CD - it's not dead yet!

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I made the mistake of archiving most of my CDs into plastic wallets and have since spent a fortune replacing the jewel cases.
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For me, original CDs with decent dynamic range have been where the best value is at for those of us who want to own physical format (which, I do). The mastering trumps the format, imo.
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Summer sales are on and I'm having a vinyl splurge. Mostly 80's pop and older jazz LP's.

Schizo - I have phases where I only get CD's (up to 3 months ago) now in a 12", needle-driven frenzy.

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When I bought my first CD player in the mid 80s I spent a small fortune on discs which were costing three times as much as the equivalent vinyl, the reverse of today. I believed vinyl would soon have its day. :lol: No regrets as CDs from that era have decent dynamic range and they have never sounded better. I am buying CD mastered from decades past on the second hand market often for peanuts. In mos5 cases they sound so much better than modern compressed remasters.

I think that the extortionate prices of CDs in the early days was a British phenomenon. In the early 90s I went for holidays in Canada where they were a lot cheaper. I brought a lot back.
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Do CDs sound better than vinyl? It’s complicated

https://www.pocket-lint.com/do-cds-soun ... han-vinyl/

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The article says CD has a greater dynamiC range. Of course this should be the case but wi5h most modern popular recordings it is not because of the loudness wars. I think this has a lot to do with the popularity of vinyl amongst audiophiles. This issue does not arise with classical music. I have streamed some on Qobuz and the dynamic contrast compared to most popular masters is night and day. I don't think vinyl can compete with this type of music.
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https://www.pocket-lint.com/places-to-buy-cds-online/

No mention of Music Magpie and World of Books, but they can be found via eBay. Have picked up lots of b bargains with decent DR from decades past.
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I get most of my used CDs from Medimops in Germany (via eBay).

Low prices, huge assortment - great for Krautrock!

A good Dutch webshop is Variaworld.

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Medimops seems to be Momox in the UK. I buy from this site through eBay.
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