/r/Cd_collectors

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Discussions pertaining to CDs and collections!

Discuss all things music/CD related!


  • Things to post
  • Pictures of your CD Collection - We strongly encourage discussion of these purchases
  • CD Player and collection setup
  • Upcoming albums from your favorite bands
  • Discussions relating to recent or past releases
  • Pretty much anything CD related
  • Selling or trading of CD's are not allowed

If/When this subreddit gets more traffic and subscribers we will also begin to exchange or sell CD's to subscribers in the subreddit, so something to look forward to!

Hopefully we can get this subreddit off the ground, but for now it will be a bit slow. Please subscribe and submit links to help get it started!


Also Discogs is a great website to catalog your collection and browse different CD's

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help with burning cds

hello!! i’m trying to get more into cd collecting and i decided to start burning my own. i’m aware of how to do it but everytime i do it never works. it say its burns and when i check if its blank or not it has info on it but when i put it in the play it doesnt play. my player plays other cds ive bought but not these. i’ve already tried 3 different ones. could it be my own error or something??

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2024/12/01
14:39 UTC

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only 20 songs burning onto my CD

I was wondering if there is any reason for this? I have 22 tracks that I wanted to burn onto the cd but the last 2 don’t seem to transfer. I tried twice and just ended up wasting a blank cd. The 22 tracks are under 80 minutes, and after I had selected all the tracks my laptop even said I had a few minutes spare. Anyone know what is going on or how to fix this???

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2024/12/01
14:01 UTC

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Good haul yesterday 🤗🤗

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2024/12/01
13:22 UTC

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New acquisition

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2024/12/01
11:54 UTC

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Hip hop album reccomendations?

I do want to start collecting CDs and right now, I only have 3 that came in albums. I started getting into hip-hop and I figured the easiest way to ask for reccomendations is here

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2024/12/01
11:41 UTC

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I haven't been collecting CDs since 2016. Decided to collect again this year.

https://preview.redd.it/750koqntw74e1.jpg?width=4241&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=72cddd0644129bed099a6aed8a8c127c156a8d09

I don't remember why i stopped but one of the things that stopped me was probably I didn't have anything to listen to my collection. Couple years ago I wanted to return and buy a CD player but well things happened and I postponed it till this year. This is what I got this year except for Super Mario Galaxy I got it as a gift in 2022 from a friend. I also have an old collection of CDs that I listen to. I also bought these two CD players.

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2024/12/01
10:58 UTC

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Sunday morning is coming down, so which one are you playing 1st?

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2024/12/01
10:42 UTC

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Got me some J-Pop gems

it’s not always easy to find Japanese CDs in Brazil, but i got lucky yesterday. i love namie amuro.

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2024/12/01
10:01 UTC

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I’m new to purchasing cds, young, and just spent $150 (AUD) on one…bad decision or no?

It was suicide season cut up by bring me the horizon.

my explanation:

I really love it, but besides that I noticed it going out of stock amongst a lot of Amazon retailers. I’ve watched it go in and out of stock a couple times now and recently it’s been virtually gone from all the main sellers for over a month.

Then I went onto utopia records site and a call was placed, asked if they had this cd and count your blessings, they said both had been deleted from the uk.

As in no longer manufactured.

Then my decision was solidified because I’m pretty sure that if I waited another year as I planned to save some more money and mull over the decision by then it could be $300 aud for the same new copy due to rarity.

So I’ve ordered suicide season cut up and count your blessings now (which was a surprisingly reasonable price for an also new and OLDER album).

Good decision or no? should I have waited? just thought in general would be great, and thanks!

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2024/12/01
09:26 UTC

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Is this what they mean by the loudness war?

This is a flac rip of the first track of New Order's album Power, Corruption and Lies. The bottom is from the original Qwest CD, the middle is the 2008 Collector's Edition and the top is the 2020 Definitive Edition. The drummer of the band detested the 2008 release and, I believe, had a hand in the 2020 remastering. Personally, my ears aren't sophisticated enough to be bothered by any subtle differences in the mastering. I just thought this was interesting.

