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General and Gaming => Off Topic => Topic started by: oldgamerz on October 26, 2018, 01:32:37 am
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When I'm not buying video games and food, I spend a great deal on Music CD's. I made this thread so we can share some of the information on the CDs, Vinyl or Cassette, A track and Digital Downloads involving music.
SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR POSTING
1: First off what music did you buy this month, if any?
2: What Are You most liked artist's and or bands
3: What is the highlights of your music collection, do you collect music?
I bought a lot of CD's this month including "David & David's Boomtown album" also bought "Dreams So Real's Rough Night In Jericho album "
I collect any type of music mostly Rock and Hard Rock, those 2 bands are somewhat obscure. They were alternative rock bands of the 1980's
Some highlights to my collection is my entire collection of the band called "Journey" I own every single Journey Album from 1975-2011 with all 14 studio albums included
and my Bon Jovi Album collection. I have a number of Kiss albums too but far from the complete set. I got all 4 Creed albums.
I picked up 1000's (just not this month) of CD's at both online Amazon, Walmart and a physical indoor flea market. I've been collecting music CD's since 2008 and I don't burn none of them
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I don't really keep an inventory of what I have picked up when it comes to music. I will typically buy CDs and tapes but not really records. And a big no to 8 tracks because I don't want to have to replace the foams in even the ones I already have!
I did recently pick up a hybrid disc, one that is a music CD on one side and a DVD video on the other side. It even came in a weird plastic holder. I bought it as a novelty really, I have no idea who the artist is.
One thing I like to do is pick up cassette tapes that are in other languages that I find at thrift. Or anything that looks interesting when it comes to package design.
Here is one example: https://imgur.com/a/Fds1D
I currently do not have a method for playing CDs. I primarily listen to them in the car. I have a cd changer that I would love to get fixed, then I could use that. I have two main cassette players. A single deck and a 6 changer.
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I don't really keep an inventory of what I have picked up when it comes to music. I will typically buy CDs and tapes but not really records. And a big no to 8 tracks because I don't want to have to replace the foams in even the ones I already have!
I did recently pick up a hybrid disc, one that is a music CD on one side and a DVD video on the other side. It even came in a weird plastic holder. I bought it as a novelty really, I have no idea who the artist is.
One thing I like to do is pick up cassette tapes that are in other languages that I find at thrift. Or anything that looks interesting when it comes to package design.
Here is one example: https://imgur.com/a/Fds1D
I currently do not have a method for playing CDs. I primarily listen to them in the car. I have a cd changer that I would love to get fixed, then I could use that. I have two main cassette players. A single deck and a 6 changer.
I use a computer or PlayStation 3 to record them to but I never burn CD's or even use any burned copies anymore. I listen them all in one playlist on 2 devices. I have dreams of opening a radio station that plays more then hits
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I went through a small phase of buying vinyl records at the beginning of the year, but after getting to about just under 30 I realised it was getting quite expensive, and haven't bought any since. I like buying CDs just for having around and taking in the car since they're really cheap most of the time, just popping on Amazon to look up an album I really like that I haven't got yet and getting it for just £1 or £2 is fun.
The majority of my music is digital though, I have about 1300 albums on my computer which I have hooked up to my stereo and listen to them through that.
Most of the music I listen to is post-punk, punk, goth rock, new wave etc and other sub-genres that fall under those... but I have quite a bit of a mixture of other genres, too. Honestly music for me is a much bigger thing than games these days, I listen for hours every single day, and most days I try to find new bands or albums to listen to.
I haven't bought any physical music this month but I've downloaded quite a lot of albums, some of the ones I like most that I had never heard before being;
Alvvays - "Antisocialites" and their self-titled album (dream-pop, indie)
Wild Nothing - "Gemini", "Indigo" and "Nocturne" (dream-pop, shoegaze, indie)
GZA/Genius - "Liquid Swords" (hip-hop)
Alice in Chains - "Facelift" (grunge, alternative)
Green Day - "Insomniac" (punk, pop-punk)
I could talk about music all day ;D
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I went through a small phase of buying vinyl records at the beginning of the year, but after getting to about just under 30 I realised it was getting quite expensive, and haven't bought any since. I like buying CDs just for having around and taking in the car since they're really cheap most of the time, just popping on Amazon to look up an album I really like that I haven't got yet and getting it for just £1 or £2 is fun.
The majority of my music is digital though, I have about 1300 albums on my computer which I have hooked up to my stereo and listen to them through that.
Most of the music I listen to is post-punk, punk, goth rock, new wave etc and other sub-genres that fall under those... but I have quite a bit of a mixture of other genres, too. Honestly music for me is a much bigger thing than games these days, I listen for hours every single day, and most days I try to find new bands or albums to listen to.
I haven't bought any physical music this month but I've downloaded quite a lot of albums, some of the ones I like most that I had never heard before being;
Alvvays - "Antisocialites" and their self-titled album (dream-pop, indie)
Wild Nothing - "Gemini", "Indigo" and "Nocturne" (dream-pop, shoegaze, indie)
GZA/Genius - "Liquid Swords" (hip-hop)
Alice in Chains - "Facelift" (grunge, alternative)
Green Day - "Insomniac" (punk, pop-punk)
I could talk about music all day ;D
Do have a sound card for your computer? if not I highly recommend buying one, I too used to hook my computer up to an old stereo system. Most computer sound cards enhance the listening, and in my experience make your music more clear, and sound cards are must when hooking them up to surround sound, and are also good for standard stereo sound. Sound cards are usually better then standard mother board audio. most Sound cards are basically a computer chip that hooks up to the internal insides of a computer usually a desktop, not a laptop.
