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I'm starting a long downsizing and decided to get rid of my CD collection - does anyone buy these anymore? I've got mostly jazz guitar and Chet/Merle/Doc Watson/Norman Blake type stuff. I'd rather send them in a lot of each genre instead of onesies which would be a PITA. Most only played a couple times. What are used CDs worth - I have no idea. Still have to inventory them.....
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01-06-2025 03:32 PM
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I still buy them, but unless you have some rare titles they're typically in the $3-5 range, maybe a little more.
Originally Posted by Skip Ellis
Guitar recordings are kind of weak in the market.
Some people are more abt to buy them in lots because of shipping costs.
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Let us know what do you have for Jazz guitar. I'm sure many here will be interested if the price is right.
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Yes, a forum like this is a good place to sell guitar related stuff of course. Originally Posted by Shay
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I recently bought a couple of Jazz CD collections from the 40 something daughters of dads who died. Both collections sat on my local Craigslist for weeks at about a dollar per CD. I was surprised and happy to buy them, but at the same time, I realize that all the CDs that I collected over the last 30 years have little value. I think 3-5 dollars for individual sales is about right, but some may be impossible to sell if you go that route.
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I buy mostly (commercial) jazz downloads of high quality FLAC files. When I can't find the download that I'm looking for I buy the CD and copy the files on the cd to my music player. The cd then goes in the bookcase, never to be seen again! :-)
Doug
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They’ve been coming back recently
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Good luck- I've tried to get rid of mine all last year! I did find someone to buy my jazz box sets, but no one wants the pop/rock boxes.
I also have an outstanding collection of 200+classical CD's that I curated with the help of several books on best performances. I've been trying to donate them, and even college libraries don't want them.
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College towns many times have places that buy CDs, vinyl, etc. I still buy CD's myself. Actually considering getting a better CD player for my home stereo.
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Before retiring, I gave away all my vinyl… threw away the cassettes… and brought 90% of my CDs to my local AA meeting and said, help yourself! Take all that you want. Merry Christmas!! They loved it. I now stream Amazon music. Works for me.
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Prior to our most recent move I donated about 150, mostly jazz, CDs to a local Philly charity — keeping about 20 or so that had special significance for me. They seemed happy to get them for resale, and I didn’t have to deal with selling them. (Another place to donate might be a local college or public radio station that has a jazz format.)
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There is no market for CDs. I have found that most public libraries no longer have physical collections —I used to go to listen to out of print Mosaic box sets, NOPE. All gone.
New cars no longer come equipped with CD players. You have to buy them separately and attach them via USB.
It’s old people’s music, basically. Anybody under 30 has no interest in CDs. Most Millennials I know have no books, CDS, or any kind of physical media like that in their homes. Bookshelves are for odd Knick-knacks.
It’s hard to imagine a home without books. But most young people don’t read anything but screens. They don’t even have books in their house.
CDs? No way. That world is gone.
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I still have every cd I've ever owned. I have a decent player, with an external DAC and a McIntosh amp. They do sound and will always sound spectacular. I have had a gazillion live unreleased European jazz concerts burned to cdrs since the 90's that have outlived quite a few hard-drive crashes. And if you like orchestral music, it is nice to be able to be more discerning about performances than a streaming service will give you access to. Originally Posted by Navdeep_Singh
Are CDs coming back? - RouteNote Blog
CDs sales are growing. How I wish I hadn’t given my beloved collection away | Music | The Guardian
https://thred.com/newsletters/vinyls-cds-and-cassettes-why-gen-z-is-bringing-back-analogue-music/
New optical storage breakthrough could make CDs relevant again | TechSpot
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I just purchased Emily Remler's "Cooking at the Queen" and am happy to own it. CDs still sound best on my speakers (at least to me).
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I spent 30 years working in the tech sector and am pretty comfortable with software in general, but I would still rather flip through my hundreds of LPs and CDs and sit down and listen to an entire album. I subscribe to Spotify and Amazon Music and play things occasionally, but it's usually just this or that single tune. It's more convenient but just feels a bit shallower.
Just color me old, I guess.
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I’m approaching retirement and have began downsizing as well.
Having looked into selling CDs and DVDs, I came to the same conclusion as others above, so have begun giving them away.
A couple of students do still use physical media, and they were happy to take a stack of DVDs. Another who graduated recently still listened to CDs and I gave her a batch of classic rock / folk.
I thought the university library might take some physical media, but the licensing rules got in the way. They might take my books.
Part of this phase of life, for me at least, is detachment. Giving stuff away is not a loss, it may just depend how you look at it.
Wishing you a joyful downsizing!
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Vinyl made a comeback and maybe cd's will too.What's old is new.Go to the annual Record day in audio stores around the country and you will see many young people buying vinyl. I can tell you one thing,nothing will ever replace the experience of an old vinyl album with it's artwork and liner notes,something a streaming service will never replicate.
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Just try to clean a lid and roll a doobie on your cell phone. That's why vinyl has made a comeback.
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Lids don't need to be cleaned these says. Originally Posted by Cunamara
I gave up smoking that stuff because it got too strong. I miss Columbian Gold.......
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A lid? That term is older than Cheech and Chong. Originally Posted by Cunamara
If you used it today someone might sell you the top of a jar of pasta sauce.
Besides, I don't think you need to clean it anymore, it's seedless.....or so I'm told
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According to my late night Youtube pawnshop show I watch CDs are making a comeback. So yes they do have value, at least some where.
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DeClutter app. scan the barcode and they tell you what they would give you for a CD usually $1 or they don't even want it. They do make it convenient to ship to them. One of my CD's got $5 offer from Declutter so I knew I should keep it.
Try a bar code here: Entertainment | Sell DVDs, Compact Discs & Books | Decluttr
Several of my friends have dumped their CD collection into a dumpster. A better question might be how do I safely recycle my CD's?
I have gifted many CDs to friends or asked them to look through my collection and take what they want pending my approval. There are some CDs that are not available streaming.
Many early CD's (1990's) sound like crap anyway.
Still have all my vinyl; figure I can hook my bicycle up to my turntable when the end of the worlds comes
Sci-fi movie plot: a virus cripples all music streaming services...people must now either spin records, cassettes or CD's or "gulp" go see live music...the horror
I believe we will see "pot lite" available at dispensaries soon if not already Originally Posted by Stringswinger
Lids don't need to be cleaned these says. I gave up smoking that stuff because it got too strong. I miss Columbian Gold.......
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I had a considerable vinyl collection that I moved into a storage space (at my wife's insist..., er, suggestion).
When I was moving I started to wonder what I was going to do with them. I was spared that decision- when the storage facility burned down!
Still have a those CD's, and I don't see them coming back- they lack the old-time vibe factor of vinyl or vintage guitars.
And Apple music now streams at CD (or better!) quality.
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Just donated a bunch of CDs today to the public library.
I do plan to keep some, as well as vinyl and books, but I am paring back.
I’m even (gasp) considering donating a guitar to their instrument bank. This Boomer is well past his collecting phase.
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