Yeah man I totally get what you're saying, something disposable to me may be a most coveted artist by another. I happen to love anything, and to use your example, dont mind my Cannibal Corpse album followed by my Johnny Cash album, followed by my Deadmau5 album. It is a personal thing.
That is what I miss the most about having a physical media for music. 33,000 songs on an iPod is cool, but staring at a wall of CDs/Vinyl just has this majestic nature to it.
Moving was a bitch, but I'm glad I kept them. 4 bookcases of CDs, a rack of tapes, and several milk crates of vinyl make my favorite room in the house. I just wish I could afford a decent speaker setup beyond an old guitar amp... And hey, at least you can organize your iTunes and make it all pretty! Physical media aside, I spent a week doing that and am so glad I did.
>old guitar amp... Haha, I've been there. I think speaker set up also has a lot to do with situation. When I have a cook out at home, I have an old crappy mono speaker radio on my deck. The quality sucks, but the tinny crackle of the speaker, while enjoying a beer, and grilling some food just sets the mood perfectly. I also have a $330 Sony speaker system inside, so when I want to hear the whole piece, I still can.
Our house has a pretty open floor plan, so I've got the amp set in an end table (which it fits snug in, thankfully) with an old 100-disc CD changer and tape deck on top of it in our living room. My wife and I will load up the CD player (25 mine, 25 her, and so on) and let it play all day. The sound quality isn't bad, but it'll be so nice when we can finally get a real speaker setup. Someday, but it's hard to reconcile A) less music, better sound or B) more music, the sound we're used to. I'm not great with money.
That is a tough one, but I think I'd go with option B.
>Now I just need the audio cable replaced for the 3rd time on my record player. Damn rabbit. Kids too man. I built a $2100 laptop, only to have my 2 year old son at the time think it was a good idea to grab my large cup of orange juice all over it.
Oof, thankfully our 1-month old isn't quite a hellion yet. But this rabbit has caused us to replace 7 phone chargers, a hair straightener, several video game cords, 2 alarm clocks, and who knows what else in the past year. Seriously, never get a rabbit without severely bunny-proofing your house. Thankfully we learned.
Luckily I can't own any rodent due to the smell driving my pet python crazy, but the cat has a good time with all of my cords too. Congrats on the new baby!
Our cat goes crazy hunting down the rabbit, but thankfully he's a Flemish Giant, so he can take the cat. And thanks!
Holy shit! If I saw that thing I'd definitely think twice, as a human!