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I don't really keep an inventory of what I have picked up when it comes to music.
I'm the same way here. I buy a lot. But I don't really log it (unless you count iTunes). I rip every CD I buy into my iTunes and Google Play library, as I find that generally gives me access to them everywhere I may want them.
I use Google Play at work - since that's one of the few places not blocked on the network. I have an iPod shuffle that has my general workout / lawn work mix, and it sometimes gets played in the car. My car has a CD player, but it really only sees use when I am returning home with albums I have just bought.
Just like my games, I try to avoid digital as much as I can, but there are occasionally singles that I will break down and get.
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I haven't ripped CDs in a while and I need to get back to it because I'm way behind in that regard. I need to replace my CD drive first.
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I highly recommend this light to heavy metal band the goes by the name of Dokken here are some of their best albums in my opinion
1: Back For The Attack
2: Under The Lock And Key
3: Breaking The Chains
4: Tooth And Nail
5: Dysfunctional
Also worth mentioning would be a Don Dokken solo album called "Up From The Ashes"
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A lot of people collect for vinyls records of the 1960's famous British rock band called "The Beatles". So far I only have one Beatles CD, a greatest hits music CD compilation called "Beatles 1" I figure everyone has heard of this rock band so I'd figure I mention it.
The Beatles, also Led Zeppelin are not my favorite rock bands and I do find them a bit over rated. Believe it or not The British rock band called "The Rolling Stones" is a bit underrated (these days) as far as I can see, But the Rolling Stone were also famous and I think they been preforming live since the mid 1960's
I have at least 4 music CD albums of The Rolling Stones. I really can't find too many The Beatles CD's out there for any cheap price though. but I haven't looked lately Thoughts?
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I actually bought a record player last year around this time. Since then my family has accumulated a nice little collection of about 30-40ish vinyl albums. I'll have to post some pictures later when I get off work.
I bought Frank Zappas Apostrophe and Rumors by Fleetwood Mac at a local antique place that sells vinyl. I also bought Journeys' Live Captured album as a Christmas present for my mom because she absolutely loves Journey.
Favorite artists/bands for me personally are in no particular order:
The Beatles
Queen
Red Hot Chili Peppers
ELO
Foo Fighters
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Are these so called "Rolling Stones" as good as Dokken??
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I get almost all my used cds on second spin, unless it’s an impulse buy from a used music store.
I just do the dollar search and fill up the cart. Usually a few drinks are involved and that equals a bonus in the mail!!! “What’s in the box?”
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I ended up on a Black Sabbath kick since watching Razorfist's Metal Mythos on them and grabbed 4 CD's
-Dehumanizer
-the Eternal Idol
-Headless Cross
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On a bit of a sad note The Record Store a store close to me is closing at the end of January. O have bought a sizable chunk of my CD and Comic collection there so it's going to be sad to see them go. It's a place where you could dig for hours and almost always come out of there with a good amount of stuff. Walls, displays and aisles completely filled up with comics, movies, figures, and music.
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Are these so called "Rolling Stones" as good as Dokken??
Not in my own opinion, I love Dokken but only like the Rolling Stones, but if you like "Dokken" you may also like the band called "Scorpions", or even the band called "Firehouse", I recommend.
But many people judge the band "Firehouse" harshly and I don't know why, because I like "Firehouse" as much as I like "Dokken"
Firehouse has 2 albums I really like
1:Firehouse, Firehouse
2: Firehouse, Hold Your Fire
Scorpions I would recommend any of their albums but I would give them music a listen before buying.
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Anyone into one of the vary first 1970's hard rock/metal bands by the name of "Black Sabbath"?
Their "Paranoid" and "Vol. 4" albums are ok,
both "Sabotage" and "Never Say Die" are better in my opinion. the best album I heard is their "Seventh Star" album
Heaven and Hell album is ok too
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I've really been into collecting CDs the past few years. The good wills around me have CDs for $1 and they always have good stuff for some reason. I use the CLZ apps for IOS to catalog the collection and everything gets ripped to my PC in Apple Lossless. I have a Schiit Audio Fulla 2 DAC/AMP running to some Edifier desktop speakers and thats really enough for me. Sitting at a little over 700 CDs right now with a big stack on the floor i still have to rip and catalog. I really listen to a little bit of everything, but am big into like 90's rock, ska, punk, and classic rock.
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I ended up on a Black Sabbath kick since watching Razorfist's Metal Mythos on them and grabbed 4 CD's
-Dehumanizer
-the Eternal Idol
-Headless Cross
-Tyr
On a bit of a sad note The Record Store a store close to me is closing at the end of January. O have bought a sizable chunk of my CD and Comic collection there so it's going to be sad to see them go. It's a place where you could dig for hours and almost always come out of there with a good amount of stuff. Walls, displays and aisles completely filled up with comics, movies, figures, and music.
