's. Vinyl's far too expensive, cassettes have too much noise/hiss and downloads are too compressed. I've always wanted the physical copy, even though they often now come in a bit of cheap cardboard rather than a jewel case. Quality video, and I seriously hope that you're wrong about the price rocketing!
Thanks for the feedback. I want jewel cases back too!
Cassettes don't have much noise if you use good ones and a good deck. Even with dolby B and moderate volumes you can't really hear it even in between the songs, in fact the noise floor from outdoors like wind etc. often drowns out the tape hiss.
@@westelaudio943 Ah, I was being rather anal. Nothing wrong with cassettes, my whole collection used to be based on them. As this is an audio channel though, I thought that it was worth mentioning. CDs are definitely the way to go, in my opinion.
Mind the disc rot bro
"You will own nothing and you will be happy." - World Economic Forum's The Great Reset
I have a great Collection of CDs, no need to stream as I own my music on CDs and have a Amazing system to hear my music at home. Thanks for giving us the facts, you bring up some very good points! Also some the streaming music is crap!
I love my small collection, it grows every week when I go hunting for new titles.
I am in the U.K. and have started this Carboot (Flea Market) season literally hoovering up bags of CD’s for pennies and will continue to build my collection.
Keep buying them, the revival is coming....
I started collecting cd's last year because they were so much cheaper and now I'm starting to see people in thrift stores clearing out the cd racks. The hype for cd's is becoming vintage now so it'll come back, especially from the youth
What is old is now new 😀
Yep, prices have me looking elsewhere. Plus I’m not buying the BS that analog is superior. I love my analog records. I’ve been playing, enjoying, and buying vinyl for around 50 years, and I find the sound of the CD to be just fine. In some cases superior, in others not.
@@jmad627 you mean *digital is superior?
@@paulb111 I prefer vinyl. I’m not expert enough to know which is…superior.
Sound quality is only as good as the original mastered recording. The CD vs vinyl has been around since the CD was invented. It is kinda like the tube amplifier vs solid state. Everyone has their opinion. To me anything that makes people passionate enough about listening to music on a dedicated audio system other than ear buds and a cell phone or crappy Bluetooth speaker is fine by me.
Great video! I am totally with you on this.
Paying ~$10/month for streaming does allow listeners to access a massive library of music. However, the I feel most people only listen to hits or the singles, NOT albums. Having committed to buy a CD, cassette or vinyl in a way made sure we try listening to it more than once even though at first listen, the whole album did not sound amazing. I can't say how many times I wasn't totally impressed on first listen on a lot of my favorite albums. With the massive library available from streaming services, listeners are always going to move on to something new without absorbing the impact of one album or artist.
And then there's the thing of not having anything in my own collection even after being a dedicated music fan for decades. Not that I am going to sell my CDs, but they still have a reasonable value on used market. For me, these are the main difference between music fans who stream and those who buy physical media.
People just don't realize what a great format CDs are. Any data retrieval/transfer process that is purely optical has minimal media damage and are highly efficient systems. Plus CDs sound fantastic, even the ones from early 80s. Frequent out of stock CD players tells me there are a lot of fans shopping for CD players now.
Thank goodness I never got rid of my small CD collection when everyone else was dumping them for penny’s. I always enjoyed listening to them on my players (mostly CD/LD players) as it was always the best way to listen to music. I don’t mind streaming music either but if I really like an album I’d always prefer to own a physical copy.
it would be so great if cds come back strong. also great for independent music creators who would have another outlet to sell their music. plus the included copy and art work in a cd case is just great added value you dont get with streaming
I download FLAC usually from Bandcamp, and then I make tapes of albums and sometimes mixtapes. With NOS Type II and IV tapes they sound pretty amazing without noise-reduction (NR always sounds to _my ears_ like it dampens the highs too much).
The trick is to get a reasonably good tape deck, amp and speakers. And there's a lot of that about for cheap if you are patient or can use a soldering iron.
Yeah I do the same but with Amazon HD/Ultra HD Music subscription which is lossless CD quality FLAC audio. I can't afford Type II blank cassettes so I make do with the best mid tier Type I's that are available and a high quality deck. I also totally agree with your asessment of Dolby NR. Even when copying from an analog source I never use NR because it does indeed dampen and muffle the highs. I would rather hear tape hiss in my music than mess with the clarity and detail.
What is dolby anyway? I've always assumed it was just filtering all the highs out and marketing it as hiss reduction.
@@ThiefOfKrondor I got a similar reaction when I was at this guy's house testing a tape deck I was buying. I put in a 90minute audio pro cassette with gnr appetite for destruction, copied a from nearly new record. The guy was stunned when he heard it. I don't think people realize how awesome a good tape can sound. I love them. I always have. Back in the 90s I used to record cds to chrome tapes to play in my Walkman. When done right they're amazing.
When CD is done ( right ) it sounds awesome. It all starts w/ a good master tape. Processed at 24 bit resolution. Then dumbed down to 16 bit red book standard. The little silver disc still has life in it yet. I come from the era of pride of ownership physical medium. Put on a piece of music & enjoy!!!
