• megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    4·
    2 hours ago

    A few months ago I started moving most of my audio media over to CDs. I don’t trust streaming services to maintain extensive libraries and/or continue to exist.

    We’re already seeing video streaming services remove content from their platforms despite having the rights to it.

    I doubt that Spotify or Apple Music won’t do the same in the near future.

    • Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 hours ago

      Oh man I forgot about LightScribe! I remember being like 10 and working my butt off for a summer to be able to afford one. Good times

  • First Majestic Comet@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    3·
    3 hours ago

    I still burn CDs for my dad all the time, (I also have a few of them for myself too) since our cars have CD players in them, and while I usually play Music through the Aux it’s good to have CDs for when there’s spotty connection and nothing good on the Radio.

    • lilith267@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      1·
      46 minutes ago

      Also still use CDs for my car! CDs just feel like the right solution to local music, sometimes I just want to keep my phone in my pocket (or not on me at all) and drive. USB drives feel too easy to lose

  • colin@lemmy.uninsane.orgEnglish
    4·
    4 hours ago

    ngl i feel safer digging through CDs while driving than digging through a music library on some phone touchscreen. probably if i learned to use voice controls i’d feel better about the phone but i’m at that age where i’m comfortable enough with my ways that i’d rather not have to change them.

  • PineRune@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    6 hours ago

    I’ll continue to burn Sega Saturn games to CDs for some years still. Especially considering how much it costs to get some of them now.

  • Rezurektme@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    6 hours ago

    Unless I die in the next month, I plan on burning more CDs. Added a bunch of new albums to my MP3 player a few months ago

          • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
            41·
            5 hours ago

            That’s categorically false. And ultimately, fidelity to what? Modern records are analog pressings of almost always digitally recorded, digitally mixed works. What is the record doing that’s more “faithful” than, say, the original digital master copy?

            • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldEnglish
              14·
              5 hours ago

              Yes because your BURNT cd hasn’t had a few steps to degrade the quality… a bought cd would be better than a BURNT cd.

              • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
                41·
                5 hours ago

                That doesn’t really address the point here. People buy modern vinyl, which is generally several steps from original recordings/mixes as well. It’s literally the same issue. You can always say “it needs to be more faithful,” but faithful to what?

                People don’t buy records because they’re “objectively better” or “more faithful” or whatever terminology we want to use. There are several possible reasons, usually revolving around the physical format itself/the experience and ritual, as well as the tonal hallmarks of lacquer. If you want “fidelity” outside of “simulates what people were listening to upon release,” [edit] most consumer vinyl records are not a good medium. Which is why people buy them - like CD’s - for various reason.

                A burned CD can achieve a lot of different aims, just like a record can. You should actually talk to people in the hobby to inform yourself here.

                • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  11·
                  5 hours ago

                  A BURNT cd isn’t lossless so that’s just plain false mate….

                  Bloviate about whatever, but dude asked about burning a cd, you made a comment about vinyl which can be lossless, while a BURNT cd never will. A bought cd yes, as I did already clarify.

              • can@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                21·
                4 hours ago

                That’s not the case. We can copy a music CD in a lossless way, losing no information.

                Burning low bitrate mp3s will obviously be worse.

                • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  1·
                  2 hours ago

                  And the music they ripped is what quality…? When you start off without the master files, you’re already at a loss compared to the originals.

                  Ripping a bought cd even with”lossless” methods, won’t beat the original printing. That’s just pure fantasy.

                  Does it matter for on transfer? Unlikely, but how about what someone did before you downloaded the torrent as well?

                  The fidelity of vinyl, is more than a burnt disc. I didn’t think that was an arguable fact.