I read but I forgot what you posted @redblaze57 I was not ignoring your post, yea, sound like you like some of the more newer Black Sabbath, stuff I never heard of those Black Sabbath albums before to be honest How are those albums and by the way who is your favorite Black Sabbath singer, do you like Ozzy Osbourne?, or Ronnie James Dio? or Glenn Hughes?
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Ian Gillan or Dave Walker, Ron Keel, David Donato, Ray Gillen, Tony Martin?
I've really been into collecting CDs the past few years. The good wills around me have CDs for $1 and they always have good stuff for some reason. I use the CLZ apps for IOS to catalog the collection and everything gets ripped to my PC in Apple Lossless. I have a Schiit Audio Fulla 2 DAC/AMP running to some Edifier desktop speakers and thats really enough for me. Sitting at a little over 700 CDs right now with a big stack on the floor i still have to rip and catalog. I really listen to a little bit of everything, but am big into like 90's rock, ska, punk, and classic rock.
I hear you got quite a collection yourself @justin8301 I have around 700 myself, I recommend music to everyone who wants to just space out and clear their busy mind, some people watch tv for that but I rather listen to music myself :)
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I ended up on a Black Sabbath kick since watching Razorfist's Metal Mythos on them and grabbed 4 CD's
-Dehumanizer
-the Eternal Idol
-Headless Cross
-Tyr
On a bit of a sad note The Record Store a store close to me is closing at the end of January. O have bought a sizable chunk of my CD and Comic collection there so it's going to be sad to see them go. It's a place where you could dig for hours and almost always come out of there with a good amount of stuff. Walls, displays and aisles completely filled up with comics, movies, figures, and music.
I read but I forgot what you posted @redblaze57 I was not ignoring your post, yea, sound like you like some of the more newer Black Sabbath, stuff I never heard of those Black Sabbath albums before to be honest How are those albums and by the way who is your favorite Black Sabbath singer, do you like Ozzy Osbourne?, or Ronnie James Dio? or Glenn Hughes?
OR
Ian Gillan or Dave Walker, Ron Keel, David Donato, Ray Gillen, Tony Martin?
I would say my favorite singer is Dio Tony Martin would be a good second, and the one I like the least is Ozzy. Heaven and hell is my favorite album of theirs that I own. The 4 CDs I listed actually came out after the Seventh Star(that being an album I still need to get) so I wouldn't say it's their newer stuff but I do want to check out Iommi's other stuff that would be under the name Black Sabbath if it wasn't for the debacle with the name Black Sabbath cause in the end I do believe Black Sabbath is Iommi's band.
The only albums I don't have that I want to get are "the Seventh Star" and "the Devil You Know"
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Has anyone heard of the metal band called "Skid Row"? there also good too in my opinion. I personally like both their debut album called "Skid Row" and another one of their albums called
"Slave To The Grind" if you liked the band "Dokken: you might also like "Skid Row" :)
Recommended albums by the band called "Skid Row"
1: Skid Row, Skid Row
2: Skid Row, Slave To The Grind
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Not sure if this has been brought up, but is there anyone here who goes for videogame OSTs on vinyl? In the past year or so I have gotten into it and it's pretty enjoyable.
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Not sure if this has been brought up, but is there anyone here who goes for videogame OSTs on vinyl? In the past year or so I have gotten into it and it's pretty enjoyable.
I have heard someone on here mention videogame OSTs before. I don't personally own any currently. But I can see why you would like them, I personally enjoy the sims 1 PC game soundtrack, I used to run my sims game and sleep on purpose listening to the songs play, it is vary relaxing.
I'm sure someone besides us on this forum likes video game original soundtracks :)
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I collect most punk vinyl, got a few test pressings. most of The Templars.
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Another hard rock music band that not too many people talk about that is also great in my opinion the band is called "Great White" They did a few Led Zeppelin band cover songs, but not all their songs are covered I believe , a good album to watch for is Great White's "Psycho City" album
Great White's ..Twice Shy album also has some good songs on it too. I also have Great White's "Hooked" album and didn't even realize that until writing this post I still haven't heard much of it though
I collect most punk vinyl, got a few test pressings. most of The Templars.
Hmm I never heard of "The Templars" what band can you compare "The Templars" with?
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Another hard rock music band that not too many people talk about that is also great in my opinion the band is called "Great White" They did a few Led Zeppelin band cover songs, but not all their songs are covered I believe , a good album to watch for is Great White's "Psycho City" album
Great White's ..Twice Shy album also has some good songs on it too. I also have Great White's "Hooked" album and didn't even realize that until writing this post I still haven't heard much of it though
I collect most punk vinyl, got a few test pressings. most of The Templars.
Hmm I never heard of "The Templars" what band can you compare "The Templars" with?
If you go to Warwick, RI, you may meet people who like to talk about "Great White"
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I used to have a huge music collection years ago, almost 2000 CD's. I sold nearly all of them off to make way for our growing daughters who needed separate rooms. And besides, it was just cumbersome. Almost a burden having all of them!
These days, I still listen to all of the 70's, 80's and 90's metal acts as well as some great new bands that have come around in the 2000's and newer. Judas Priest, AC/DC, Dokken, Cinderela, Twisted Sister, Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, Metallica, Megadeth, Scorpions, etc. Iron Maiden is my favorite band of all time!
As for newer music & bands, these are some of my absolute favorites.