Same can be said for vinyl
"When CD is done right it sounds awesome".
There is no way that phrase can be argued with. Thanks for that 🎼🎶🎵🎶
Let's not forget that DVD-Audio and Blu-Ray Audio discs higher resolutions than CDs plus surround sound mixes, if that's your thing!
Loved the video Mike! I have a HUGE CD library. Also SACD and DVD-Audio. I have my CD player hooked up to my Cambridge Audio upsampling DAC, which is connected to my preamplifier via XLR cables. Awesome sound man. Just picked up The Motels and Echo & The Bunnymen CD’s last week.
Very nice! Physical media lives!
That's the way you do it! I've got Rotel cd player with 32bit audio converter hooked to a Quad 33 controller with 405amp with Quad speakers 2sl. For the fab Beatles anniversary 5.1 releases it's the Sony blueray player into Dennon A/V reciever. As a vinyl record is only worth about 100 plays before the grooves wear or collapse causing the audio sound to deteriorate with the end result being.... Oh sh*t, I have to buy that album again!!!... And again. I bought my first cd in 1981 (I think??) and it DOES sound the same as the day I bought it. The new vinyl trend is all about consumerism. Think about it!!!
The physical format is for life, plus you don't have to bear with constant adverts which are louder than the music
😅 I cannot wait untill I can start collecting CDs and cassette player. (But however including vinyl/record players) I will be collecting over millions once I finish college and get a career. Thanks for a great video. Loved it ❤. I do not and never will care what others might or will say.
You and me both! It's never to eatly to start collecting. Visit your local charity shops. You can get CDs and Cassettes for super cheap!
I’ve never stopped buying CDs/ Vinyl, I’ve never liked downloading, and it was a big mistake stopping selling CD Singles, I still have lots of cassettes also
What was the point in selling cd singles when everyone had switched to the pocket mp3 player? Most people had copied their CD's onto minidisk and put them in a draw by then anyway.
@@alfsmith4936 Never had minidisc, never had mp3, never had dat. But I do have a bunch of tiny cd singles.
I'll never give up on my CD's. I was around when 'records' were around the first time. Then came along the CD. I have never looked back. Goy rid of all my vinyl and I now own thousands of CD's and so it shall remain. Great video and I love the shirt. NIN forever!😊🤘🤘🤘
I'm a fan of CD's and have been ever since I purchased my first CD in 1987. In my opinion cds never died. They just became unfashonable in favour of vinyl records. Which I'm not a fan of. With CD you can load up a 5 or 6 disk player and have around 6 hours of continuous HQ music. Unlike all the inconveniences of playing casettes and vinyl records that also wear out with each play.
Luckily for me classical CDs seem to be immune from this price surge. Just 2 days ago I tried to sell some of my duplicates at the local used CD store and was told "we can't use classical music". Oh well, more for me.
Classical like violins and cellos and harps oh my? with no singing? It's not my favorite but if i find some cds of that at a thrift store for $0.50 USD then i would pick them up.
I don’t care which physical media someone prefers, as long as it’s still a thing.
After Eddie Van Halen passed away, I picked up the 6 CD box set of their first albums. I had copies of their records and they needed to be replaced many, many years ago. And I felt this would be a way to Honor Eddie's memory.
The music industry want people to think that CDs are obsolete & uncool. Why? Because with a CD, you have to produce the psychical CD, booklet, case, shrink-wrap, etc. & ship it all over the world ($$$$$). With MP3 downloads, the just send a link in an e-mail, much cheaper! For me, CDs all the way, .WAV Files are the best!
I forgot to mention in my "rant": I don't use any "streaming" service.(Except for podcasts) I own PHYSICAL copies of ALL of my music AND my favorite movies. And I always will. Sure I have digitized my music for portable use, But at home I'm playing my records, tapes and CDs.
CDs were easy to hype about in the 80s when everyone was intimately familiar with the shortcomings of vinyl and tape. In that era the fast advances on the physical side of technology were tangible. First home computers, CDs, even cheap digital wristwatches were the manifestation of the utopia that futurists had been promising for decades. With time, as they became ubiquitous, they turned into just everyday tools that everyone got used to.
These days it's vinyl that is easy to hype about. It is capitalizing on the last 15-20 years of niche appreciation that slowly percolated to the masses until it reached critical mass. The experience is very tangible, that careful ceremony that you have to conduct twice per record, the big cover art, the splatter disc, the whole enchilada. The myth of superior sound still persists in some circles. I get the feeling that current shortages only contribute to the hype. Nobody is going to say "LPs were sold out so I'm going to get a CD instead". A vinyl fan will say instead: "For digital you just go online. Vinyl is the luxury I want."
