Quote Originally Posted by tommc
Couldn't agree more with Troy...I still buy CD's instead of downloading mp3's. Regardless of sound quality, the experience of going out to buy a new CD, removing the plastic, and putting it in the CD player for the first time is part of the hobby. You pay for it though...if I remember correctly, a good part of the cost of a CD covers the distribution and shelf space costs. It's got its pros and cons...I'll take the CD though.
Couldn't agree with you more, Tomm. You are right----going to the store, opening the wrapper, looking at the labeling all over the disc, popping it in the player -- all part of the hobby, you are right. Very much like DVD shopping for me, too.

Also part of the hobby for me is ordering promotional CD singles of tracks I want WITHOUT buying the entire album, then collecting a fair amount of those, along with select tracks off of same-genre albums, and burning them onto a CD-R for a mixed comp. THAT is part of the hobby for me, too, and I never do this via computer. It's all about touching the original full length CD or CD single, removing the packaging, looking at the label and disc, inserting it in the player. You are right.