Ghost: Check out the tracks Square Hammer, Ritual, Dance Mabre & Cirice.
In This Moment: Check out Whore, Black Wedding and Call Me.
Halestorm: Check out Freak Like Me, I Get Off, Love Bites and Here's to Us.
Stone Sour: Check out Through the Glass, Knievel has Landed, Tired and Bother.
Those are just some of my favorite songs by these bands. They are also phenomenal to see live!
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I used to have a huge music collection years ago, almost 2000 CD's. I sold nearly all of them off to make way for our growing daughters who needed separate rooms. And besides, it was just cumbersome. Almost a burden having all of them!
These days, I still listen to all of the 70's, 80's and 90's metal acts as well as some great new bands that have come around in the 2000's and newer. Judas Priest, AC/DC, Dokken, Cinderela, Twisted Sister, Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, Metallica, Megadeth, Scorpions, etc. Iron Maiden is my favorite band of all time!
As for newer music & bands, these are some of my absolute favorites.
Ghost: Check out the tracks Square Hammer, Ritual, Dance Mabre & Cirice.
In This Moment: Check out Whore, Black Wedding and Call Me.
Halestorm: Check out Freak Like Me, I Get Off, Love Bites and Here's to Us.
Stone Sour: Check out Through the Glass, Knievel has Landed, Tired and Bother.
Those are just some of my favorite songs by these bands. They are also phenomenal to see live!
You listen to the same great stuff man, In fact every band that you mentioned in your post has made some great hits in my opinion ;)
Hard rock music may be some of my most favorite but I do like a little Pop and Dance music too, I get mostly rock related music though, I also listen to country and folk
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That's awesome! I'm not exclusive to Metal, but is definitely my predominant genre. I grew up in the late 70's. My earliest music exposure was of course what my parents listened to. The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Iron Butterfly, Blondie, Deep Purple and bands like that.
I have a fondness for many golden oldies having grew up hearing them. Songs by Chuck Berry, Tommy James and the Shondells, J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers, etc.
Not really into country, but I also grew up hearing Dolly Parton. I used to stare at her album covers as a little kid while the records were playing. Even at four years old give or take, her chest was mesmerizing to me! :P
I also like some folk music like Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens.
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Picked up some new albums while I can still go to that store I mentioned was closing since all new Cd's are currently half off
Axel Rudi Pell - Knight's Call
House of Lords - Saint of the Lost Souls
Judas Priest - Sin After Sin
Kamelot - the Shadow Theory
Leaves' Eyes - Sign of the Dragonhead
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Picked up some new albums while I can still go to that store I mentioned was closing since all new Cd's are currently half off
Axel Rudi Pell - Knight's Call
House of Lords - Saint of the Lost Souls
Judas Priest - Sin After Sin
Kamelot - the Shadow Theory
Leaves' Eyes - Sign of the Dragonhead
hmm Axel Rudi Pell is good not to be confused with Axel Rose from "Guns 'n' Roses" if you like "Axel Rudi Pell" you may also like the band called "Helloween" Helloween's Straight Out Of Hell album is pretty good but I haven't heard the whole thing yet.
Judas Priest was one of my favorites as a teenager but I eventually abandoned them
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I been meaning on getting another "Seether" album for a while, in case nobody knows "Seether" is actually the name of a decent in my opinion modern rock or metal band from South Africa
I used to have their "Disclaimer 2" album but I bought it on a shared budget, and to be nice I gave it to a person who left me, I miss the Disclaimer 2 album too. from what I remember these guys were pretty good. I just heard the band "Seether" on the satellite radio today and I can safely say this is another at least, decent modern rock band I'd like to get more into
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Picked up more albums from the place that's closing final trip I'm making there was today since they close for good tomorrow.
Leaves' Eyes- King of Kings
Portrait- Burn the World
Ayreon Universe- Best of Ayreon Live
Gus G-Fearless (already have this one but since it was still there and it's one of my favorite albums seemed like a fitting last pickup from The Record Store)
Also grabbed a few Comics from there and I will post those in the comic thread
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Picked up more albums from the place that's closing final trip I'm making there was today since they close for good tomorrow.
Leaves' Eyes- King of Kings
Portrait- Burn the World
Ayreon Universe- Best of Ayreon Live
Gus G-Fearless (already have this one but since it was still there and it's one of my favorite albums seemed like a fitting last pickup from The Record Store)
Also grabbed a few Comics from there and I will post those in the comic thread
Sorry to hear that your local record shop is now closed for good :(
Luckly you can still buy a ton of music new and cheaply off www.walmart.com,, at Walmart you can get a lot of good pop and rock as well as metal music cheaply going usually for US$5 (new) or more a piece. plus free shipping if you buy more then US$35 worth of merchandise as of date of this post
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Sorry to hear that your local record shop is now closed for good :(
Luckly you can still buy a ton of music new and cheaply off www.walmart.com,, at Walmart you can get a lot of good pop and rock as well as metal music cheaply going usually for US$5 (new) or more a piece. plus free shipping if you buy more then US$35 worth of merchandise as of date of this post
Walmart only really carries albums that are churned out as shitty reissues/remasters, and cost nothing to make. Helping independent stores is infinitely more meaningful to everyone involved in the making/distribution of the music than buying from a shitty corp like Walmart
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Sorry to hear that your local record shop is now closed for good :(
Luckly you can still buy a ton of music new and cheaply off www.walmart.com,, at Walmart you can get a lot of good pop and rock as well as metal music cheaply going usually for US$5 (new) or more a piece. plus free shipping if you buy more then US$35 worth of merchandise as of date of this post
Walmart only really carries albums that are churned out as shitty reissues/remasters, and cost nothing to make. Helping independent stores is infinitely more meaningful to everyone involved in the making/distribution of the music than buying from a shitty corp like Walmart
Some record stores I've been too in the past charge US$16 for CD's a piece or higher for all new CD's.
used record shops that sell CD's at least the ones I've been to. Are a little more reasonable but for me, the most reasonable prices have been the local flea market and Walmart as well as Big Lots.