8 Comments
2024/12/01
08:05 UTC

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Holy grail

Been trying to find a copy of Aether Realms first album on CD for ages and finally managed to track one down, on Mercari Japan of all places!! In addition I got a first print copy of Tarot 🥰

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2024/12/01
07:44 UTC

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Found these at the thrift store

Found these at the thrift for around $1 each. Overall not bad. But the pearl jams are EU reissues.

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2024/12/01
06:36 UTC

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Starting to rebuild my CD Collection. Bought at B&N for $20

How did I do?

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2024/12/01
06:07 UTC

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Listening to yet another amazing Sade album while dancing to the city lights

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2024/12/01
05:34 UTC

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Why I’m collecting CDs as a teenager

I’m posting this because I want to hear opinions from people older and wiser than me who know their stuff better than I do. Maybe you’ll enjoy hearing my perspective?

I’m new to collecting physical music, and all people my age are collecting vinyl. Some don’t even own a record player and just hang them on their walls for show, but the people who actually do own one question why I’m so into CDs. (They’re “old”, in a “not-cool” way.)

I just got my first ever CD, In Rainbows by Radiohead, and I’m SO in love. The packaging the design on the CD itself are so awesome, and I’m so excited to hear it when I get a CD player for Christmas. I have a bunch ordered, but they’re all stuck in limbo from the Canada post strike.

Aesthetically, I get it; Vinyl is such an amazing medium to me. At one point I was interested, but now I would never buy one myself. The main reasons are money, storage, and getting the equipment needed (People gatekeep what affordable supplies to get).

Speaking of gatekeeping, the biggest reason I’m not a Vinyl collector is because the stinkers of the community stink BAD. The greatest example of this was when I went to my local record store and asked the ~50 year old bearded man behind the desk if they had any Radiohead vinyl. He looked at me, and as if he was talking to a puppy, said “No, we don’t. Is this your first time here?”

I’m surprised I didn’t cry in frustration looking back. I was really looking forward to that record store trip. I didn’t think about vinyl or CDs for close to a year after that.

But, I’m super excited to start a CD collection!! Supporting artists I love makes me so happy, and seeing their artistic vision in the form of physical music is something I cherish.

Bonus question: Any CDs you guys think a teenage girl would like, drop them here!!

51 Comments
2024/12/01
05:03 UTC

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Just visited Diggers in Ann Arbor - thousands of CDs, all priced at $1.50! It was amazing...

62 Comments
2024/12/01
03:18 UTC

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Recently moved into a new apartment and was blessed with a massive bookcase for my CDs

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2024/12/01
02:57 UTC

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my favs (ignore that some are just on the floor pls, i didnt have the jewel cases and theyre fine i swear 😭😭)

i have alot more than this, but these are the ones i really care about sooo

4 Comments
2024/12/01
01:58 UTC

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I think I'm going back to CDs

After a few years of returning to vinyl records and even dedicating a YouTube channel to it, I think I'm ready to go back to CDs. I'm currently in the middle of a deep dive into the albums of 1991, many of which I have on CD, and man these things sound great!

The price and various problems with vinyl records lately has got me thinking it might be time to scale back, if not give it up altogether. This week, I did some crate digging for CDs mission from my collection and it reminded me of the fun of digging for cheap records back in the 90s.

It's got me wondering if there might be a CD resurgence like the vinyl comeback from a few years ago. There might just be one for personally. One of tracks is knowing the difference between excellent sounding CDs and the over-driven "loudness wars" ones.

I'm glad I kept all of my CDs over the years.

36 Comments
2024/12/01
01:44 UTC

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CD haul from the past 2 days

finally have at least 1 version (stolen or TV) of every Taylor album! also picked up a cobra starship album to add to my Patrick Stump project collections

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2024/12/01
01:28 UTC

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A CD I got at a split launch last night

E.

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2024/12/01
01:22 UTC

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just thrifted this cd player for only 10$!

It sounds great! i did notice that it didn’t come with its original speakers and i’ll have to find them online buuut good find nonetheless :)

15 Comments
2024/12/01
01:00 UTC

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Record fair in my hometown + visit to a major shopping district on the same day = really fucking good haul.

5 Comments
2024/11/30
23:43 UTC

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