Used audio CDs are so cheap (most are anyways) that I don't see any point in making your own, other than making a physical play list.
Thinking about it, I have two optical drives in my PC and never even used them to burn a CD...
if you listen to unpopular music and dont wanna pay a 20$ shipping cost per disc ๐
I've never paid that much for a used CD on eBay and I don't think I only listen to popular or well-known artists...
Try the Discogs Marketplace if you haven't had any luck on eBay, sellers there tend to know a bit more about how much their stuff is worth. It's pretty nice if you're looking for a particular pressing, too.
i live in australia, and i can only find sales from europe or america (even on discogs). even without shipping, the cheapest i can find are about 3โฌ or something, wheres a CD-R costs about 1$AUD each. also shipping can take about 2 weeks
In the of mobile streaming, mobile storage or cars having usb / etc why would you still be using cds at this point? If you are doing this for a home stereo, use high quality stored audio on a pc and stream from there locally.
my car only has: cd player, radio, and aux cord. i can also get the cigarette lighter bluetooth thing, but i dont like connecting my phone to the car just to play music.
Aux cord is your best friend. Get a 3.5mm adapter and use that + everything I mentioned. Best way to go
I prefer Ogg/Vorbis for music.
If you already have a digital audio file... just play that on a computer?
CD-R for compatibility
CD-R.
I think I bought some CD-RW a looong time ago and never, ever re-wrote with them. Hard to think of a scenario where I would do that.
Also, I just bought some Taiyo Yuden again recently. They're still available (scamazon).
CD-R, all the way.
I'm not gonna waste time constantly rebuilding playlists on the same CDs. I get my ideal track list built, burn it, then that's my one CD for that playthrough. If I come up with another one, I'll burn another CD. Music sets an emotional tone for situations; I have a lot of good memories that I can relive just by playing the CDs I listened to on repeat around that time.
If being thrifty is your game, then the CD-RW is a better choice. Yeah, it's more expensive, but you only need one. You just rebuild your playlist anytime you want something different. Unlike CD-Rs, which require a new disc for every single playlist. That cost adds up over time.
But that's all inconsequential, as burning CDs was only efficient 20 years ago. There are much better ways to transfer and listen to music nowadays. Heck, MP3 players pretty much replaced CDs as a better way to listen to music on the go, and those are outdated now too.
Nowadays, If I want music on the go, I either copy a few albums to my smartphone, or connect to Plex and stream them from my home computer.
The only time it has ever seemed to matter is for live cds i.e linux. Anecdotally I had more issues with the rewritables than the write once and "if anything goes wrong get another disc" discs.
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