The funny part is that, according to one study I saw, only 52% of vinyl buyers even play their records. 41% have a turntable that just sits there. 7% don't even have a TT. :)
I think people should still be intimately familiar with the shortcomings of Vinyl and Tape lol
Oh , you wrote so it must TRUE
I think the major craze with vinyl is the current generation of hipsters are discovering that listening to music on something else other than their cell phones, ear buds and crappy Bluetooth speakers can be an enjoyable experience regardless of the media form. Everyone has their opinion but if the goal is to come as close to the original recorded sound as possible, a properly recorded and mastered CD is superior to vinyl and other analog formats due to analog’s limited dynamic range. It takes spending a lot of money on a high quality turntable, cartridge and stylus and preamp to equal the sound of a portable CD player you could once easily buy in a drugstore for $20 when connected to the same audio system. One notable exception is reel to reel tape in some instances but that is also very expensive.
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I'll never understand why so many people hold vinyl up there as some sort of holy grail, where speaking ill of it is tantamount to blasphemy. Hardcore vinyl collectors can be some of the most snobby and toxic people in the music community because they drain every bit of enjoyment out of music listening. Some of them aren't even music lovers but they buy rare vinyl records just so that they can belong to some upper echelon class of collectors.
@@mikee2923 The myth of CDs being true to the studio sound holds no water prior to the 90’s. Most studio master recordings were still analog. Another thing about CDs and even LPs is that the single hit versions on many songs differ from what is on the LP/CD albums. Those versions in many cases today still have not been available on CD.
I grew up on LPs (and some cassettes and even some 8-tracks) but I only buy music on CD now - the only downloads I have are rare live recordings not offered on physical media. If people think LPs sound better than CDs, they need a better DAC and maybe a better CD transport.
And what I really hate now is that the automobile companies have almost completely eliminated CD players from their cars. I've heard the "reasons" for this and they are completely bogus.
I'm 21 and I love cd's, I must have bought at least 200 of them and its just the perfect way to listen to music in my opinion
Wow 200?? All brand new?? Or used? I have a pretty decent collection but 200 is pretty impressive.
@@nelsonc6173 yeah all new! I started buying cd's like 3 years ago, I was working full time in a factory so thats why I could aford to buy so many!
To me CDs are higher pitch,higher peaks. I also love Cassettes as well. They take less room compared to records.
Thank you for this Video.
I watched a video review by a 10 year old something kid show casing his Elton John CD collection. You better believe CDs will take off in the next two years or so. A whole new generation are discovering CDs, it's as clear as day.
I have a grest idea.... Bring back cds and also BRING BACK ROCK N ROLL!!!
YES!!!!!!
I’m all for CDs and Cassette because once you buy it the music is yours, personal, not bound by the chains of subscriptions and ads.
I’ve seen a lot of Japanese TCM 450 players on eBay I’m starting to collect as I see it will be along while if not never till we see a more affordable Walkman like player
A large chunk of music I downloaded have mysteriously vanished. I also downloaded the entire Janet Jackson album Invincible and all the songs have gone except one. I’m really annoyed
The jewel case needs to make a comeback. I've passed on albums simply because they come in a digipak. Yeah, I'm OCD like that.
I'm exactly the same way
Way to destroy the planet
@@vacuumblink2300 I think that statement doesn't make sense. I take care of my music collection. I can relisten them again and again. I can sell them, I can give them for free. And there will be something to use. But with streaming, there's nothing. All things on the www are fragile and fugitive. In time they will be deleted.
Also, I think that all the streaming devices, www connections, routers etc, are far more polluting that a collection of cd jewel cases. The cd jewel case serves a purpose for a long time. Not so the electronics for the streaming option, which turns into electronic waste with a very short timeframe.
And anyway, I am now 55. since I was a little kid, I was told that the Earth are going on it's side tomorrow. In fact yesterday. We had gasoline saving Sundays where no cars were allowed to drive. We had watt measuring devices which are supposed to tell you if you should turn off ore change a device. I do have a car, but rarely use it. I use a bicycle every day and within a radius of 50 kilometers. I buy HiFi (and some other things) second hand and save ressources. I haven't eaten a piece of meat since 29 years ago, because I think it's not needed. I only prepare what food I can eat, so no waste. I repair my clothes until it's worn out, not going into fashion changes every week or whatever (like new streaming formats). I cannot tell the Sun to do less solar storms and what not, and just one of those will have a far greater effect on the Earth, than we imagine that we can contribute with. I am all in for less pollution and taking care of the World, but I think we are overestimating our own capabilities, if we think that we make too much CO2 or what not. Look at the ice drillings from the south and north pole. They clearly show extreme amounts of CO2 and many other interesting things through billions of years. I think it's very pretentious to think that jewel cases will destroy the planet we share.
But I do spend some time reading here, and listening to music.
And you better spend an old ex-soviet vacuum tube listening to music, rather that it's original intended purpose.
Kind regards.
They need to be made like the early 80s ones though. They've been made way too flimsy for ages, yet I've got some CDs from 1984 that Jane (AFAIK) never been recased and are tiptop.
If I can't buy a physical copy of your album somewhere and hold it in my hand, you didn't release an album.. You just made music and put it online. Plain and simple. So glad that people are figuring this out and releasing their music on CD's, records, and cassettes again.
