Comments on: TTTMS #2: Digipaks

By: Erik

Erik — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:46:30 +0000

I don’t mind digipaks in general, but as others have said, I too draw the line when they damage the disc. Faith Hill’s Hits package is an example of a horribly designed digipak that scratches the disc each time you take it out. I’ve had to burn a copy and just play that instead, because I don’t think it can take any more scratches. “There You’ll Be” is already unplayable.

By: cmw

cmw — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:05:00 +0000

Heh. Interesting idea, but I think it'd more likely work as a way for me to embarrass myself and deplete whatever small amount of credibility I've built up. If you're really interested, you can get a sense of my regular listening habits by visiting my profile on Last.fm. That's not quite as bad as the whole collection.

Thanks for commenting.

By: David Jones

David Jones — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:38:00 +0000

I can’t stand digi-packs either.

And that looks like an interesting CD collection. You should post a list of all your CD titles, it might work as a kind of list of recommendation.

By: John Maglite

John Maglite — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 01:20:00 +0000

I’m so going to quote you on that.

Back to the topic at hand, it sounds like you probably have a lot more CDs than I do. There’s no telling what desperate measures I’ll have to take as the collection continues to grow.

By: countryuniverse

countryuniverse — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 01:14:00 +0000

Ah, the genius of John Maglite…
-Leeann

By: John Maglite

John Maglite — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 01:11:00 +0000

I did not realize what a deep topic this was.:)

Most of my posts are that way. They seem really dumb and superficial at first, but after you think about them for a while you realize that I'm a genius. Uh, yeah, that's it.

That's odd about the Zac Brown thread.

By: countryuniverse

countryuniverse — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:49:00 +0000

I actually completely agree with you about CD books. I really don't like them either. It just became necessary after I had acquired a certain amount of CDs. Now that I own a house, I suppose I could have devoted some serious space to shelves of CDs, but my apartment living days didn't really lend itself to that luxury. I really wish I still had all of the cases. The books I have also fit the CD booklets.

I did not realize what a deep topic this was.:)

--Leeann

PS. you really ticked someone off on our Zac Brown Band thread.:)

By: John Maglite

John Maglite — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:59:00 +0000

Of course you do, Leeann. :)

I used CD books for a couple years, but ultimately found I liked having them in their cases with the liner notes and all. Plus I'm kinda militant about the alphabetical thing and CD books don't lend themselves very well to that particular obsession.

By the way, a CD book is like a homeless shelter. OK, I'll stop.

By: Brody

Brody — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:27:00 +0000

I’d put mine in the books if I could ever find one that I like. I remember back in the good ‘ol days, when I had to walk five miles to school barefooted and in the snow, they used to have books that had a place built in for liner notes.

By: countryuniverse

countryuniverse — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:10:00 +0000

I'm not wild about digipaks, but I hate it when the little part that holds the CDs in the plastic cases breaks and the CD scrapes against the sharp parts that remain.

I buy digital music nowadays, for the most part, but I categorize and keep my CDs in chronological order according to artist. I did have to stop alphabetizing the artists though, since I keep my thousands of CDs in those CD books and I don't want to keep moving the CDs to different pages each time I buy a new artist.

Then again, since I put my CDs in books, I suppose I don't really have a right to weigh in on this jewel case versus digipak discussion. Do I?

--Leeann