2. I want to support musicians by buying their albums. However, I don't like buying vinyl because it's horribly inconvenient, and the sound quality isn't great (clicks and pops), and requires special equipment that needs too much space for my apartment. On top of that, every time you play it, it degrades the sound quality, and even handling the sleeve wears it out since it has no plastic protective layer: well-used vinyl albums are dog-eared. CDs aren't flimsy like vinyl, and will last indefinitely if you take care of them, and their album art, while about 1/4 the size of a vinyl album, has the same aspect ratio and looks like new since it's kept in a "jewel case" (except for some newer albums). On top of all this, ripping a CD into a FLAC file is easy if you still have an optical drive (you can buy a USB-connected portable one for $20).
1. It's a different listening experience than the "song shuffle on Spotify" that dominates now. I just select the album I want to hear in my music player (which has my whole library on my laptop's HD), click "play", and let it play the whole album. Skipping songs is easy if I want to do that, but nothing is forcing me to, so I usually don't, and just listen to the album start-to-finish. For some odd reason, a lot of people seem to not have the discipline to do that.
2. I want to support musicians by buying their albums. However, I don't like buying vinyl because it's horribly inconvenient, and the sound quality isn't great (clicks and pops), and requires special equipment that needs too much space for my apartment. On top of that, every time you play it, it degrades the sound quality, and even handling the sleeve wears it out since it has no plastic protective layer: well-used vinyl albums are dog-eared. CDs aren't flimsy like vinyl, and will last indefinitely if you take care of them, and their album art, while about 1/4 the size of a vinyl album, has the same aspect ratio and looks like new since it's kept in a "jewel case" (except for some newer albums). On top of all this, ripping a CD into a FLAC file is easy if you still have an optical drive (you can buy a USB-connected portable one for $20).
1. It's a different listening experience than the "song shuffle on Spotify" that dominates now. I just select the album I want to hear in my music player (which has my whole library on my laptop's HD), click "play", and let it play the whole album. Skipping songs is easy if I want to do that, but nothing is forcing me to, so I usually don't, and just listen to the album start-to-finish. For some odd reason, a lot of people seem to not have the discipline to do that.