Chris TrottierAug 14, 2024

CDs are making a comeback—and that doesn’t surprise me whatsoever.

If you want to build a music collection, CDs are probably the best format to start with.

They sound excellent if mixed properly. The artwork is generally good. But most importantly, both disc and players are super cheap.

I’m a big fan of vinyl and tape. They have their place. But if I were starting my music collection from scratch, I’d start with CDs.

https://www.headphonesty.com/2024/08/cds-suddenly-back-demand-thanks-surprising-audience/

CDs Make a Sudden Comeback Thanks to a Surprising New Audience

The digital generation is falling hard for the charm of physical CDs.

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Show threadErik JonkerAug 14, 2024
@atomicpoet ...i am wondering whether digital storage in FLAC is not better, CD's can decay / "rot" in time ? Ofcourse it's nice to have CD's or vinyl for the artwork.
Show threadChris Trottier

@ErikJonker Disc rot is much ado about nothing. The only CDs I own that have experienced rot are CD-Rs, which are burnt. A pressed CD—which is most commercial CDs—will likely last a lifetime.

Putting a FLAC on an SDD won’t have the same longevity as CDs because SDD have a greater failure rate. You can make back-ups of FLACs but you can back-up CDs too.

Aug 14, 2024 at 8:57amWeb
Show threadDreaming of dad jazz.Aug 14, 2024

@atomicpoet @ErikJonker

Disc rot is real but out of my hundreds of CDs I only have a handful that have issues. Ripping them to flac allowed me to play most of them.

I have about the same amount of vinyl and so many of them have surface noise, scratches, skips, etc...

Show threadErik JonkerAug 14, 2024
@atomicpoet ..agreed, the ideal situation would be then a CD collection digitally backed up (in FLAC).
Show threadIvesAug 14, 2024

@atomicpoet @ErikJonker I ripped my CD collection to FLAC a decade ago. Out of the approximately 1000 CDs, 6 could not be read anymore. These were all commercial CDs.

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