Old CDs and records


I just came to the very belated realization that my many years’ collection of thousands of CDs  and (most likely) records are probably extinct and hence worthless. Unless I go through the arduous task of cataloguing each and every disc for resale, the mass collection is just so much junk. 
I could donate the collection.  But, at this point, does anyone want antiquated technology when streaming is so easy and prevalent. 
Anyone have any ideas?

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Send the LPs my way.  Bin the CDs.

Streaming is robbing artists by (sometimes) paying them a small fraction of what they used to earn from physical sales.  In addition to those sellers who do pay something, he industry is rife with cheating and theft.

If streamers are comfortable with that, bully for them in this material world.

Is Fremer moving to TAS?  I’d love picking up Stereophile and not having to skip his latest review of a $100K turntable.  His new site will concentrate on “affordable audio”?  Yeah right.  Won’t he miss his $10K cartridges?

  Regarding the OP, its a retirement project.  Frankly, I relish the thought of retiring, wading through my collection, cataloging it and listening to stuff I hadn’t listened to in years.  Labor of Love, not something to gripe about

I ripped all my CD's to a hard drive then took them to a local store that buys them for 1 to 2 dollars a piece. I got several thousands of dollars in store credit with which I bought new LPs and a few Blu Rays.  

Over the past few years I have sold or donated about 200 CDs. My impression is that values reflect the quality of the mastering as well as more obvious factors like disc condition and the performance itself. Between the Hoffman forum, the online dynamic range database, and other sources, buyers have sorted out what's good and what's not. I have 47 CDs for sale and probably half will end up going to Goodwill. This has nothing to do with streaming. While I was culling the junk out of my collection, I bought some 500 CDs and SACDs after researching and often doing comparisons to determine which ones offered the best sound quality. I rip everything, but it's only for backup--and to keep a copy of those CDs that I sell.