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CD sales are making an unexpected comeback amid a retro tech boom | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

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[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I just wanna add that if anyone wants to pay a bunch of money for rare CDs to access the music: you needn't.

There are bit-perfect rips all over torrent sites and soulseek, and you can even verify they're bit-perfect with tools like CUETools.

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

For out of print works, or artists long passed. Sure. But do what you can to support current and independent artists as much as you can.

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

I figured that's kinda implied in the 'rare' part, but yeah agree. Always support as much as you can.

I figure masterings are entirely fair game if you own a copy of the album in another form. Eg I've got a bunch of MFSL, Audio Fidelity, AM+ and SHM-CDs that have great mastering of particular albums that I'd never have been able to afford as physical purchases due to their rarity and 'audiophile' collector status IRL. I have no doubt that the musicians and engineers involved would be glad their work is being enjoyed, rather than unobtainable.

Rare CDs that are in-print nowadays generally don't have any tracks (or masterings) that you can't get via a separate release or digital purchase for a more reasonable price, because modern artists mostly live or die by digital stream popularity.