Compulsive Disassociative CD Collecting Disease (CDCDCD)

[DavidW]

When I consider that post I know I should consider C. S. Lewis' advise... but I don't... I need a digest version...

[Lethevich]

I kinda wish I had the condition described by many in this thread: accumilation, but enjoying adding to the collection.

I like buying stuff - it's nice - and I amass a lot of CDs, but once I have them in my hands I rapidly find that I do very little with them and they become pointless trinkets that I wish I could be rid of. A bizarre and self-defeating cycle.

[DavidW]

Lethe, it sounds like streaming from nml might be more up your alley if you're not doing alot of repeats in your listening.

[Lethevich]

Indeedie! I need to get past this silly sound quality fixation. Even in historical recordings I strongly prefer lossless even where it offers no discernable difference

[DavidW]

One site that I've used in the past has 320k streaming.  Alas it really does not have the classical catalog that nml has.  You know for how much they charge, they should throw in a lossless option, that would be awesome!!

[Brian]

One site that I've used in the past has 320k streaming.  Alas it really does not have the classical catalog that nml has.  You know for how much they charge, they should throw in a lossless option, that would be awesome!!

They do have a "CD Quality" option but it seems to be only for institutions that can pay through the nose...

[DavidW]

They do have a "CD Quality" option but it seems to be only for institutions that can pay through the nose...

Oh the 128k streaming?  That is what I've paid for.  I think it's worth the extra money,  64k is just not enough for me.

[Brian]

Oh the 128k streaming?  That is what I've paid for.  I think it's worth the extra money,  64k is just not enough for me.

64 they market as "FM Quality"
128 they market as "Near CD"
The CD one is greyed out for me.

[DavidW]

64 they market as "FM Quality"
128 they market as "Near CD"
The CD one is greyed out for me.

Oh okay... there is a higher bit one!  Oh man I want that... wait you are at a school... guess it doesn't subscribe...

[Brian]

Oh okay... there is a higher bit one!  Oh man I want that... wait you are at a school... guess it doesn't subscribe...

I might be illegally using a different school's login to avoid the Historical labels' copyright restrictions. Ssshhh!

[snyprrr]

I kinda wish I had the condition described by many in this thread: accumilation, but enjoying adding to the collection.

I like buying stuff - it's nice - and I amass a lot of CDs, but once I have them in my hands I rapidly find that I do very little with them and they become pointless trinkets that I wish I could be rid of. A bizarre and self-defeating cycle.

Hmmm,... you're in total denial. You most certainly have CDCDCD, but a virulent sub-form of it. mm mm mm It seems you have  'cd wrapper syndrome', where your fingers feel the new cd, and rip it open, but once you have 'violated' said 'victim', you are 'over it' and seek the next one.

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[vandermolen]

Hmmm,... you're in total denial. You most certainly have CDCDCD, but a virulent sub-form of it. mm mm mm It seems you have  'cd wrapper syndrome', where your fingers feel the new cd, and rip it open, but once you have 'violated' said 'victim', you are 'over it' and seek the next one.

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Yes, I agree - a sad case 

As for 'rip [the CD] open' - that is easier said than done. It is be no means easy to 'rip open' a CD. I have been apoplectic with rage trying to get the protective wrapper off a new CD. I have even used a kitchen knife (as in 'Psycho'), on occasion, to assist me - invariably the hinges break off in the process - it is infuriating. To cheer myself up I have to order a new CD and the ghastly cycle continues....

[karlhenning]

This is not working. I am not mashing the BUY ME link!

(Yet . . . .)

All right, I have yielded to the inevitability of Xenakis!

[vandermolen]

Yes, I agree - a sad case 

As for 'rip [the CD] open' - that is easier said than done. It is be no means easy to 'rip open' a CD. I have been apoplectic with rage trying to get the protective wrapper off a new CD. I have even used a kitchen knife (as in 'Psycho'), on occasion, to assist me - invariably the hinges break off in the process - it is infuriating. To cheer myself up I have to order a new CD and the ghastly cycle continues....

The worst ones are from the USA as they come with some sort of 'securiy device' sticker that is virtually impossible to remove.

[DavidW]

All right, I have yielded to the inevitability of Xenakis!

I was waiting for a purchases today post but it never happened!

[karlhenning]

I was waiting for a purchases today post but it never happened!

I've ordered two Xenakis discs . . . one should arrive sometime next week, maybe both . . . .

[DaveF]

As for 'rip [the CD] open' - that is easier said than done... I have even used a kitchen knife (as in 'Psycho'), on occasion, to assist me - invariably the hinges break off in the process - it is infuriating.

I find as a (very bad) guitarist that the elongated fingernails of the right index or second finger are quite good for puncturing the film over the crack where the case opens up.  It's worth the endless hours of slaving over a 6-stringed instrument of mental torture to culvate such nails.  (And I'm told the guitar is easy compared with the lute - imagination fails me...)

[snyprrr]

I find as a (very bad) guitarist that the elongated fingernails of the right index or second finger are quite good for puncturing the film over the crack where the case opens up.  It's worth the endless hours of slaving over a 6-stringed instrument of mental torture to culvate such nails.  (And I'm told the guitar is easy compared with the lute - imagination fails me...)

Oi, I've been trying to get GuitarNails my whole life! nom nom nom munch munch munch nom nom nom

Try bloody stumps, haha...

Yes, I agree - a sad case 

As for 'rip [the CD] open' - that is easier said than done. It is be no means easy to 'rip open' a CD. I have been apoplectic with rage trying to get the protective wrapper off a new CD. I have even used a kitchen knife (as in 'Psycho'), on occasion, to assist me - invariably the hinges break off in the process - it is infuriating. To cheer myself up I have to order a new CD and the ghastly cycle continues....

See, we're all the same,... in this Thread at least, haha!

Yes, I don't 'rip' anymore. I have learned respect. I use a knife edge between the jewel case cover and the tray tab,... just enough to open it, and THEN!! I destroy like a five year old on christmas, haha!

Back in the day, I would ever so carefully try to get the cd out of the wrapper without breaking the wrapper, so if I didn't like said cd, I could simply slide it back into the wrapper, super glue it back together, and trot on back to Tower to exchange. oh, that's funny now, haha...

[Lethevich]

After going to JPC, and filling my basket with more and more sale things that I wanted I reached the point where I found I wanted around £300 worth of items, and couldn't manage to cull it down to below £100 so I just closed the window. Bleh.

[kishnevi]

After going to JPC, and filling my basket with more and more sale things that I wanted I reached the point where I found I wanted around £300 worth of items, and couldn't manage to cull it down to below £100 so I just closed the window. Bleh.

Good for you.  I am trying to keep myself from ordering anything for another week,  so it won't show up until the next credit card bill,  but while the flesh is willing, the spirit is rather weak.    I did order two things in the last couple of days, and bought a third at the only mall CD store in the area. but the two orders are only $50 and I paid cash for the b&m, so I'm telling myself they won't matter.  What's paying a $950 credit card bill if you already have to pay $900 anyway?  (Not all of it is CDs.  Just way too much of it.)