I am in the process of putting all of my CDs onto hard drives (pain in the rear!) to play though my USB DAC. I will have 2 copies on separate drives, one that will only be turned on to make the backup.
I see no reason to keep the CDs so what now? I can't imagine trying to eBay 1,200 CDs one at a time. Perhaps in lots?
..Auction them here in lots? ..Take them to my local used CD store and sell them? ..Donate them to the library and get a tax deduction? If I value them at $10 each then I would save about $3,000 on my taxes. Three dollars each seems like as much or more than I would clear if I tried to sell them and I wouldn't have the hassles.
As I go through ripping my collection I realize the last 2 posts are correct. I can't recall the last time I listened to many CDs, if ever, so I skipped over them. This is especially true with some box sets.
Q. How many times can you sit down and listen to the 20 CD set Miles Davis "Live at Montreux?"
Elizabeth, this is Gillian Welch's response to your way of thinking:
Everything is free now, That's what they say. Everything I ever loved, I'm going to give it away. Someone hit the big score. They figured it out, That we're gonna do it anyway, Even if doesn't pay.
I can get a tip jar, Gas up the car, And try to make a little change Down at the bar.
Or I can get a straight job, I've done it before. I never minded working hard, It's who I'm working for.
(Chorus)
Every day I wake up, Come in a song. But I don't need to run around, I just stay home.
And sing a little love song, My love, to myself. If there's something that you want to hear, You can sing it yourself.
'Cause everything is free now, That what I say. No one's got to listen to The words in my head. Someone hit the big score, And I figured it out, That we're gonna do it anyway, Even if doesn't pay.
The RIAA may not be the consumer's friend, but ultimately the artist has to be paid. Otherwise, to paraphrase Gillian, we can sing to ourselves.
ELIZABETH IS A STOOGE FOR THE RIAA. Unbelievable, but I personally believe it to be true. I have only one question - how much do they pay you to tout your "personal" opinions? Opinions so outrageous and at odds with existing laws that the RIAA could point to your posts and use them as examples of why they need the draconian anti-consumer laws they wish to enact. What fair minded legislator wouldn't want to stop someone who publicly brags about their part in illegal activity? Your actions and your working for the RIAA are the most cynical actions I have ever witness here on Audiogon. Frankly, I am shocked!
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