The Great Rip Off!

I have started ripping my cd collection starting in the A's to mp3. I should be done sometime next year!

Does the King approve of this? Btw, his eyes are creeping me out.

GrandNational wrote:

Does the King approve of this? Btw, his eyes are creeping me out.

he does indeed! As does Mrs. TheKing

I've spent more than 2 years doing this. I am creating a list of my music in Excel as I go along.

so are you getting rid of your cds?

Phoenix Reign Drummer wrote:

so are you getting rid of your cds?

yep. Once i got them all ripped and buy a couple backups most of them are going.

i've been continuously doing this for years. if i could stop buying for a bit, i might actually get finished. unlikely though.

The King aka "The Ripper"

exact33 wrote:

I have started ripping my cd collection starting in the A's to mp3. I should be done sometime next year!

Took me over a year to do mine.

exact33 wrote:

Phoenix Reign Drummer wrote:

so are you getting rid of your cds?

yep. Once i got them all ripped and buy a couple backups most of them are going.

Wish I could find someone to buy my entire collection at once.

If you are planning to actually sell off your physical collection I would recommend going "lossless" instead so the music you keep is identical in quality to the CDs you are selling. .mp3s are fine for portability, but for actually backing up your collection I would go with either .flac or Apple Lossless.

iTunes also has the ability to convert copies of your lossless files to .mp3 when transferring to your iPod so you have the benefit of both lossless copies on your computer and lossy copies for your portable devices (of only the songs you transfer to the device).

As cheap as hard drives are these days there is no longer any reason to not use lossless files.

S.D. wrote:

If you are planning to actually sell off your physical collection I would recommend going "lossless" instead so the music you keep is identical in quality to the CDs you are selling. .mp3s are fine for portability, but for actually backing up your collection I would go with either .flac or Apple Lossless.

iTunes also has the ability to convert copies of your lossless files to .mp3 when transferring to your iPod so you have the benefit of both lossless copies on your computer and lossy copies for your portable devices (of only the songs you transfer to the device).

As cheap as hard drives are these days there is no longer any reason to not use lossless files.

And I would counter that the difference in sound quality is so minimal it doesn't justify the hassle. A 4MB files versus a 40MB file and very little difference in quality? No-brainer.

Everyone is welcome to do what they want, of course. =)

I hope you guys dont regret selling your cd collection because i know that in the past many people regret selling their vinyls during the 90s.

krokus wrote:

I hope you guys dont regret selling your cd collection because i know that in the past many people regret selling their vinyls during the 90s.

I highly doubt I will sell mine. I could sell all the rare stuff and make a ton of money, but then I'd be left with thousands of commons, which would just annoy me and make me regret selling the rest.

I think, however, if I sold everything at once, I'd be totally fine with it.

Out of curiosity, what price would you sell off your entire collection for?


Really a question for everybody.

jstate wrote:

Out of curiosity, what price would you sell off your entire collection for?


Really a question for everybody.

Tough question. I have at least 1,000 albums that could fetch upwards of $100 or more, I would think. That's $100,000. Who would pay that much, though? So I'd have to sell the whole collection for far less. Or sell those 1,000 individually. Either isn't ideal.

Although I've probably a million on it all.

krokus wrote:

I hope you guys dont regret selling your cd collection because i know that in the past many people regret selling their vinyls during the 90s.

I have finally come to terms with the fact that cds take up a ton of space. I am in this for the music and i can get a lot of albums electronically that i wouldnt have the funds to get on physical media. I have to fight the collector urge but i remind myself its the music that matters.

Ha, i've been doing that for awhile now. Only keep the ones that hold some kind of stupid sentimental value or are worth something.

Traitor.

Eyesore wrote:

And I would counter that the difference in sound quality is so minimal it doesn't justify the hassle. A 4MB files versus a 40MB file and very little difference in quality? No-brainer.

Never take audio advice from someone who uses 128kbps .mp3 files.

I have been dl'ing the colletion for years too. I keep having to purchase bigger external drives for lack of room. 140000 songs takes a ton of space. Up to a 2TB drive now.

And selling is a fulltime job in itself. Especially when you refuse to give eVilBay one red cent.

UNCLE SAXON'S KICKASS CDS wrote:

I have been dl'ing the colletion for years too. I keep having to purchase bigger external drives for lack of room. 140000 songs takes a ton of space. Up to a 2TB drive now.

And selling is a fulltime job in itself. Especially when you refuse to give eVilBay one red cent.

I havent even really given a thought to how to sell the stuff yet. I am going to rip it first. I doubt after i have it ripped that i would even pull out the cds anymore but ill wait until i am further down the road to see.

I have 115,207 songs, at 501GB. Goooooooooooooooo 128kbps!

Eyesore wrote:

I have 115,207 songs, at 501GB. Goooooooooooooooo 128kbps!

I am ripping mine at 256K. I am ripping my Anubis Gate set right now.

S.D. wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

I have 115,207 songs, at 501GB. Goooooooooooooooo 128kbps!

Congratulations, you win the "quantity over quality" award for the week. If you can't hear the difference in a 128kbps audio file then you either need to buy a new stereo or need to get your hearing checked.

128 is a low bitrate, but you can't tell me (although you probably will) that there is much difference between a 320kbps MP3 and a FLAC file. At that point you're just being particular.