Couldnt agree more!
It's a real shame too because I'd buy cds for AVIVA but as far as I know they don't have any.
I'm glad cassettes are making a bit of a comeback. Unfortunately the recording quality I've heard from new cassettes doesn't hold a candle to the cassette releases of the 90's.
The recording methods that were used in the early days was particularly good until the early 80s and the advent of type 2 and type 4 tape and the improvements with tape until the cd really took hold unless you recorded your mix tapes with a fair or better tape recorder then the tape was often better sounding which I've always done for myself. Tapes often do as they are recorded that's where they too often have the reputation of being bad or trashy. But then there have been tapes on their own that have been trash in their own right because the company has made inferior tape that they shouldn't have made or sold to the public.
yeah it's too bad, i know most cassettes these days are mostly about the aesthetic rather than the sound lol. those chrome tapes from the late 80s and 90s were really something though
Nunca me deshice de mis cassette , desde que empecé a usarlo a mis 15 años,
Nunca me deshice de mis cassette , desde que empecé a usarlo a mis 15 años,
Nunca me deshice de mis cassette , desde que empecé a usarlo a mis 15 años,
I love it all !!! CDs,Vinyl,and Cassettes!!!! I believe CDs will make a huge comeback in the future.Cassettes are still great to collect and sooner or later, the high quality cassette players will come.I really do believe that.We just need to be patient. 🙂👍👍✌❤
Yes analog tape does have a great quality if the conditions of a clean tape path and head alignment is always consistent and it even brings out the best of digital recordings that are recorded on tape. ..
Probably cause they last so long, I was just listening to a cassette yesterday that I bought in 81, still sounds good.
I think there is just something awesome about looking at a shelf with CD books on it or CDs physically in their cases on them or record albums or cassettes and say this is my collection I can physically look at it and go this is my music. It becomes something tangible something you can put your damn hands on and something you can throw into a player and say this is just awesome to listen to I guess I grew up in the wrong arrow but when I had all my records it was the same way and I still have records too but mostly cuz that's now cuz I scratched and played the hell out of my records to where they're pretty well shot but this is just good news all the way around I hope they come out with some somewhat economically priced CD players one of these days. And dude I'm from Denver also and I love your your podcast your websites you're all the stuff you're doing is just amazing thank you
I want CD’s to comeback in full. We will see who can really sell records if that was to happen. Plus you wouldn’t have the thing where if the streaming service can just remove an album for any reason. Owning physical music was the best.
Agreed 👍
@@audioarkitekts nothing worse than getting on spotify to find an album gone. I have some albums on tape,cd and vinyl that have been pulled from spotify and now I have to pull them put any time I want to hear them
CDs will always be better then streaming CDs 💿 better sound quality and streaming is rental and u don’t own the music is garbage USBS is Worse also 🤮🤮🤮🤮
That's it in a nutshell. Why would a music lover rely wholly on a third party to access music they enjoy? I say third because the second is the WiFi server. There are times when my WiFi has stopped. The Internet I can do without for a few hours but if I was listening to music I'd be really unhappy. Own your music
Vinyl can be annoying now, a reissue of an album with two records for what would usually be a single album back in the day. Getting up 4 times to change a record, whilst a CD plays through.
You are correct, physical media or paying for the download is better for the artist, and the consumer. I have had albums removed from my Apple Music library for unknown reasons. If you buy the album, CD or downloaded, you own it. I just bought my first SACD, Animals 2018. I plan on buying Aja when it is released on SACD, as I will with any new music I buy that I don’t already have on CD.
That is unfortunate about the Apple music situation. I love physical media! Cant take my CDs
I don't care, CDs are the best way to experience music imo. They sound so much better than vinyls and most streams, it's so much cheaper for a double album on CD than a regular album on vinyl, it's much nicer packaging, it's easier to take care of, and they're as portable as cassettes.
Even with things like Tidal and Apple Music Hi-Fi, there's still songs that aren't available on streaming, plus some CDs include a bonus DVD with extra content. Plus, you can still have downloads with CDs - rip them, get iTunes Match or Apple Music, and just have it sync with everything that has iTunes/Apple Music installed. I do that, and it's great.
TL;DR Vinyl is cool, but CDs are better in every way
I've never stopped buying CDs and have never signed up for any audio streaming service. I'd rather buy what I want and own it forever. I don't want to be at the mercy of some business decision to revoke things on a whim. Also totally with you re buying a CD and then ripping it to have a physical and electronic copy. I used to be like that with vinyl. I'd buy the record and record it on to a tape. I could never understand why people would by original cassettes. Let's hope this resurgence continues and the streaming services fall flat on their faces!
Hi, thank you so much for the mention I really appreciate it. Great to meet someone else passionate about CDs. I am going to make these music business updates a regular feature on the Now Spinning channel. Phil :)
You guys were the ONLY ones in the UK actually speaking the truth and we all appreciate it! Would love to connect with you guys, shoot me an email mike@audioarkitekts.com
@@audioarkitekts Hi Mike, I have emailed you - Thanks Phil :)
I went back to Vinyl first, Vintage vinyl sounds amazing but for stuff that's out of my price bracket on Vinyl, I've gone back to CDs. Streaming is great for discovery and the commute but I've never stayed subbed to any service very long. With Physical Media I can play it whenever I like and only cost was the purchase price once.
