Is anyone still buying CDs on a regular basis?

[Rayfi]

I must admit I have mainly gone over to Bandcamp for purchasing music. It's been a long time since I bought a CD, main reason being it's difficult to obtain the type of music I enjoy in your mainstream music shop.

There is also the storage issues of CD / vinyl, which can get substantial given enough time. The hifi room starts to get crowded... it has to be big enough for speakers & a rack system... but some music owners have CD / Vinyl collections many times greater in size than the physical hifi itself.

I have on occasion come across a old volume 1 of a album, wondered if there was a volume two.... and ended up purchasing it second hand on extortion bay. Just to see what it is like... kinda harking back to the older times.

Postage fees can add up too.

But the convienience of a digital archive, compiling favourite lists, abililty to switch (or swipe) between genres etc is hard to beat.

Bandcamp is a must use for real music fans who support the artist and its great so many of them have been surviving via bandcamp since the pandemic started. The postage fees are a killer on the physical items usually 5-6 quid now to post and stuff from states way more than that. Still better than giving it to Amazon or dread the thought the Spotify leeches.

[Fran]

Folks, I've deleted a few posts here. Posts describing the fan rating of other members based on what source they use are really not helpful and only pisses everyone off.

Knock it off please.

[Seán]

I buy classical music CDs from jpc several times a year.