digipack vs jewel case general

seriously I fuckin hate em

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>>55467529
you got this mad over that you needed to make a new thread?

>>55467544
what's so bad about them

>>55467529
You're such a fucking faggot for making this thread

>>55467545
no, I just want a clean discussion

>2014
>quoting a tripfag

my bad

>>55467529
What's the problem with digipacks? I always liked them more than jewel cases.

>>55467561
their corners always get broken

>>55467566
and jewel cases crack very easily

>2015
>CDs

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Physical media is just dead weight junk to drag around every time you move house. You can judge somethings's true value by its 2nd hand resale market and no one gives a fuck about CDs.

>>55467546
easily and permanently damaged

no big deal but I also dont see any benefit

>>55467581
but jewel cases are easily replaceable

neither of them will break if you look after them

oh and also a bunch of wonky different sizes

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>>55467588
>>55467566
this

>>55467590
digis look and feel better.

>>55467601

this guy knows no distraction

>>55467595
shit I'm talking about before they even leave the factory. they often get smushed to hell before the cellophane even goes on.

>>55467529
I really like digipacks. They're like tiny vinyls.

the worst is when you unwrap a new cd and the littel teeth that hold the disc in pace are broke

Vinyls 4ever

>>55467627
This truly is the worst

>>55467634
>vinyls

>>55467602
stop triggering me

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>>55467634

>>55467641
why? it's a common thing

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>>55467651
>>55467638
Can't handle the superior plural of the superior audio format?

>>55467673
>superior audio
>objectively inferior

digipacks look better, jewel cases are disgusting but more durable and replaceable

>>55467673
ask me how I knew you're a memester

>>55467691
Was it because he is a vinyl fan?

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>>55467641

>>55467717
that's it I'm calling the police

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>>55467717
>vidya mixed with music

>>55467727
what's the context of this here .gif file?

>>55467752
I don't know :(

>>55467752
It was in protest of the Uk's new pornography laws which would ban vomit in porn

>>55467529
Hmm. I own a bunch of both. Prefer digipack and similar shit though. Just sturdier. Not that jewel cases are terrible or anything. I mean, I don't mistreat my shit. My jewel cases aren't broken, or damaged unless they were purchased in that condition. Those one dollar CDs at Rhino though. Anyway. Yeah. Shit's cool.

Jewel cases:
+
>more durable
>easily replaced if broken
-
>look like shit
>crack easily

Digipacks:
+
>look better
>feel better
>can produce more interesting album artwork and design
-
>wear out easily
>no way of replacing unless you buy the album again

Vinyls:
-
>for fucking faggots

>all this cd love
>all this vinyl hate

Finally /mu/ is turning less shit.

i used to prefer jewel cases because of the durability and id always get annoyed whenever something i wanted was released only as a digipak but ive since completely changed my mind on the matter because jewel cases are uglier and im shallow

What's even the point of CDs anymore?
How is a CD better than a set of digital files?

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i love digipacks

>>55468052
well you need *something* for your dust to accumulate on

>>55467987
this

>>55468052
So I can put something in my CD player

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Imagine if vinyl jewelcases existed.

>>55467727
>I'm more disgusted by Chevelle which was the first CD I noticed

>>55468084
>open case
>try to get the vinyl out
>it snaps

>>55468080
What's the point of having a CD player?

>>55468125
well you can't have a record player in your car unless you're a crosley owning faggot

>>55468125
Almost all radios come with them
Also CDs are beter for listening in a car

>>55468125
To play CDs

>>55468136
>>55468151
What's even the point of having a car?

digipack makes me squeeze my pee pee

>>55468163
so you can drive to the store and buy more CDs

>>55468163
To pick up girls.

Then I impress them with my vast insight of true patrician music (Swans, Death Grips, Taylor Swift, ect).

>>55468163
car domination of cities is really disgusting. sick of having 25 of them in my field of view any time i have my eyes open outside

>>55468177
lmao

>>55468191
this

>>55467627
I once bought a double album in one of those cases where you fold out the inside holding the CD to reveal another CD sitting on the opposite side. Anyway, it had gotten so fucked up in the mail that the hinges for folding that shit out had broken to the point where I couldn't even open it. I had to almost break the case completely to get the disc out.
Luckily it was just Stadium Arcadium, so nothing of value was lost, but still, I fucking miss those big and sturdy double jewel cases. Why did they stop with those anyway?

>>55468084
Uh... You mean gatefolds? Because that's a thing.

>>55468445
No, I mean plastic casings identical to jewel cases but big enough to accommodate a twelve inch record.

>>55468191
People are just really fucking lazy, but I guess it's their own choice to waste loads of cash on car, license, fuel, care, insurance and shit when you can just take the subway or bus instead for a fraction of the price.

>>55468467
It's logical chice in my city because publis transport is fucking terrible

>>55468459
Would they come with scaled up album booklets?

>>55468191
then move

>>55468500
Of course, printed on the similar glossy paper most CD packagings use.

>>55468512
see this kind of insight is why i come to reddit. upvote for you my friend!

