Never get rid of hard copies, that's just me. I don't stream much so can't relate. Much easier just to toss a cd, tape or record on...all these hoops to jump thru just for convenience is not me, and probably will never be. I like my physical media.
What to do with my legacy CD collection?
I am about to dive head first into Hi-Res Digital Audio streaming. My current situation is complex, though.
I have 6,000 cds in my collection. I am beginning a project to rip my favorites ~ 2,000 cds, which are mostly special editions, rare and collectible, to FLAC files and play them on my Innuos Zenith mk3 server and Qutest Dac using an ipad and Innuos Sense app as my UI.
The whole rig will be backed up to a 2 drive Synology Nas using RAID 1 plus an icloud back-up.
I will keep these as many are Mofi Gold, DCC gold, SACDs, DVD-Audio Disks in 5.1 surround, HDCD encoded, etc., to occaisionally play them on my Oppo 105 universal player where they sound marvelous.
That leaves me with 4,000 CDs leftover. Most of them can be Hi-Res streamed via Quobuz or Tidal, both of which are native to my Innuos server.
Some of these are in original jewel cases (about 1,500) that I will sort through and keep, sell (haha), donate or toss.
The remaing 2,500 are in binders without artwork. I really don't know what to do with this group: keep as back-ups or toss. Any suggestions?
I would appreciate any opinions or feedback on my plan, so far.
TIA!
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It won't be worth your while to try to sell them. If you have friends or neighbors who would like them and it would make you feel good to give them away, do that. Otherwise, donate them to your nearby thrift stores (and get receipts). The purchasers will enjoy the CD's, and the charities will enjoy the sales revenue, and you will enjoy the charitable deduction. |
Ripped cds surpassed the Sq you get from a world class cd player over 15 years ago. I sold my multi-thousand $$ highly rated cd player 14 years ago and never looked back. I have been transporting thousands of cds around with me for over 20 years and I wished I sold all of them years ago. I still have a highly rated cd/sacd player that has played maybe a couple of silver discs during the last 10 years
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@melbay So how do you like the Zenith? Any tips for me before I fire it up? |
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