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I have a theory about purchasing music, and it goes as follows... The higher the opportunity cost, the higher the quality of the listening experience... now, if you don't know your economics jargon, opportunity cost is the dollar amount of something you are losing out on, when you make a purchase or something... so in this case, buying a cd, the opportunity cost would be the cost of a new shirt or something... anyways, what do you think? I made it up as a joke at first, but I think I really do believe it... the anticipation, the excitment, spending the money, it all adds to make a better listening experience... therefore, MP3's suck!!!! :) |
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No, YOU suck! :-p |
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Actually, I love your theory, and I know exactly what you mean. But you still suck. |
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When paying for college......your theory definetly does NOT work... |
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yes yes, you're so right... but my theory is really only applied to purchasing music, hence the "quality of the LISTENING experience" part of the theory... :) |
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I definitly enjoy the "real" CD more than and mp3. I used to prefer to sample music in mp3 then if I liked it I would buy the CD. Now I don't even sample I just go to the used CD store and browse 'till I find something that looks cool or that I think I may have heard of : ) |
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I agree |
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yeah, I usually buy music without ever hearing it... I'm always open to experiment with music types, and it's so great when you come home with an album you've never heard anything from and put it on and are blown away by it... it's the whole experience, makes listening to music much better in my opinion... |
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I always prefer to buy my music, but I also like using mp3's to sample something before I buy it, so I don't waste my hard earned cash |
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It's like going to a movie without seeing all the trailers. You don't know what to expect so you're able to jsut sit back and enjoy it for what it is. There is no preconcieved notion of what it should be. |
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would that mean the more you pay for a cd, the better you think it will be? sounds oversimplified, most domestic cds pretty much cost the same, every cd costs me about 30-40% a pair of pants then. but i would not need 200 pairs of pants, while i do need over 200 cds. conversely, some people tend to like things that are free. people will eat food that is free, that they would never pay for and eat, if they had to pay. i've also known a couple of guys who burned cds they would probably never buy, would never really be interested in, but since its almost "free", they are proud to burn it, like it is a little special bonus in life, then of course, they never listen to it, but hey, it was "free"! |
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I originally thought I was GOING to use MP3s to sample stuff... but it became so convenient and so CHEAP to just not buy shit at all. I guess I'd PREFER to have the actual art/box/booklet/CD, etc, but I think I'll survive without them. And college is a WEEEEE bit too expensive for me to worry about CDs! |
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hmmm, well I wasn't planning on doing major research based on this theory... it's just an idea I came up with... |
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Might sound kind of stupid, but when someone shows me their cd collection, and it's all actual cd's and not burned, I gain a bit of respect for them. |
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yeah I know, it's totally great... and plus, if I buy a cd, no matter how much I might dislike it after the first listen, I have more incentive to put time into trying to get into it, and forcing myself to enjoy it... and I usually do... I think I've become more open to different styles of music just because of that... if I had downloaded the MP3's I probably would've just discarded them if I didn't like them after the first listen or something... |
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I used to care about CDs, now I just wonder WHY... why should paying 20 dollars make you a more viable music fan? It's all about the music. I don't care if the music comes on a circular thing made of foil and aluminum, computer code, a chewable pill, I just don't care, as long as I hear the SOUNDS. And free stuff is always good. :-) |
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I dunno... I guess it's the same thing as people sticking with vinyls after cds became popular... it's what you like personally... |
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It could be because the artist would likea little compensation for spending so much of thier lives to make the music we listen too. If I heard BoC playing their music on the sidewalk I'd stop and listen and then i'd throw some money into their laptop carrying case. Just a thought. |
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I'd like to support the artist... on the other hand, I'm evil, and I want a yacht made of gold. BOC will do just fine without my money. There'll always be suckers like you to support their drug habits. ;-p |
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Boc dosn't do drugs! What whould make you think a thing like that?! ;) |
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well, 10 years from now, which will be more satisfying.... an actual collection of CDs representing what you liked thru the years, or a sloppy bunch of burned cds and mp3s of widely varied quality..? |
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Ain't it the truth... |
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I'd rather the CDs, of course, but I'd also cringe if I started hating what I'd bought. It isn't too fun to look over at my CDs right now and see ALANIS MORRISETTE and GREEN DAY! ;-) And personally, I doubt it would matter to me much, anyway. They're just CDs, with mostly disapointing booklets, and shitty artwork. I don't think I'll lose sleep when I'm 30 wishing I had the cheap ass ICBYD booklet. :-) As long as I can hear the album, I'm set, but that's just me. I've never been one to collect shit anyway, my tastes change too rapidly. |
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ya same here ohpecks... of course i'd rather have the cd.. but to this date ive d/led like hundreds of dollars (maybe thousands) worth of albums which i really love (ie aphex), which i could obviously not afford to buy... and i just want to hear the music.. (although tearing through the vancum packed plastic wrap IS pretty fun...) and then again CDs are much better quality... |
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I have to agree with you, it is exciting getting a new, real CD, and I listen to them a lot when I first get them. Also, when I get MP3's, I only put them on with my computer speakers, where as with a CD, I listen only with headphones, which is a lot better. |
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I couldnt agree more with ubik! |
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