I am 53 and began with cassette and LP's in the late 70's, then from the late 80's on, it was mostly CD's... never got into liquid music, except i transfer all my CD's to hard disk as a safety copy and for casual listening from the computer.
But for serious listening on my system, it's always CD or LP with the occasional radio or cassettes on my 70's tuner and tape deck.
"You will own nothing and be happy."
- Klaus Schwab
Sad but true
I guess I was one of the “strange freaks” because I didn’t follow everyone else off the cliff by first selling off my vinyl collection for CDs, and then selling off my CDs to buy back all the now gouging prices of vinyl. Furthermore, I make streaming work for me with the cassette format; I tape virtually any damn thing I want off the computer by inserting a blank tape into my deck. Hey, Overall, I have a finger to show to trends, all those who follow them, and the music industry in general. And it isn’t my thumb.
all of the above!!
Yep people used to call me old fashioned for holding onto my CD collection and now that older titles are mostly all out of print, I am glad that I never sold my CD's. I also record music off my computer onto cassettes using my cassette deck. Whenever Amazon Music offers me a free HD/Ultra HD subscription, I record entire albums from there in the lossless CD quality FLAC audio that they now offer.
I refuse to relinquish the thousands of CDs and HiFi separates I’ve built up over the years to replace it with a streaming service. Not a chance. Physical media forever!
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Do you have a cassette collection too?
You're taping off the computer? I remember when people recording off the radio were seen as a threat to the music industry lol.
CDs I love. Still buy them . As someone who grew up in the 80s /90s cassettes suck. They sound terrible. Not even close to cd quality.
Same here!
I fell in love with CD's from the first time I heard one. I bought my first CD player in 1984, and have been buying CD's ever since, and have never gotten rid of any of my CD's. I still have them all. More power to the CD!
Dolby needs to start licensing it's noise reduction for cassettes again
Yes, especially the early thick acrylic ones with the grey CD holders!
Never going to happen, Dolby NR has been succeeded by better alternatives since. And anyway NR is pointless if you don't have a decent transport, and tape-head in the player and a decent tape, none of which are being manufactured right now.
If you have a decent deck and tapes, NR isn't even necessary, with a reasonably good hi-fi, unless you sit right next to the speakers, you can't hear that tape hiss. I frequently talk to friends about the CD playing, then let drop its tape and they would never have guessed. On a walkman, you hear it straight away, if you do a 1 to 1 comparison with tape and CD, you hear it too but mostly because tape has narrower dynamic range, but if play a decent hi-fi in a reasonably sized room, most people can't tell (they just enjoy the music, not the absence of noise reduction!).
That went on a bit more than i intended :D
I'm an old fart who grew up on vinyl and later cassettes, and I love analog anything, it seems. Amazingly enough, though, my collection of CD's is much larger than either my vinyl or cassettes collections. But my ears can detect minor nuances on the older tech that I've never picked up on the CD's. I would say 90% of the people wouldn't be able to tell the differences between ANY of the three media types' sound quality, however, based both on research and observances. I don't know if the cassette resurgence will continue, as the new decks and players are pretty crappy. But I'm probably a bigger fan of cassettes than most, and even at that, I will always prefer vinyl, whether 78, 45, ot 33 1/3.
I love my CDs. I have over 600. I like them because I mainly play music in my car and they work. I buy them because I like to check out the art work and really like it when the artist gives details about how they recorded the songs, who was involved and what was used. I don't care for the jewel cases though and pretty much never have. Bad design. They break far too easily. Sure, I could upload my music onto a USB stick and I have for a few CDs, but I just prefer them.
Funnily enough I ordered the new ABBA album on CD and also on cassette
My band distributed a whole album per streaming shops. After 4 years, we stopped doing that - revenues are ridicuously low (plays were high). When we started in 2016, we actually sold demo cd's of our EP. Gonna repeat that😀
Share the name of your band so we can support you guys! 😉
Thank you!!!
My favorite way of listening to music is driving in my car. But if I buy a new car I won't get to listen to my CDs (or tapes) because the auto industry doesn't want to let me. No more factory CD players in cars. I may have to buy an old car instead.
Thanks for the tip! I love listening to a fine CD played on my Denon DCD-1290. I have recently recapped with Nichicons Fine Gold and replaced the output opamps to the Burr-Brown OPA-2134s and fast recovery diodes. Man, what a fine sound! Way better than my friend’s rig doubling the investment of mine. Also I’m filtering the mains before reaching the main fuses. Pioneer D2S receiver ( recapped) and my all time B&Ws. Light years away from “vinyl” BTW I don’t have to stand up from my favorite sofa to turn the bloody thing over… Cheers everyone!
Sorry, I meant Pioneer D1S receiver.