>>55467987
Basically this
I Still like digipacks better and I don't care if their corners get damaged a little bit. A cracked jewel case is ugly as fuck though.

>>55468500
My vinyl reissue copy of Screamadelica actually has this. It's more like a book, but it's functionally like a 12" booklet.

>>55467529
I personally prefer the look and feel of Digipacks and I have way too many fucking CD's to count.

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>>55468574

Oh man you really got me good there. How will I recover

What I meant was, you can't change the fact that there are cars in a city. I guess you can piss and moan about superior European public transit infrastructure, but even European cities still have cars. If the sight of cars in a city disgusts you so much then maybe living in the city isn't right for you.

Jewel cases are fucking hideous, the cover always fucking snaps where it connects to the back. It cracks if you look at it the wrong way. Maybe if you faggots learned to handle digipacks properly you wouldn't need the most shitty, generic looking case in the world.

>>55468718
it is a european capital that i live in.

yes i find car domination of public space disgusting but it's not debilitating me. i'm sure we all have our own pet peeves about society

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I like digipaks better, they don't wear that much if you take care of them.

>>55467627
>>55467636
The worst are those stickers on top that don't come off in one piece and leave glue traces. Hell, I even had an obi-strip glued on a digipak once, and it left glue stains — just ridiculous.

>>55467673
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4017

>>55468052
They're hard, often nice-looking copies that have the best sound quality (can't hear a difference between 320/v0 and CD quality, but you'd be surprised how many files on Soulseek are 128 transcodes) and can be ripped easily if you need to. But it's true that sometimes they're just sort of tokens of gratitude for supporting the artist/label.

>>55468084
See pic.

>>55468891
Sweeeeeeet

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I thought all the CD collectors were dead on /mu/

So muhc more manageable than vinyl. Cheaper too

>>55468986
>I thought all the CD collectors were dead on /mu/
/mu/ was predominantly pro-vinyl some time ago, but it seems to be more and more critical of vinyl and pro-CD lately. I'm not complaining.

>>55468891
pic is actually pretty cool, i'd buy

>>55468986
>I thought all the CD collectors were dead on /mu/
Nah a few weeks ago there were threads for CD collections. I think CD collectors are fairly plentiful here, they're just silenced by the plebeian vinyl lovers

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>>55468986
Most of my collection is predominantly CD. I actually have a lot of shit on CD that I couldn't find online or on torrent.

As for the choice between digi's and jewels.
Digipaks get ripped, faded and worn out easier, mostly because they don't come with any sort of plastic wrap like vinyls. But jewel cases have a habit of easily braking hinges and can be pretty delicate if dropped.

Anyways, I still prefer the jewel-case over digipaks because even if they are damaged, they can easily be replaced for less than a buck.

>>55467529
Both suck
200g vinyl master race

>>55467529
Jewel cases are fucking terrible. Open the damn things more than once within a 5 minute span and they fall apart

Plus digipaks win by default because nothing sounds cooler than "digipack"

>>55469999
>implying that vinyl weight has anything to do with sound quality

>>55469999
quads confirm it

>>55470056
>nothing sounds cooler than "digipack"
"Jewelcase"

>>55470070
>implying it doesn't

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this is a good edition digipack

>>55470093
d i g i p a c k

woah what's with the animosity towards record collectors

i'm pretty sure it's only the kids who are in it for the novelty of vinyl records that are super elitist about it, most don't really give a shit about what format, so long as it's physical
besides, i'm pretty sure most people with extensive record collections also have decent CD/ cassette collections

I have a dream of a world where Tapeguys / CDguys / Recordguys can co-exist peacefully

>>55467987
Lets not forget how easy it is to scratch a CD by removing it from a tough digipack. The only acceptable ones have the little paper sleeves.

We can all agree that cassette revival is fucking stupid right?

>>55467529
how is this even a discussion? i dont think ive ever seen a jewel case more than 10 years old that hasn't gone to shit

>>55470309
Y E S

I understand vinyl I guess but tapes... Fucking why.

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>>55468986
nice album friend

>>55470309
>muh aesthetics

>>55467587
i judge its value based on how much i like owning it

i like owning cds

>>55470309
Yes.

Even worse when there is a digital version available but it's ripped from the cassette and has tape hiss too.

based CDbros

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Got all of these yesterday for 15 bucks. Of course I'd prefer them on vinyl but you just can't beat the price.

>>55468467
I have a car, thing is a fucking money pit. I hate that shit.

But, I need one in my city because we don't have subways, the buses are shit and a ton of them stop at 7PM, I can't buy beer in variety stores, and most jobs here require "reliable transportation" (which means "your own car"). Lose-lose really.

>People in this thread worrying about the condition of their worthless possessions.

Seriously, no one cares about the condition of your CDs, it's not like they have any worth in this day and age. Quite frankly the only reason to have CDs is for archival purposes, and for the Digipaks are thinner and thus more can fit on a shelf, there's no reason to ever use jewel cases.

>>55472055
dude nice job getting the best Steve Reich recording