How many CDs do you own?

Mr ProgFreak wrote: Hercules wrote: About 100CDs, 2000+ vinyls and no MP3s; not now, not ever.(I really don't want to listen to something which sounds utterly s***e. CD is bad enough.) Actually with proper bitrates (>192kbps) which are used by all the major mp3 stores today, you can't really hear a difference. And back in the 80s and 90s listening tests showed that CD sound is superior to vinyl ... it was ruined by bad mixes and re-masters of vinyl releases for a while, but those problems have long been solved. All that's left today is the "loudness war" ... but that is largely a choice of the artists and their record companies ... if they want their music to sound like that, then that's their choice, but please don't blame it on the medium.BTW: Here's my collection distribution:

I don't agree with you. I just got my first vinyl of Opeth and I finally understand for the first time what modern prog is about. The music started to sound 'alive'. No cd or mp3 ever reached this very important point for me. I agree it's only for a few among us to hear the difference between mp3 192kbps and the original cd, but the cd fails short in every aspect to sound as good as a vinyl record.

What your saying about the loudness war is totally true though. A loudness war did occur in the vinyl age, but to record louder on a vinyl it takes more space, so they had to quit because of the lack of space. But it's sometimes funny how much louder Kayak II sounds then Motherheads Ace of Spades (for example).

I'm always fairly careful with my CDs.  The only thing I've noticed which is particularly destroyable is the cases.  

290 CDs, 3 vinyls (Rick Wakeman's Six Wives..., Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick, and Allman Brothers' Eat a Peach).  The vinyls aren't albums which carry any specific meaning to me, but I found them all for cheap prices, so I figured why not.   3 or 4 music DVDs now as well.

jammun wrote: Just enough LP's.  The LP cabinet holds around 400, and I'm not buying any more.  Too many CD's.  The cabs hold around 800.  They are piling up around the house.   Tell me that you've got everything you want...

 

Just enough LP's.  The LP cabinet holds around 400, and I'm not buying any more. 

I counted that I had exactly 60 CDs on my shelf, that is in their cases with booklets and everything. I have a couple cases of mix CDs and discs without cases, so I'll guess in totaly I probably have about 90. I used to download a ton off iTunes and I still do when I have a gift certificate, so on my iTunes collection I probably have around 120 whole albums. And then I have some records from my dad's vinyl collection that he doesn't want, so maybe 140 albums total.

^ Perhaps we should continue this discussion in another thread ... like this one:

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=59259

It's specifically about bitrates.

Mr ProgFreak wrote: Hercules wrote: About 100CDs, 2000+ vinyls and no MP3s; not now, not ever. (I really don't want to listen to something which sounds utterly s***e. CD is bad enough.) Actually with proper bitrates (>192kbps) which are used by all the major mp3 stores today, you can't really hear a difference. And back in the 80s and 90s listening tests showed that CD sound is superior to vinyl ... it was ruined by bad mixes and re-masters of vinyl releases for a while, but those problems have long been solved. All that's left today is the "loudness war" ... but that is largely a choice of the artists and their record companies ... if they want their music to sound like that, then that's their choice, but please don't blame it on the medium. BTW: Here's my collection distribution:

Totally in agreement with that.  The best thing about vinyls are their album cover art.  Plus they look pretty cool under a black light.  But yeah, many early CD releases were just copies of the masters used to make the LPs and not specifically mastered for the CD format.

I have around 2000 cd's and another 1000 on vinyl.

I have 500 or so...