Thanks, Mike. I love your channel and love this video. Totally agree with you on CDs and cassettes. Keep up the good fight.
Will do Ricky! Thank you for the support!
It's simple. The bigshots don't want you to own the physical media so you depend on them through subscription services and whatnot. Also, there's the necessity to own amd operate a computer or some other "smart" device which in turn gathers your personal data that is then handed over to big tech and governments.
Owning the physical CD especially frees you from that leash and gives you back some independence. But hey: what does the WEF say in one of their dystopian ads?
You will own nothing. And you will be happy.
In my hometown is very rare to find someone who collect vinyl cd or cassette, mostly because the few stores that sell them are very expensive, but there is a lot in the used market but there are not many who buy them, and if you are gonna buy on internet it's very expensive too....so you dont have many chances on getting them, i hope one day this situation will change 'cause i love buying, listening and collecting music in all formats, i dont wanna lose that.
This channel is my school in audio, thanks a lot man!
I love CD's and I never gave up on them. 😁
I've collected cassettes for 5 plus years. Turning 18 im glad to have started young. I was raised listening to old music older rock, pop, metal etc and tapes will always be my favorite format. My stereo and boombox are my priceless relics of musical past. And yes do I still listen to them years later. YES!!! I'm an audiophile. And making your own mixtape feels like a sentimental item to you. That you can forever hold onto and show others. Cassettes are beautiful everyone should give em a try.
Artists make more money from physical media. By a LONG shot. That's why. For the consumer, it's the experience of siting down, opening read, inserting and playing the physical media. What the music and tech industries tried to do with streaming, other industries are trying to do. they don't want you to own anything. The car industry is trying to head towards car 'borrowing' rather than owning, where features within the car have to be paid for to rent fro the car company. Nuts.
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Keep it quiet I am still buying 8 CDs for £1 (UKP) from local charity shop and they all rip perfectly.
Lol
I love CDs. It has enabled me to triple the amount of music I would otherwise not be able to acquire
There's the 2 TEAC/Tascam new hifi cassette decks but they don't use their original transport so the W&F readings are not good, otherwise the sound is decent according to reviews, though the frequency ratings are mediocre compared to TEACs of old. The transport is a high end version of a boombox mechanism apparently. The best on offer from its maker (which is not TEAC itself but a Chinese maker I believe) but barely good enough for hifi. I suspect though for TEAC to reintroduce its own mechanism the sales numbers would have to be high enough to justify reopening an entire department. Another problem is that the decks are probably overpriced for what they are, but that's a reflection of fairly low production numbers. However, if you want a new hifi separate deck the TEACs are the only game in town as far as I know (I'd be delighted if someone knew of another maker). There's lots of tat about of course, cheap walkman style players and boomboxes and shoebox players but no other 'high end' stuff I'm aware of.
Harnesing CD'S, VINYLS and Audio Cassettes represent the respect for the full theme inside an Album and the uncompromising support for the loved artist!!
Like you, I've been saying this for some time. And mostly people think I'm a twit! But we're both right.
The trouble is that both the music industry AND the HiFi industry have a vested interest in persuading you to part with your money. The music industry wants you to buyy the same music all over again, and in the case of the HiFi manufacturers and retailers, trying to sell you a whole pile of new gear as well. The vinyl resurgence was always on the cards, but now turntables cost a fortune and vinyl LPs are way more expensive than they ever were. But everybody loves music - rich or poor - and whether you're a passionate music nut, a collector OR or a casual listener it's MUSIC that comes first, not the format. On that basis, as you say, we're in a wonderful position at present, because most fools... sorry, people... have swallowed the "CDs have had it" mantra and it's now a buyer's paradise.
Only please keep quiet about the thrift and charity shops....!!
You are absolutely correct. It's only a matter of time before the CD becomes the next big boom.
When I was a little girl (the late 1990's), I listened to tapes. Back In 2005, I listened to both formats (my own CD's and my mother's tapes). I listen to both Spotify and CD's nowadays. Even though I like Spotify, the CD experience in my humble opinion, is unparalleled
Because it’s yours and they can’t cancel that or take it away from you
Well when an LP is $30 and the CD is $6 , what do you think is going to happen ? CD and LP are different listening experiences , any audiophile can tell you this. But don't take my would for it, go to a good Stereo Store and have listen for yourself. I suppose the record companies are making more money on the LP too. There aren't that many LP factories around anymore also.
have this same passion for real estate and you would be a top selling agent in 2 years (love the videos, keep it up)
The problem is, life has become rental, renting music, films, even clothing, the worlds gone made, love cd, cassettes & vinyl👍
It's not a problem, it's a benefit. The problem is most people who like physical think everything not physical is bad instead of also using it to their benefit. All formats are good and have their up-sides. I have 20,000 comics on an ipad, any song I want at my fingertips, I can find any movie online, and I can take it all with me anywhere I go but sure....it's a problem.
@@510tuber yes, but your constantly having to pay for it, once purchased its yours to keep, no more paying to rent it.