But some of the Big Lots CD's may or may not have computer viruses in them. Designed to infect most likely Windows operating systems. I've had a CD greatest hits compilation refuse to RIP and it played with my disc drive, I assumed it was an infected disc or perhaps had software preventing it from ripping although I bypassed it, but later deleted the songs in fear of a computer virus.
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I mostly bought used CDs which outside of special collections were mostly $2-5 from the Record Store only buying new maybe twice all of the times I was there. The #1 reason I don't buy CDs from Walmart is because a hell of a lot of what they have if they have what I want is censored.
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How many more of you guys collect physical music? Right now and for years now is/was the best time ever for music CD's. Because most of them are really cheap new and used, but I think they are on slowly on the rise in price for the new releases as well as some of the older music. Walmart seem and Big Lots seems to be the least expensive for the most part as least some of their CD's are $5 USD
Music I feel will rise in price especially Vinyls, collecting new Vinyls a piece (today) as of this post, can cost you as much as 2 expensive CD's at a new record store. like $20 USD sometimes it cost more for a single new Vinyl record today.
And to mention some older artists albums are really high in price for a CD too, with some CD's going up to $30 USD new, for one. 10 or less song CD or Vinyl
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I was planning to pick up the rest of the Coheed and Cambria albums I need which are Afterman: Descension, Afterman: Ascension, The Color Before The Sun, and Unheavenly Creatures.
I tried to buy these from FYE online (since the store here closed down), and they were running a 20% off everything online sale. Well, it would not give me the 20% off of my total. I emailed tech support and they never responded to me. This is why they are failing as a business. Who needs that hassle?
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I was planning to pick up the rest of the Coheed and Cambria albums I need which are Afterman: Descension, Afterman: Ascension, The Color Before The Sun, and Unheavenly Creatures.
I tried to buy these from FYE online (since the store here closed down), and they were running a 20% off everything online sale. Well, it would not give me the 20% off of my total. I emailed tech support and they never responded to me. This is why they are failing as a business. Who needs that hassle?
Sorry to hear about your struggles with FYE, Amazon and Walmart care about their customers, on Amazon you can take your case up with customer service by phone and you can talk to a real person live. Best Buy is good too but their products cost more. Some of the used things on amazon (depending on the time of hunting) are priced vary nicely, I like Walmart and Big Lots better because they are a cheaper alternative usually new condition but amazon has more variety and is better then Ebay in my opinion.
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I've really been into collecting CDs the past few years. The good wills around me have CDs for $1 and they always have good stuff for some reason. I use the CLZ apps for IOS to catalog the collection and everything gets ripped to my PC in Apple Lossless. I have a Schiit Audio Fulla 2 DAC/AMP running to some Edifier desktop speakers and thats really enough for me. Sitting at a little over 700 CDs right now with a big stack on the floor i still have to rip and catalog. I really listen to a little bit of everything, but am big into like 90's rock, ska, punk, and classic rock.
I am the same way, I read your post but I just realized I didn't respond. I use a sound card on my PC as well as an old 1990's stereo with an auxiliary jack, on my stereo and a headphone jack on my speakers. Sometime I use headphones connected to my computer speakers as well.
Speaking of headphones those Sentry Stereo Headphones HM960 are really cheap and have great surround sound effect on them for only costing $10 USD a piece at some Big Lots stores. But the sound card really helps a ton
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I was planning to pick up the rest of the Coheed and Cambria albums I need which are Afterman: Descension, Afterman: Ascension, The Color Before The Sun, and Unheavenly Creatures.
I tried to buy these from FYE online (since the store here closed down), and they were running a 20% off everything online sale. Well, it would not give me the 20% off of my total. I emailed tech support and they never responded to me. This is why they are failing as a business. Who needs that hassle?
Sorry to hear about your struggles with FYE, Amazon and Walmart care about their customers, on Amazon you can take your case up with customer service by phone and you can talk to a real person live. Best Buy is good too but their products cost more. Some of the used things on amazon (depending on the time of hunting) are priced vary nicely, I like Walmart and Big Lots better because they are a cheaper alternative usually new condition but amazon has more variety and is better then Ebay in my opinion.
Yeah, but I usually try and support the underdogs when given the chance. I'd rather spend my money with someone other than Amazon, or Walmart if possible. Another alternative I usually turn to online is "Bullmoose". They have a pretty good selection, price varies but is usually okay by me.
