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Egads, all this talk about cutting and folding and discarding CD booklets and inserts is making me cringe!
Not to mention discarding protective cases for scratchable sleeves.
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The cases I put the discs into use cloth that is meant to keep them scratch free for the pockets where they go. The discs are what matters. The only reason I keep anything else is so that I have the album art in front of the disc in my binder. I have scans of all the artwork I care about so I won't cry over tossing the paper.
It was a shame with some of those fancy limited edition packaging especially some metal albums but in the end I care about the CDs and if tossing the rest of it massively saves me space then I'll go for that.
Anything that comes into contact with the data side of a disc can cause scratches. You may not be able to see them and it may not happen every time, but it can always happen. Sleeve manufacturers will indeed tell you there's no reason to be concerned, of course.
The idea that "discs are what matters" and the logic in transferring discs from proper protection to improper protection strikes me as incongruous. But to each his own I suppose. I can certainly understand space being an issue, but not to the detriment of precisely what you're attempting to secure.
What about slim jewel cases?
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Apr 29, 2014 - 12:50 PM
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SchiffyM
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Anything that comes into contact with the data side of a disc can cause scratches. You may not be able to see them and it may not happen every time, but it can always happen.
And again I say that I have never, ever, not once, with thousands of CDs, ever scratched a CD to the point that it impacted playing in any way. And this includes CDs my kids listened to when they were little, which they tossed around and stepped on and left on the floor and, in some cases, threw in the bushes. (Not soundtracks. The Wiggles!) All played, and continue to play, just fine.
Am I just blessed?
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And again I say that I have never, ever, not once, with thousands of CDs, ever scratched a CD to the point that it impacted playing in any way. And this includes CDs my kids listened to when they were little, which they tossed around and stepped on and left on the floor and, in some cases, threw in the bushes. (Not soundtracks. The Wiggles!) All played, and continue to play, just fine.
Am I just blessed?
All that and the Wiggles CDs still kept playing?! Sounds like you're cursed! 
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Am I just blessed?
With treatment like that, absolutely!
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I have loaded my entire collection into itunes using AAC. I thought that going lossless the files would be so large that my iPod would not cope memory-wise.
I have a high end stereo system as well so keep my CD collection to hand.
However, my main mode of listing is via my iPod and a decent, if not expensive, set of Sennheiser HD218i headphones. They took a bit of running in but now sound excellent to my ears.
I have now invested in a small portable headphone amplifier for £150. Another excellent addition IMO. I have seen other headphone amplifiers on the market for around £1500.
Has anybody else invested in this piece of equipment?
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I accidentally obliterated my iTunes playlist on my Mac. It there a free program I can use to transfer my playlist *from* my iPod back into iTunes?
Any help would be appreciated.
Greg Espinoza
That's happened to me before. Look up Senuti. I'm not sure if it's free anymore (or there might be a trial-run song limit), but it might lead you on the right track.
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I get a headache every time this thread bubbles to the top. I know that Apple products are supposed to be intuitive and I accept that downloads are the way of the future. But honestly, iTunes has been nothing but trouble for me, and I will commit nothing to its care until it becomes absolutely necessary. Fortunately I've got plenty of room to store CDs, which (soundtracks aside) are becoming remarkably inexpensive these days.
I don't wish to give you a headache but my experience has been that Macs are very intuitive for me - but not for my wife. She dislikes them with a passion. So perhaps it is just personal preferences.
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