@@tweakerman It's like $1,200 bucks for a decade of just about any music you want wherever you want. I spend that in a month on physical and it's harder to transport, takes up space, and I only have what I bought nothing more. Streaming is a huge benefit.
@@510tuber but at the end of it you own nothing, my whole collection is worth something, streaming is worth nothing & in my opinion doesn't sound as good.
@@tweakerman idk why people have an obsession with, "you actually own it bruh". It's on EVERY video. There's better reasons to own physical. 2 people play the same song but one gets to say, "but I actually OWN it"...just seems like pointlessly sucking ones own dick to me.
You're right Mike. I'm gathering up CD's like a hoover; for me it's a bonanza. I still have my FIRST CD I bought for £13, ( Duke Ellington). CD's are always high quality, easy to play, and great sound if you posses HiFi equipment with very, very large bass speakers! Streaming? ..best left to the Generation X youngsters. ( Actually, I shouldn't be airing this view fear of everyone jumping on the band wagon! )
I was a high school teenager in the late 70s. I didn't have access to a turn table, so I had to buy nearly all of my new music on 8 Track. I hated 8 Track, but it was my only option. So 1980 comes along and I get my first cassette stereo in my car, and I start buying all of my new music on cassette. Cassettes weren't ideal, but they were leaps and bounds better than 8 Track. The only complaint I had about cassette was the time and effort it took to fast forward or reverse to get to the song(s) you wanted to hear most. Fast forward to 1986 and I buy my first CD player. It was part of a Technics 'rack' system. I was aware of the hype of the sound quality of the CD being superior to vinyl and cassette during those years, but honestly, what sold me on CD was it's convenience of being able to skip forward or backward to any track you wanted, instantly. I could even program the order I wanted the songs to play. How awesome was that?! Since there were no car stereos with CD players until the 90s for the most part, at least with CD you could make your own mix tapes onto cassette for listening in the car or on a Walk Man. So the sound of the Compact Disc was one thing I took into consideration when I bought my first CD player, but the convenience of the CD was the primary reason I made the jump to the CD format. I had a turn table throughout the 80s, but I very seldom bought a new album on vinyl, and when I did, I always bought a copy on cassette at the same time. One last thing I'll mention, is how futuristic and cool the CD was back in the day when it was released onto the market. It looked like something out of Star Wars, or Star Trek. There was a lot to love about CD's back then, and for me, there's still a lot to love about CD's right now, and going forward in my humble opinion.
I wondered how long this was going to take to come back around to the CD format. I bought into the vinyl thing for a minute. That was annoying. Just when getting comfortable and into the music. It was te to get up and flip the dang thing and start all over. That was the draw of CDs. Along with the clarity. No snap crackle pop during playback. Just another reason why we cant have nice things
Extreme temperatures having little effect on CDs' is the main reason I still buy them. Another is you can copy them in your PC and load them onto your portable DAP for use outdoors w/out loosing sound quality.
Vinyls are great and the best for audio but not really good in hot/humid weather and never ever stack them on top of each other.
I keep buying CDs to support artists and accompanied bands, vocalists, orchestras, and the recording technicians while appreciating the music, even more so since this covid19 pandemic. Thanks for speaking out.
I had a huge amount of my own music files that I transfered from older computers and different things onto ITunes so that I could listen from anywhere.
I then started to use apple music streaming services for a monthly fee.
After 6 months I decided to quit using them.
They discontinued my files on the streaming service and they locked me out of and removed them off of iTunes.
They also stole or wiped out my own private files that I had for years as wav and Mp3 files.
When I tried to complain and fight them they told me that when they changed format of the files and converted them that they were no longer my property.
That did it for me, screw them and their services. It also meant my files were locked out and gone. I was able to recover about maybe 38 % of my own music from backed up copies in mp3 from an old Droid phone.
I'm a vinyl DJ and yet I can't give up my CDJ's. I have a Tascam CD recorder that I use to record albums that are too rare and expensive to take out. Plus l can fill a cd-r with samples, sound effects and "transition" music (audio wasabi). Laptop on my banquet table? Never. Might have to bring the cassette deck though soon! 🙂
CDJ's are rad! Way better than lugging around a coffin with two turntables!
@@audioarkitekts My CDJ's are 10 percent of my set. Vinyl 90 percent. I just can't give up them CDs! Now where's that bottle of ibuprofen? 🙂
This is amazing!
I’ve heard so many reports that CD’s and cassettes are going the way of the dinosaur...ESPECIALLY cassettes!
But your video is a breath of fresh air!!
Thank you, I am hoping to motivate the community!
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I’m a boomer. I have well over 500 cassettes that I started collecting in the 70’s and 80’s. I’ve kept them for decades.
To me the only downside to cassettes is trying to forward and rewind to find the exact spot on the cassette I am looking for. Also, trying to come up with a labeling system to legibly write out what is on each cassette, because I used many of them to record things and events in my life, my kids special moments when they were growing up, my vocal impersonations, guitsr practice sessions and my magic show performances, church services, my personal journal, etc, etc. Not to mention music and songs off the radio. When you have over 500 it really becomes a challenge and a Royal mess!