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Among some of the forgotten 1960's rock music comes a band I like the more I listened to them, called
"Jefferson Airplane" At first impression I was not that into Jefferson Airplane's music that much but I listen to them for a little while and I really like this band now. the were a hard rock band from 1965, and changed members a lot since they first came on the scene.
in the 1970's "Jefferson Airplane" changed their name to "Jefferson Starship" and some time in the 1980's they changed their name to "Starship"
Does anyone else know of this band that changed it's name at least 3 times in it's existence? I'll admit that this band is not anything new but they have some great songs under all 3 of their names
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Just picked up a copy of Megadeth's Warheads on Foreheads which got me the last few MD songs that I didn't already have (looking at you Tornado of Souls).
I was also disheartened to hear of Dave Mustaine's throat cancer. I was actually planning on seeing them later this year at the Exit 111 Festival (a first year metal fest on the Bonaroo site), so I was pretty disappointed. They have since announced Anthrax and Killswitch Engage to lineup neither of which I've seen live, when I have seen Megadeth, so I guess I'll call it a wash.
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Just picked up a copy of Megadeth's Warheads on Foreheads which got me the last few MD songs that I didn't already have (looking at you Tornado of Souls).
I was also disheartened to hear of Dave Mustaine's throat cancer. I was actually planning on seeing them later this year at the Exit 111 Festival (a first year metal fest on the Bonaroo site), so I was pretty disappointed. They have since announced Anthrax and Killswitch Engage to lineup neither of which I've seen live, when I have seen Megadeth, so I guess I'll it a wash.
Yea Megadeth is pretty good, I so far only have one of their Greatest Hit's CD's in my collection. My favorite Megadeth song is called "Angry Again" mainly because their is a Midi sound version of the exact same song in the first level of the first episode of Duke Nukem II for the PC :)
Duke Nukem II the game
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Any music except most Rap, Classical Jazz and Opera, is what I choose to collect. like I said earlier if you are going to buy physical music now is the time you can get a ton of older music for a reasonable price in unwrapped new condition or used condition. But when music hits the full digital realm only one song can cost the same about as 10 or more songs on a CD vinyl or cassette or whatever else, music was released on.
I know some people don't have the time for music anymore besides the radio and YouTube. But when your alone sometimes music can bring a lot of happiness. I listened to music every single day in the last 10 and more years that kinds of music makes my mental stress go away and puts me in a much better mood. :)
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These 2 "Volbeat" band albums are worth checking out or buying
1: Above Heaven: Beyond Hell (2010)
2: Shady Ladies And Outlaw Gentlemen (2013)
This is actually a more modern type of metal band, they can also be classified and Rockabilly or hard rock, they are more recent if you considering one of the earliest albums was in (2002).
these are the 2 albums I have of them and I like both of them equally.
they have more albums but I never heard them
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"Europe" is my number two recommended heavy/light metal band of the 1980's that is vary similar to my favorite
1980's metal band of all time called "Dokken"
here are some of their greatest albums by "Europe" the hair metal band
great 1980's metal band by the name of Europe
"4 fantastic albums from Europe the metal band"
1: Wings Of Tommorrow
2: Prisoners In Paradise
3: Out Of This World
4: The Final Countdown
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Figured this was the best place to post this. Was lucky enough to have a friend in Japan pick up both these bad boys for me from TGS 2019.
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Figured this was the best place to post this. Was lucky enough to have a friend in Japan pick up both these bad boys for me from TGS 2019.
Those are awsome, I personally don't have any soundtracks of my own but this is cool thanks for sharing this @azure :)
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I'll mention another hair/light metal group since most people on this forum like to listen to metal.
Has anyone heard of the classic German Hard Rock band called Scorpions? they made a lot of great music but my favorite album of them so far is called
Savage Amusement
and that band name again is "Scorpions"
one of their more popular albums is called "Black Out" in (1980) but I prefer the Scorpions Gold Album because it has all their major hits. this band called Scorpions has actually been around since (1965) about 2 years longer then the even more famous group called "Led Zeppelin.
Savage Amusement is a must own album from (1988) I highly recommend getting both the Scorpions Gold Album as well as Savage Amusement.
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Gotta recommend the only album I've been listening to for the past two weeks - "Widows Weeds", the latest album by the band Silversun Pickups. Maybe not the best they've ever done, but I really enjoy it. For fans of alternative/pop rock/shoegaze. Good stuff.
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Gotta recommend the only album I've been listening to for the past two weeks - "Widows Weeds", the latest album by the band Silversun Pickups. Maybe not the best they've ever done, but I really enjoy it. For fans of alternative/pop rock/shoegaze. Good stuff.
I never heard of this band till now, It sound like one of the bands I would like, I too like modern alternative, there is a lot of great obscure music out there today both classic and modern
how did you find out about them? did you hear them on satellite radio or did someone else tell you about them
I used to listen to AOL radio and that is how I learned a big bunch of great bands and studio artist names, also if you have a newer car or truck or SUV, even the main FM radio stations now have the song and band name and the albums right on the central dashboard display monitor.
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Gotta recommend the only album I've been listening to for the past two weeks - "Widows Weeds", the latest album by the band Silversun Pickups. Maybe not the best they've ever done, but I really enjoy it. For fans of alternative/pop rock/shoegaze. Good stuff.
