I've been on a CD binge since the late '80s. Collecting never ends. And I love to hear 'new' stuff that I'm not familiar with... but time is running out and I have to realize that I should listen to what I love and not waste as much time looking for things I MIGHT love. Hmmm... that made sense to me when I wrote it! Truth is, I had to offload hundreds of CDs a year or so ago when I moved. I'm regretting it to this day even though I've still got thousands left!

I had over a 1k music cd,s, then I had a cellar flood, when I lived in Germany, so building my collection back up.

I've been collecting CDs since the late 1980s so I didn't need any advice, but your video was very good! I was especially intrigued by the suggestion to avoid remasters. Counter-intuitive but true. Also, the suggestion to avoid loading up on music you don't know is excellent. Music requires time, and we only have so much of it, and we can only "absorb" music at a certain rate. One thing I wish you'd mentioned, and I think this is VERY important, is to check the playing surface of the CD. I've acquired used CDs that were flawed because the reflective playing surface had developed small pinholes (sometimes they're not so small). I'd recommend holding the CD up to whatever bright light is available in the shop, "blank" (unprinted) side of the disc facing you, and look for pinholes of light shining through. The CD should be rejected if it has even one pinhole because it will not play properly.

2 things i would say is, if the jewel case is broken, be careful when buying replacements. Its hard to find quality replacement cases. I usually go to charity shops and crap cds which have good cases and replace this way. Another point, if you see a gold cd, it might not be a special edition....its possible its CD rot. Just check it anyway. Ive been collecting vinyl since 1979 and CDs from 1985, when they were just becoming commercially available. I amassed around 8000 cds and 5000 LP's....and still adding to them regularly.

Great channel, just found it. My only feedback would be to consider holding the CD's you're showing still for a moment. More often than not, you just wave them around, bounce them a couple times, then they're gone. Sometimes it's not quite clear what the album title is when you say it, so I'd love to be able to read what it is, but often, nope. I do like the recommendations at the end with your descriptions of them to create interest. Subbed!

I've recently brought a second hand car, and in the immortal words of Feeder, "Its got a CD player"! But it's not a Jaguar, it's a Ford. I love it! It given me the chance to start listening to my old and extensive CD collection, as I've not had a working CD player for years! So much good stuff in there! When I'm really driving I turn it off as I like to hear what the car is telling me, but it's an estate car with a duvet in the back, so when I'm out gigging I save money on accommodation by sleeping in it, this is the best bit! Turns out Ford put reasonably capable sound systems in their cars these days! Now I like lots of styles of music from blues to folk, metal and so on. But there is nothing like laying down in a big metal chassis, turning up the bass and sticking on some old skool hardcore break beat rave, or dubstep before I fall asleep, with the whole thing vibrating under and around me! And yes, charity shop CD hunting is great!

Totally agree on your Eva Cassidy recommendation...keep up the good stuff

I love your videos. I have been buying cds since 1983, had many hundreds and 78, 45 and LPs I am from the late 40s. Charity shops do not exist in My huge land. Cheers Patagonia Argentina

I can't get enough cheap, used CDs that were made before the loudness wars!

I wonder why analogue fans are so against compression as it was invented to put music onto vinyl. CD's do not need compression as a medium but unfortunately get it. The dynamic range available on a cd compared to vinyl is huge.

Great video mate. I absolutely love charity shops as I’m always looking for a bargain. Great advice from yourself. Keep up the good work

Wow, collecting CDs from scratch is simple just buy albums you have listened to and love to own don't buy a box load or go out and pick up random crap you might not like yes your shelf will look bare but who cares? just buy the albums you love and when you have too many then and only then buy a rack to hold them in. I have seen people on FB buying hundreds of CDs at a time, why it will take forever to go through them all and then you have to pass them on to the next mad collector. I have been collecting since the 80s but every album I have I wanted however when I ripped them to Flac its taking forever lol.

Great tips especially the point about the Dynamic range issues with lots of modern remasters not a lot of channels talk about that! cheers man

Oxfam is my go to shop every time I am in town. Got some great CD's

I mainly shop on eBay for CD's. I search for music from specific artists. Prices are reasonable on eBay with many with free shipping.

I haven't seen that Chao CD in ages. I have it on CD also. I could never put all my CDs in those plastic sleeves. I would never get them completed. I own over 8,700 CDs that last time I bothered to check. I'm sure its more than that.

Really enjoying your videos 👍 subscribed Cheers

Band-Maid's Brand New Maid, I was shocked to see you flash it on screen! It's their third album with their first song written by them "Alone" that their label allowed them to put on, prior to that all their song were written by other people. Since then they are prolific in making their own songs and saw them live twice in 2022. I just adore them. Misa is the bass player and doesn't sing. Saiki is the main vocals. Miku doing back-up vocals and she is the rhythm guitarist, lyricist and founder of the group. Akane is the awesome drummer . Kanami is lead guitarist and writes most of their music.

I have a 200 and 100 cd disk changer. All you do is put on random and it plays 1 song from each cd. 6 hrs back ground music

Props to Band-Maid mention, Amazing band 🤟🤟

Hey Matt how's it going? hope you're doing great, I want an advice on what's the best device to listen to CD? When I was younger I used to buy CDs, now i have around 25+ of them and I want to play them, looking forward for your response.

I listen to about 12 cd's a day most days. Good information and video.

Case in point: The original CD of Eric Clapton's comp "Time Pieces" is hands down his best sounding comp CD vs "Cream of" vs "Life in 12 Bars" (worst!).

Could you please link me the video of Charles Berthoud talking about Band Maid? I can't find it. Thanks.

All my CD’s go into those little poly sleeves. They look great, like mini LP’s 😊 I get 5 times as many discs in the storage space as well 👍 Never could stand those plasticky dirty scratched jewel cases 😅

I brought some Paul weller and fleetwood Mac albums last week from a charity shop 25p each absolute bargain .

The doors early stuff had a harsh organ sound. I don’t know when it was corrected but the maroon best of double corrected it. I have the remastered version but I haven’t compared them to the first ones because they were so irritating

great tips do you not use amazon for CDs?

The only thing I hate about CD's are jewel cases. They look generic, get ugly over time and are way too thick. They may protect the disc pretty well but I haven't liked them from the start (I'm old). I even dislike the sound they're making when browsing through them in a store 😂 I've transfered all my discs to wallets and they take up much less space now. I do keep the special cases though (colored or anything else that makes it special).

Hallo Matt, super video. Maybe you dont listen to classical but I have found they dont suffer from loudness wars issues are they are consistently more carefully remastered. Jazz is very varied I have found and I stick with the major labels.

I still buy lots of cds especially since I get them cheap ...i also look for the first produced ones AAD,i think they sound better .Good job on your site.

Ima cd 💿 2023 seller and buyer myself and ima keep buying cds 💿 and supporting them with my favorite artists Streaming is garbage 🗑️ 🤮🤢🤮🤮🤢🤢🤮and it will always be I don’t care about the future and lazyyyy technology As long as I am alive ima keep buying cds 💿 and support Physical media all the wayyyy 💿💿💿💿🤙🤙🤙🤙 cds and records and blue rays and DVDs 📀 forever

Push it up until it wasn't quite distorting? they failed on that then. Most of those CD's are nothing but distortion. Very hard to listen to IMO. I've grown to hate the word "remaster"