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So as I move boxes and boxes and boxes and boxes and boxes and boxes and boxes and boxes and boxes and boxes and boxes and boxes and boxes and boxes and boxes and boxes and boxes and boxes and boxes and boxes and boxes and boxes of CDs into storage, I'm wondering what the point of all these silvery-plastic discs is.
I'm ready for a post-CD world!
I enjoy the best of BOTH worlds. I rip the CD in lossless onto a hard drive that gets backed up online. Then I place the CDs onto spindles with the rest of 'em, stack all the booklets/liners in shoe boxes, and throw away the case. It reduces storage space by 90%.
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I like my collection too.
It's been developed over many years and I look upon it with great pride.
I don't count music on my computer as part of my collection proper. It feels more like those 'boot' titles that sit amongst my CD collection...those dirty cousins 
If I have to move in the future, I will pack it all up safe and re-stack it in my new abode.
I like the interraction with the physical media that downloads can never reproduce.
I will buy CD's until it's no longer possible to buy CD's.
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Oct 24, 2013 - 7:18 AM
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petek66
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I also went with sleeves.... I bought 1000 CD sleeves from DiscSox that can hold booklet, unfolded tray card, and 1 or 2 discs. I loaded up the CDs, and filed them in a chest from Ikea
that fits them perfectly into three drawers. I gave the jewel cases away in a community freecycle
group, holding back the best 50 or so of different types in case I ever decide to sell one. Box sets, 3-disc+ sets, CDs with unique jewel boxes, and CDs with exceptionally thick booklets (I'm looking at you, Star Trek reissues...), I kept as is.
Total cost was around $600, but it solved my storage problems and keeps the discs protected, accessible, and browsable (even more so because I can flip through the covers like LPs)
Here's photos- I don't know how to pull them into the post.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/petek66/10457367775/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/petek66/10457367605/
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I will always buy the CD – no matter what the cost, and – as mentioned – I am buying 2 copies of Cocoon, because that is how much I love it.
I don't want to say this is idiotic, because who am I to judge? I've bought say, a CD and a vinyl of the same album, but why would you buy two copies of the same exact CD? Are you that dangerous with your media that you really need a Vice Cocoon, just in case?
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Just want to say that this thread, other than the initial post, is driving me completely crazy.
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I quite like this topic
For last year I lost almost every joy in buying CD´s because of CUSTOMS OFFICE.
I know that customs office is doing what is legal but paying 20% VATS of final price with shipping charge for music CD´s is crime + add 5USD taken by POST as some kind of "holding" charge.
I even return package once, when the price of CD´s was about 20 cents over limit and with all customs and postal fees I would pay almost 30% of price of package.
For 30USD (1 limited ed. CD+shipping) it is another 11USD for customs and post.
Not very funny to pay it for every CD from US or Japan.
German customs also love to hold packages for weeks if the envelope does not feature a detailed invoice on the outside of the package. It happens all the time.
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I love my music but am thoroughly sick of my collection. We live in a reasonable sized house in south London but I'm fed up with the storage cases and boxes and the constant updating of my spreadsheet to keep records of what I've got and where it is, up to date.
If I could exchange the whole lot for 320 quality mp3s I'd go for it.
If I die tomorrow, I suspect my girl friend would happily bin the lot!!
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