I never heard of this band till now, It sound like one of the bands I would like, I too like modern alternative, there is a lot of great obscure music out there today both classic and modern
how did you find out about them? did you hear them on satellite radio or did someone else tell you about them
I used to listen to AOL radio and that is how I learned a big bunch of great bands and studio artist names, also if you have a newer car or truck or SUV, even the main FM radio stations now have the song and band name and the albums right on the central dashboard display monitor.
I don't quite remember. It may have been a friend. I first heard of them around the late 2000s, when the songs "Lazy Eye" "Well Thought Out Twinkles" were still making a big splash in the indie rock scene
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How long to you all think CD's will last?
I mean people still buy them and it don't really look like Digital is doing a good job of replacing them, I vaguely heard someone mention that USB drives with songs on them lasted for 2 seconds back in the day, but I never seen one I collect CD's and still pop them into my stereo how about you guys, they say Vinyl is better quality but that is not the case in most modern Vinyl :-\
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What is meant by quality?
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As someone who collects a bit of both vinyl and CDs I feel that listening to and buying Vinyl is kind of a weird hobby. It's such an finicky way to listen to music and properly caring for vinyl takes a lot of extra effort in terms of handling, cleaning, and storing than say CDs or certainly digital. Most CDs nowadays are produced with a high enough fidelity that they essentially match vinyl in terms of audio quality. Or close enough that the differences are negligible. I have a couple albums on both formats and I can't hear a difference. Whereas I would argue vinyl quality is a lot more shoddy, either the materials to make the record are poor, or just from extended use, scratches, warping, etc. It's just more common. Vinyl also has some limitations with regards to high frequency sounds which require steeper grooves in the vinyl and can degrade after lots of plays.
But there is something about putting on a record or CD that is more involved and that makes it more special to me. Not to mention the different artworks, liner notes and other goodies that can make vinyl a more special experience. In fact, we have some vinyl record holders on our walls and we rotate about 8 different records on occasion that has art that we like, color matching, theme matching, and that's fun too :)
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What is meant by quality?
Sound in general has a more wide array of sound in uncompressed audio rather than MP3 format, really if you compare an MP3 file to a ALAC file Or just listen to the naked CD with a laser disc drive there is a difference in how deep the bass goes and how tinty it sounds with compression, low or no compression means you get the full bass sound high compression audio can mean a shorter drum beat or symbol taps
I am an audio freak in who has used MP3 MP4 WMA ALAC and ALAC is the best of the formats I've tried in fact my radio station is in AAC format even though my files are displaying in MP4 format for some strange reason today :-\
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What is meant by quality?
In a nutshell the less compression an audio file has the better the quality as it.
Think the visuals of a game at 480p is your typical mp3 while a FLAC file is more equivalent to 2K visuals
Techquickie did a good video explaining different formats
https://youtu.be/WIIKXOrt3bk
But also just listening to a FLAC file isn't going to make a difference if you're rockin the Dirty Buds from dollar tree
I'd suggest checking out the channel Dankpods especially his buying guides for headphones and audio devices as he talks about audio in a way that even a Dingus like me can Understand.
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My 19 year old son recently discovered Cassette and he’s fascinated by them.
He’s started getting high end tape decks and walkmans and repairing them. And now he makes mix tapes.
Send help.
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What is meant by quality?
Just to build on what others have said…
If we’re talking about CD vs vinyl, it’s a matter of opinion which sounds better. I personally think CDs have the best sound quality, but a big reason vinyl has made a comeback is because many think it has a better sound.
Now, if we’re talking compression formats, it’s basically a matter of “lossless” vs “lossy”.
Lossless means there is no audio data lost from the original recording, so no reduction in sound quality. A WAV file is the raw original audio and is completely uncompressed. Lossless compression algorithms include FLAC and ALAC, and slightly reduce file size without affecting sound quality.
Lossy compression, like MP3 or M4A, cuts out many of the wavelengths inaudible to human ears to greatly reduce the file size, but also cuts out some that are audible, which affects sound quality. Many people can’t tell the difference, but nitpicky audio snobs like myself can :)
Anywho…
I’ve mentioned on this site before that I collect pro wrestling entrance music. I do my own curating, editing, mixing, and mastering. I try to get everything in the best quality possible and make the music arena-accurate (I’d estimate 50% of the music WWE has officially released does NOT match the actual arena-used music, whether it’s a different mix, different edit, has extra sound effects, etc).
If there’s any WWE music anyone is looking for, I can probably get it for you ;D
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I personally think CDs have the best sound quality. I agree completely. My whole family gives me crap cause I picked up a 10 disk changer that I want to add to my Fiat cause "you can just listen to digital stuff from YouTube or whatever."
If there’s any WWE music anyone is looking for, I can probably get it for you Aww man, this is freaking awesome. Are they available on Spotify? I use that when I gym and nothing would be cooler than Goldberg or DX entrance music when you are pushing weights.
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What is meant by quality?
In a nutshell the less compression an audio file has the better the quality as it.
Think the visuals of a game at 480p is your typical mp3 while a FLAC file is more equivalent to 2K visuals
Techquickie did a good video explaining different formats
https://youtu.be/WIIKXOrt3bk
But also just listening to a FLAC file isn't going to make a difference if you're rockin the Dirty Buds from dollar tree
I'd suggest checking out the channel Dankpods especially his buying guides for headphones and audio devices as he talks about audio in a way that even a Dingus like me can Understand.
speaking of Doller tree you can buy a couple obscure indie band CD's from them and they sound just like any other CD I listened to, but the dirty buds, just looked up. Depending on what brand you get the $5USD buds are good for Ipods and MP3 players they the ones I gotten from Family Dollar for back in the day sound top notch, but the $1USD ones from standard dollar stores suck
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What is meant by quality?
