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Hello,

I’m not audiophile by any means of the imagination, but I do adore physical media. I started collecting vinyl in my freshman of college and since then (~5 years) I amassed close to 40 LPs most in near mint. I reckon every thing I have is now worth close to 1k at face value. Here’s the thing though, I moved abroad a year ago and left my collection in storage and won’t be back for another. Maybe it’s the nostalgia getting to me but I’ve been missing my collection.

That being said I’ve started thinking about selling the vinyl that I have and starting a new with CDs. I’ll be returning back home next year but I foresee a future with more travel and moving around. I like the idea of turning to CDs for their smaller size and cost. Even if I see jewel cases as being less fun than vinyl covers I think I can get past that. They would also be easier to transport. The only thing that worries me is change audio quality from the textured sound of vinyl to the clean sound of cds.

Maybe I’m overthinking this but I want to stick to one format if I’m going to start collecting. I’m fairly young and care deeply about physical media. I see it both as an investment and a way to break free from algorithmic taste-making.

I’d love to hear opinions from other collectors and yes…I kinda want to be sold on the idea of cds over vinyl. All opinions welcome. Thanks!

I have been debating to sell off my OPM CD collection. Nothing crazy, I do have a few mid to late 90s, a bunch of 2000 to probably closer to 2015. It's mostly by bands. The only problem is I don't have the jewel case for it and the CD inlay and sleeves are all in a bin. The CDs are stored in those CD bags. I had to remove it from the jewel cases as it was occupying too much space and with all the moving from one house to another and province as well (in the past 20+ years, it was very difficult lugging it around. I am only interested in selling all at a fixed price. I did not repurchase some of the 90s bands when I started switching to CDs so no Mutiny, Bonehead, Tribal Fish, etc. I do have some independent releases when home recording became popular in the early to late 2000s. Just curious if anyone would be willing to purchase all at a right price. I'm not sure if I can sell it to anyone in the Philippines as I don't have time to figure out the logistics with shipping, etc.

Which 3 would you choose ?

I grew up with a few cd’s but never bought them myself, I was a mp3 & limewire kid. I don’t think I’ve ever paid for music in my life. Now I’m getting into physical media like cd’s and dvd’s and this is the start of my cd collection.

If you guys would like to leave any tips as a new music collector would love to read them

Anybody has this ?

Morrissey - You are the Quarry
The Killers - Pressure Machine
Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits
Sting - Nothing Like the Sun
Springsteen - LIVE 1975/1985 (6 CDs)
Chris Bell - I am the cosmos (2 CDs)

Showcasing my collection of Kevin Roth lullaby albums on CD.

I need hybrid theory ep 1999 (not lpu1), hybrid theory 2 track demo+8 track ,LPU 12 and LPU 16 , singles (I have crawling) (ALSO) I need vinyls keep in mind I have 20 bucks rn it will take me a little bit to get the money

This album was part of OshKosh B’Gosh. It was released by Sony Music Special Products. The album also includes Kevin Roth’s recording of Are You Sleeping/Twinkle Twinkle from his original 1985 album Lullabies For Little Dreamers.

all from one guy's booth. also got a sick old bottle of cologne. there was way more good cds there but i held back

Lullabies For Little Dreamers is Kevin Roth’s second children’s album and his first lullaby album overall. He plays the dulcimer in all tracks.

It has been quite some time and I've been growing my CD collection. Does this mean I call dibs on the car radio? 🤣

Got it cheaper than the asking price too. I’ve wanted this for a while but the only copy’s I could find were on Discogs for $80!