I tried color coding them by subject, and that helps a little bit. Still, when you have numerous things recorded on a single cassette, the writing surface is very tiny to try to write down everything on that cassette. And when any cassette is mixed in with a pile of hundreds of others, they all begin to look alike!
Still, I love cassettes. I simply need to come up with a workable, practical, EFFICIENT system of organizing and labeling.
Color coding helps, but it’s not the entire solution.
CDs do hold value & are personal to the individual, no disrespect to bluetooth
I hope young people are finally realizing most of todays popular music is really not good and by buying old music the industry goes back to promoting real musicians. I love youtube channels of young people discovering old music from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and becoming fans of different artists from these eras. I personally have been buying so many old and a few new CDs lately! Just got Duran Duran's new album "Future Fast" on CD!
You're just too lazy to look for good music. You see the top 5 and hear other idiots say there's no good music today and you just go along with it. You're the ignorant one here.
Go watch "Born in the Wrong Generation" by FilthyFrank and "The Power of Nostalgic Music" by Nathan Zed
Another thing I really like about physical CDs and the jewel cases they come in, compared to the undeniable convenience of streaming audio, are the beautiful and highly informative booklets which were often included with many CDs, which described the music, the artist or artists performing it, even notes and photos about the musical instruments played, if they have historical or other interest. Very few streaming-audio sources, even top-flight Qobuz, include the booklets which originally came with CDs which are now available for purchase as downloadable files. (In all fairness to Qobuz, they TRY to obtain the booklets for their CDs, but often end up empty-handed. This is yet another good reason why I'm glad I have a good collection of CDs, ranging from pop to classical, making me reluctant to part with them.
I buy CD’s all the time here in Australia. Australia has CD printing factory for prerecorded CD’s and Blu-ray disc’s and maybe 4K Blu-ray disc’s.
Once again I agree with you. Just ordered 7 cds off Amazon and eBay today
I just bought a few today as well at a local used bookstore
I have around 400 CD's , 300 cassette's and around 30 vinlyl records .
All of them playing well until now.
I listen to them often.
My Cassette's player work well.
I still love them
Even if CDs are on their downfall, I have no doubts there will be a comeback. So many people are nostalgic for CDs and more will be in the future.
I am 17 and I grew up with CDs of my favorite artists so yes CDs have a comeback.
I'am over 48 and i certainly won't exchange dematerialized music for CD's and if all the Cd's could be now forgotten that would be really cool due to their limitation.
Sorry but what is there to be nostalgic about a digitally sourced format? All the players functioned about the same and didn't have a stand out design or were memorable, the mastering is dogshit californiacation is unlistenable on cd I get ear fatigued by the 2nd track, the packaging except for a very few releases just sucked. I get it if kids missed out on the format and grew up with nothing but mp3s or youtube but honestly they're not missing out much.
@@Weensx I mean I'm from the Gen Z generation and yet I would like to listen to a cassette.
Between the years 2006-2014, many many people told me, i am nuts for buying cds, they told me why i spent money on, if it was already something obsolete! Better buy an ipod or download the music, it's the same thing they told me, but never paid attention to them, i believed in the cds and i still believe in them. And i love the vinyls too, the cassettes are cool, but i like to see the comeback of the MD too, the md are so cool and deserve another chance.
Your investment will pay off soon my friend.
@@audioarkitekts thank u man i hope so. I've been buying CD's since 1997 and haven't stopped since. I am very happy that they return with force and that the new generations value them. I hope the stores return as in the past, where we spent hours watching discs.
My cassette collection is still in storage at home. Bought a budget Radio/CD player and a second hand cassette, and the cassette got chewed. I do have my stand alone Cassette player play cassettes on,so I may revisit that experience again soon. Still retained some vinyl and have been thinking about upgrading to a better’HiFi-Music Centre’. When you break it all down,it’s still CD for me.
I was really disappointed that my new BMW does not have a CD player installed. i have a large CD collection at home which I have built up over the years. But now I am now unable to play and enjoy music from my own CD's in my car. BMW expects that as a new car owne, I will to subscribe to a streaming site to play for the privelage of listening to a CD that I have already purchased in my own personal collection. Vinyl and cassettes a big no! Why, because CD and DVD's are one of the best inventions ever made.
I've loved music since I was 5 years old.
I started my CD collection at 14 years old and still work on it now at 62 years old. It truly gives me a feeling of peace. I recently baught the new remix of the Beatles Revolver 2 disc set, priceless the sound it has. I really wish people wouldn't spread the word about CDs, the prices are fabulous these days. 😉
I knew the CD resurgence would come sooner or later. That is why I never stopped buying CDs. I am at 3,000 and counting. Why do I still collect them? IMHO, no other format sounds better, not even vinyl.
how would you rank them? cd's first, vinyl or cassette 2nd?
@@paulb111 CDs 1st, vinyl 2nd, steaming 3rd. I've lived thru too many cassette 'horror' stories to even consider that format.