Just to build on what others have said…
If we’re talking about CD vs vinyl, it’s a matter of opinion which sounds better. I personally think CDs have the best sound quality, but a big reason vinyl has made a comeback is because many think it has a better sound.
Of the few comments to this simple question I posted most deviated from the physical media discussion to bring up digital file formats, and only one mentioned low quality headphones.
It wasn't a real question, it was a feeler. Because one thing I have learned over the years is that in general, the (physical) format doesn't actually matter. The quality of the equipment is what matters. Everyone hears differently as well, but even so, all sound can be fixed by equipment and environmental acoustics.
The only issues with (pressed) CDs I have encountered are with modern CDs that have clipping present, which indicates that the mastering source was digital. General illustration of what clipping is:
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Equipment does play a good role in quality and so can file format, and like just stated how a CD was recorded, some CD's can have really poor sound altogether from the getgo, like a master that was put into digital then onto the Physical like just stated in the last post. But I really only came across a couple poorly done recordings one was a Walmart bought Moterhead CD that sounded vary scratchy and tinty all the sound in that recording was loud and I could barly tell the difference between instruments and drum taps, of course that CD stated that it was a remaster of a recording done on a poor budget by the band themselves, meaning that the it may or may not have been a crappy master just from the getgo since it said the band had vary little budget back when it was recorded.
I however never found a CD with that poor of a quality ever since then, it was Moterhead's debet album however it was technically a remaster so In my opinion should have been done better :-\
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I'll make this post short because I want to include more but won't until later here are some great album collections you can get
FIVE GREAT ALBUMS BY THE BAND CALLED STYX
https://www.walmart.com/ip/5-Classic-Albums-CD/107289310
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FIVE GREAT ALBUMS BY IRON BUTTERFLY
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Original-Album-Series-CD/841980012
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FIVE GREAT JOURNEY ALBUMS
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Journey-Original-Album-Classics-CD/21978446
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I personally think CDs have the best sound quality. I agree completely. My whole family gives me crap cause I picked up a 10 disk changer that I want to add to my Fiat cause "you can just listen to digital stuff from YouTube or whatever."
If there’s any WWE music anyone is looking for, I can probably get it for you Aww man, this is freaking awesome. Are they available on Spotify? I use that when I gym and nothing would be cooler than Goldberg or DX entrance music when you are pushing weights.
A few versions of DX’s music are officially available digitally.
However, the one Goldberg uses currently (the same track he used in WCW back in the day) comes from a production music library; WWE did not produce it and therefore have no rights to release it. I have the track though, PM me if you want more info.
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Whelp... Now I've done it... I Bought a Turntable... YUP.
To be fair I have had some of my mom/dad's records for what's going on seven years and some I bought for myself over a decade ago to basically be wall art.
Unfortunately my Dio Albums are essentially unplayable
Holy Diver is way too scratched and my second copy along with Last in line are way too warped to the point I don't feel comfortable playing them. Other than that, I'm enjoying myself.
I also grabbed a couple of new Albums
- Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators: 4
- the Offspring: Let the Bad Times Roll
- Overkill: White Devil Armory (waiting to show up)
Favorite ones I've played so far are as I am currently going through
- The Ramones: Road to Ruin
- Queen: Killers Live
- Slash: 4
- Foreigner: 4
The Turntable I got is a fairly basic Audio Technica AT-LPGO-BT. Overall for a cheap unit it works really good. Only thing I hate is that it has Bluetooth. The BT comes on automatically and syncs to any nearby BT Speaker wether you want it to or not no warning. So imagine finally setting it up and going to play the first record and suddenly the BT delay kicks in on a nearby speaker that I only use for my phone, making things sound absolutely horrible.
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Bought a copy of Billy Talent's greatesg hits on Vinyl
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Whelp... Now I've done it... I Bought a Turntable... YUP.
To be fair I have had some of my mom/dad's records for what's going on seven years and some I bought for myself over a decade ago to basically be wall art.
Unfortunately my Dio Albums are essentially unplayable
Holy Diver is way too scratched and my second copy along with Last in line are way too warped to the point I don't feel comfortable playing them. Other than that, I'm enjoying myself.
I also grabbed a couple of new Albums
- Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators: 4
- the Offspring: Let the Bad Times Roll
- Overkill: White Devil Armory (waiting to show up)
Favorite ones I've played so far are as I am currently going through
- The Ramones: Road to Ruin
- Queen: Killers Live
- Slash: 4
- Foreigner: 4
The Turntable I got is a fairly basic Audio Technica AT-LPGO-BT. Overall for a cheap unit it works really good. Only thing I hate is that it has Bluetooth. The BT comes on automatically and syncs to any nearby BT Speaker wether you want it to or not no warning. So imagine finally setting it up and going to play the first record and suddenly the BT delay kicks in on a nearby speaker that I only use for my phone, making things sound absolutely horrible.
I don't like vinyl because of the scarching and the wear and tear and even easier to crack or break then CDs or Cassettes