bach
05.31.26 | Been more of a cd guy lately. I find them less large and cumbersome than records. love vinyl but they take up quite a bit of space in my apartment. plus I have a 9 year old car that has a cd player |
twlight
05.31.26 | Digital media is a cool things but sucks that a company like Spotify monopolized it. The ramifications are rampant |
twlight
05.31.26 | Cd on a good car stereo is still my fav way to hear something |
brickhed
05.31.26 | managed to find 3 on cassette from a black metal distro, package is currently on the way. also picked up their first album while I was at it.
been looking for 11, 21, and 26 for a while, and I have Nortt - Gudsforladt on CD.
for favorites its normally cassette, but it depends on the format. hardcore, black metal, folk, and dungeon synth i vastly prefer on cassette since the vibes fit for a handful of reasons. for genres like goregrind or bdm i'm perfectly fine with CD, since it's a staple of underground genres like that. |
twlight
05.31.26 | What’s your listening set up for cassette? |
BAT
05.31.26 | i've always been a cd person, very versatile/pretty much every car i've ever driven had a cd player soo very easy to just pop in. also cheap/no crazy sound equipment needed/easy to backup/etc. i tend to get vinyl for bands i want to support, like least a third of my collection is stuff i'd gotten off blogspot back in the day annd picked up a repress when it came around. elsewise my record collections stuff i just stumbled into at stores and gave a shot, great way to discover pre-internet music. my cd collections all over the place, pretty much anytime i hit a concert i'd grab a cd thaan like 15+years of thrifting.
and for movies i've pretty much locked in on blu ray, they look great and they're scratch resistant. i still get dvds for more obscure stuff buuut i'm soured on having them delivered through the mail, it's like a 75% chance of showing up damaged/loose in case/etc. when i'm thrifting tho i tend to grab a buncha dvds cause it's easier to check the condition. |
bach
05.31.26 | @brickhed
Found 26 at this local cd place in my area that always has a great metal selection. Other 3, 21, 12, the nortt cd and a few others on here are from Hell's Headbangers. Maybe I'll go through the list and edit in where I found each product even if its local just to shout out the buisness incase other users stop through and wanna peep it or live near by |
bach
05.31.26 | @bat
Love cds man. Growing up it was my main way of consuming music before high school rolled around and i started having unlimited access to the internet. Vinyl is cool but if I'm being real it's a pain in the ass. Anytime I order a record in the mail or travel with them (especially air travel) they get fucked up. A cracked jewel case is an easy fix but those fucked up corners on your LP are never gonna be the same |
thumbcrusher
05.31.26 | "Digital media is a cool things but sucks that a company like Spotify monopolized it. The ramifications are rampant"
There are quite a few other streaming platforms - YouTube Music, Apple, Tidal, Amazon, Deezer and more. All the companies have pros and cons but wouldn't say it's a Spotify monopoly, even tho they're the biggest
I use YouTube as when music sub is combined with YT premium, the price for both is pretty good |
thumbcrusher
05.31.26 | I used to love getting loads of CDs but the possibilites of streaming was too good when it became a thing. Miss CDs in a way but the fact I've have them lying around for so long untouched is a sign of my revealed preferences I guess |
Voivod
05.31.26 | Physical media started to get better, once streaming sites started to maime/compress hosted music to save space/time/what have you.
The effect on older music, which was lushly recorded, is devastating. |
zakalwe
05.31.26 | 14 is classic |
