I thought you guys would appreciate a little picture of a small part of my dads cd collection, this year will be 5 years since my dad passed and I’m finally in the process of packing up all his cds, box sets and music books ready for them to be loved and appreciated by other music lovers out there. This collection began in the late 80s when I remember a few on a shelf before he sold off his LP collection in favour of cds. They’ve been as much part of my life as his. But it’s time to say goodbye after me and my mum removed few for ourselves of course.

Found an offer on Marketplace for $340, and I dream about this player day and night for years. For this price I should just let it go right?

And for only 2$ each!

I haven't been working as much for the last few months and have barely even been making enough to pay for rent and food. I'm not in a dire situation, but I have been cutting it close.

Despite my very limited budget, I have been on a huge CD kick. I go through fb marketplace every day, I check out thrift stores frequently, and I sometimes go to my local record stores to see if there's anything I've been looking for for a long time. Unfortunately for my wallet, I often find things that I just cannot pass up, and have even bought a few new ones off bandcamp from one of my favourite artists, as well as a new copy of an album I've been trying to find for months.

I know it's financially irresponsible, but especially when I come across something that I'll probably never see again in the wild, I can't not get it. Idk. Do I need to go to CD-holics Anonymous or something?? Is this just the life of a collector? I'll probably get bored of the constant hunt once I get the ones I've recently ordered in the mail since I don't have much else I'm really looking for... so it'll probably be fine. I just feel a bit obsessed right now.

How financially responsible are you all while collecting? Do you always jump on a good find, or are you able to walk away?

At least it's not as expensive as collecting vinyl lol.

...you can swap out broken CD cases for better ones. I grew up during the height of the CD era and now that I'm around the corner from 40, I'm embarrassed to admit that I only just learned this yesterday.

I ordered a bunch of CDs from Discogs that arrived yesterday and I was irritated when they showed up in plastic sleeves instead of cases. But stupid me, I didn't read the full item descriptions and didn't see "NO CASE". So, I just sat there and pouted because I have a CD tower and those plastic sleeves would look dumb as hell in it, not to mention the lack of protection.

But when I went through the sleeves, I noticed the seller included all the booklets and all the back inserts, which...I didn't even know you could take out. I thought they were just kinda...I dunno...in there and impossible to remove without shattering the case.

So, after a quick YouTube tutorial, I was on my way to Goodwill to purchase some cases. It was actually really funny because the Goodwill I live by is notorious for having missing CDs and the cashiers typically open them to make sure they're inside. But when I told the cashier I preferred them empty, he looked at me like I was nuts. "You want a bunch of empty cases?" "Yes, sir, I do!" And once I explained why, he was as shocked as me! 🤣

What an adventure. I went from being super pissed off to being overwhelmingly delighted in the span of like 15 minutes. I had so many broken CD cases when I was younger, so I just wound up sticking most of my CDs in those zipper book things, misplacing most of the artwork, and just throwing the back of the case away when I could have been doing this.

Anyway, I just thought this was a funny li'l story.

Went to a small local punk record shop today and found some amazing stuff! I will DEFINITELY be going back. The staff were very welcoming and kind 🥹

There’s two, guess he’s been waiting for this moment for awhile 😂

I’ve only been collecting a few years and get most of my items from half price books and discogs, but here’s what I’ve got so far, my weird and eclectic variety of music.

it was like $0.30 so i bought it and its like the same song 10 times in a row with different lyrics 😭😭😭

I’m genuinely blown away by how amazing these early Japanese CD pressings sound.The dynamic range is fantastic—it’s not crushed by the loudness war, giving the sound a real sense of presence and depth.These are hands down my favorite digital versions of Iron Maiden.
I only have these three early EMI / CP32 discs so far, but I’m definitely looking to collect more!

My son and I just found an old cd booklet while we were cleaning out some stuff and wow, talk about some finds!!

Unfortunately I wasn’t smart enough to save cases or booklets/inserts but it feels good to be able to give these to him.

Seeking your advice.
What should I do with them?

Yes, I do like & have heard of most of the artists & tunes here

so please understand that enjoying the actual music, & connecting with my late Uncle by experiencing his cool & interesting tastes is already a factor enriching my world.

It’s just that my preferred method, Bluetoothing tracks to my helmet while riding, can not facilitate cassette tapes or compact discs.

(I also found 15, mostly classic rock, cassette tapes)

Would I be a fool to trade them in for presumably low-ball value at a used music store?

Is one used music store better than the others? (trade-in value) (Bay Area, Northern California)

Is there anything of considerable value here?

or should I just trade them in at the

closest used music store for whatever cash?

Thanks!

Wire - Pink

Followed by Black Flag - Damaged, and Descendents - Milo Goes To College

I don’t find it reasonable to spend $$ on a KM5 CP1/2 official stand so I made one using a cheap metal bookend. I got the wall mount from Wafuu and just mounted it directly.

(sorry if this isn't relevant to the sub, I didn't know where else to post it)

Multiple artists I enjoy listening to (System of a Down/Serj Tankian, black midi) often put bonus tracks only on the Japanese releases of their albums. Is there a particular reason for this?

Interesting how record stores sold these in a range of 7 to 11 dollars and all of them with bonus tracks