Still playing music from CDs?

I have too many CDs to rip and not enough time to do it, and not enough hard-drive space for all of them.

So, at home, I will usually listen the CDs

Max.

If I had OTG playlists and playques, I wouldn't need to use my cd's.

I am in the process of ripping all of my CD's. It is a large collection (over 400+) so it is going to take a while. My goal is to use the iPod as my main music source. As I buy new CD's, they will be ripped into the my iTunes collection.

I still will play cds in the car. Ipod is used pretty much everywhere else.

So there, I still use cds... And plus, as soon as my Ipod arrives (1 to 2 more weeks from dell) I will still use cds, because I have a cd changer in my room and its alreay set up with my stero...so why bother? Only on the go would I not use cds. Plus, cds are great because they are collectable... I can't imagine a day when ALL music is intangible data, I mean cds have sentimental value...well at least I think so...I mean, cds (and the cases too!) act as collectable items (just like the Pokemon cards and Gundam action models that I own, oh wait...yeah...maybe...I...nevermind)

For about a year now, I buy my CDs, rip them, then stack the CDs in the cd rack.

I'm always at my computer, and i've got a few harddrives dedicated to music. So my computer acts as my jukebox of sorts.

Now that i have the ipod, it'll be a nice accessory for a big nerd like myself ;)

was when I wanted to make a side by side comparison of all the various formats so I could make a decision on what i wanted to store on my HD. After narrowing it down to AAC and the original from CD I decided that I would copy the CDs to my HD as .aiff with no compression and then make an AAC copy to use on my iPod. Now I have 2 copies of each CD I own. I listen to the .aiff copy at home an the the AAC copy on the iPod. I see that Lacie has a 500 GB Firewire HD. I'll probably have to get one soon. One nice thing about ripping with no compression is that you can get 20x plus speeds (on my machine). Probably faster on a new computer.

I still play CD when I'm driving in the car. Not sure how to setup my car stereo to play iPod through it.

I'm always listening to iTunes when I'm at my computer, and when I'm away from my computer I'm listening to my iPod. The only time I really listen to CD's anymore is right when I get a new CD (note: I still refuse to buy from iTunes), or when I'm in the shower using my shower cd player.

ever since i got my ipod i only listen to a cd to see waht songs i want to put on the ipod.

I copied all my CDs to my hard drive without compression. My sound card delivers the optical digital signal to my surround sound amp. You can use your computer as a high quality jukebox.
Originally posted by mrbach
I still use Cd's in my main stereo system. I tried the line out into my receiver and the 160 AAC's sounded like crap. iPod is OK with the earbuds, I guess huge files would give better sond, but then what would be the point?

Yes I do. Nearly every night.

CD's ...and LP's too!

...sT

It took me over a month to rip my over 2000 CDs to MP3. I still buy them (seems it's a habit I cannot break - and I don't want to buy a lossy format from iTunes) but rip them immediately and sync them to my iPod. I carry the iPod whereever I go and even got it mounted in my truck so I can listen through the stereo (too dangerous driving with headphones). I love having the entire soundtrack of my life at my fingertips. I have only listened to one CD since I got the iPod, and it was on the way home from Best Buy. I ripped it and put it away before I even listened to the whole thing...

Reed

I rip my CDs onto my computer then plug in my iPod and that's that...CD goes into long term storage.