Why you should own your music

[Weirdcuba]

Originally Posted by audioguy3107

Tony - Not only that....I was thinking of ripping all my CDs and finally getting rid of physical discs......until I explored those buyback sites and found that I'd only get between 10 and 25 cents per disc. Forget that, I'll keep em. Not worth it by a long shot.

- Buck

And, you can still rip them and keep the discs as a back up.

[Antonmb]

Originally Posted by Weirdcuba

And, you can still rip them and keep the discs as a back up.

Yes, I stream my CDs from NAS, but the silver discs are all in storage just in case.

[Antonmb]

Originally Posted by For The Love of Music

Tony, what happened to lose internet for 2 weeks?

We have Frontier DSL (no cable here), they’ve been “upgrading” the service on our road and I think someone just cut the red wire instead of the green one. They’re so backed up it took two weeks to get a tech on it.

[W9TR]

And I thought Century Link was bad. I use my smartphone for backup. Verizon is more reliable than our wired internet service.

[W9TR]

Originally Posted by audioguy3107

Tony - Not only that....I was thinking of ripping all my CDs and finally getting rid of physical discs......until I explored those buyback sites and found that I'd only get between 10 and 25 cents per disc. Forget that, I'll keep em. Not worth it by a long shot.

- Buck

Buck - all my original physical digital media is in storage. Copies live on my Synology NAS and stream flawlessly. Let me know if you go down this path - I can help you get started.

Tom

[nicoff]

Originally Posted by Weirdcuba

And, you can still rip them and keep the discs as a back up.

Agree. That is what I have done myself. I keep my CDs in the attic.

Folks should be aware that after ripping the CDs, by law an individual is NOT allowed to get rid or sell the discs. If a person sells the CDs and keeps the files, that person is violating copyright laws in the US.

[audioguy3107]

Originally Posted by W9TR

Buck - all my original physical digital media is in storage. Copies live on my Synology NAS and stream flawlessly. Let me know if you go down this path - I can help you get started.

Tom

Thanks Tom.......I have two built in CD sized bookcases that I’d have to rip out and fix the wall, so they’ll probably stay unless we move or something.

- Buck

[antipop]

Originally Posted by audioguy3107

Tony - Not only that....I was thinking of ripping all my CDs and finally getting rid of physical discs......until I explored those buyback sites and found that I'd only get between 10 and 25 cents per disc. Forget that, I'll keep em. Not worth it by a long shot.

- Buck

I did that for my DVDs and I barely got anything back. However, a few months afterward my NAS crashed and I lost everything on it including all the music and video.

I was happy I kept all my CDs but I've lost all of the DVD. At that moment, I regretted getting rid of them. I don't even know what I'm missing.

[SCAudiophile]

Originally Posted by Formerly YB-2

Indeed......... my local guys said they did not want them unless they were free. Said "some" of the jazz and rock&roll might sell, but there is zero market for classical.
As, well, vinyl sounds best to my ears in any event and searching out old LPs is part of the fun.

DiscUnion USA may buy them as they buy collections all over the world on behalf of DiscUnion Japan where there is a market for classical. Tons of classical as well as jazz also gets sold on eBay around the world, particularly to/from Asia.

[clpetersen]

Originally Posted by audioguy3107

Tony - Not only that....I was thinking of ripping all my CDs and finally getting rid of physical discs......until I explored those buyback sites and found that I'd only get between 10 and 25 cents per disc. Forget that, I'll keep em. Not worth it by a long shot.

- Buck

Agree not worth selling; ripping is still a good option. Also keeping them establishes provenance in the 0.001% chance you get asked.