shall I ditch all my cds?

[crisgal]

i am in the process of burning all my cds, to put on my ipod. I am in a bit of a quandry though; I don't see the point of keeping them all, and I could do with the shelf space! But, when you see them all piled up, and realise how much they've all cost - gulp! Will I regret taking them down to the charity shop?

[TheWinner]

Sell them on eBay

[MarkRae]

What will you do if your iPod stops working or gets stolen...?

When did you last test that your backups are working properly...?

[237SJ]

You could sell them at a car boot sale or put them on ebay. Some people like to have the original hard disc with the artwork. I`ve got an ipod but I wouldn`t part with my cds

[ummmm]

Noooooooooooooooo...........keep them. I've lost my tunes twice now :-(

[MarkRae]

I`ve got an iPod but I wouldn't part with my CDs.

Likewise, on both counts. I'm hoping that Apple will bring out a larger iPod, as I can't get anything like all my CDs on my 160GB iPod Classic....

[Andyvon]

Oh yes, you'll regret doing that crisgal. As soon as they have gone you'll wonder what on Earth you've done. I've always noticed that whenever I take something to the charity shop on the basis of I'll never need or use it again - I find I could have used it the very next week!

Hang on to your CDs Cris.

[sara3]

I still have my vinyl in the loft :o/

[welshlibranr]

I saw a site advertised on TV where they want to buy them,and will give you a price online, but cannot remember the name of it!.......it will be advertised again I am sure, worth a look!................maybe you can get some cash for them!.........Have a look!.....

[crisgal]

well, you've scared me now!
How did you lose them ummm?
I too have hundreds of vinyl in the loft! I was thinking of getting a turntable. My brother his going through his, removing every scratch and crackle - it's taking a long long time!

[gen2]

Are you aware that buying a CD, then copying it for personal use is legal.
But if you then sell the original, it is considered piracy.

[crisgal]

oh for goodness sake, lets not start all that again ;)
Yes, i'm aware, do not condone piracy and they are for my own use!

[ludwig]

Hang on to them - when your Ipod gets nicked you'll wish you had. When CDs came out I threw away all my LPs and I wish I hadn't.

[ummmm]

Some plonker cleared my hard drive. The next time the computer died taking al the songs with it. I didn't back up. The fact is load can go wrong and if you sell your CD's you could be left with nothing.

[MarkRae]

> I too have hundreds of vinyl in the loft!

I still play (some of) mine fairly regularly. Generally speaking, I have replaced of my LPs with CDs when they have been remastered, as they tend to sound better. However, some of the original CDs reissues were truly awful...

[joggerjayne]

This is my understanding ... (and I may be totally wrong)

An iPod (or any MP3 player) stores music as MP3 files.

An song stored as MP3 is about one tenth the size of the same song stored on a CD (which is why you can store so many MP3s).

In compressing a file that much, you cannot retain all the clarity of the original.

So, an iPod is fine for jogging, or the gym. For quality music reproduction ... not great.

And if you link your iPod to a top quality HiFi system, you still get rubbish reproduction ... but louder.

So no serious music lover would listen to an MP3 unless they were out jogging.

I just got this from the classical music press ... Classic FM magazine, etc.

[alavahalf]

If they do sell on eBay you get nothing for them .. and who would want to spend time listing them. and then packaging them. Before heading off to post them.
After paying fees, you should end up with 50p... if your lucky.
Heres an option ... http://www.musicmagpie.co.uk/

Another worthwhile option ... take them to Marie Curies Charity Shop... and if you register for gift aid they will sell them for you. ... and then offer you all the proceeds minus 2% for handling... but if you leave the money with them they can claim loads of tax back... Not a bad option.?

[joggerjayne]

Nooooo ... KEEP THEM !

MP3 is just for convenience ... CD is for quality.

(although, if you ask an expert, apparently a CD doesn't match the quality of vinyl).

[MarkRae]

> So no serious music lover would listen to an MP3 unless they were out jogging.

Or unless they were just out, not necessarily jogging...

[joggerjayne]

Well, yes okay, Mark.

I accept that people might go out for ... other reasons!

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[pcbpage]

Noooooo!!!!!!! You can rip the contents uncompressed with error correction and so keep the CD quality on your hard drive, say, but it still might get wiped or die.