Benjamin Lukoff wrote: >On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Lee Elliott wrote: > > > >>>How many people do you know who've lost music collections in fires and >>>earthquakes? How many people do you know who've lost music collections on >>>hard drives? >>> >>>I'll take my chances with the fires and earthquakes, thank you very much. >>>There's a greater chance I'll still have my music collection in 5 years >>> >>> >>if >> >> >>>they're NOT on hard drives. >>> >>> >>> >>Like many - I've ripped my music for the convenience. I don't actually >>throw the cds in the garbage after ripping. So the only thing I'd be >>losing >>is my labour - which was enough to be worth $150 for a backup. >> >>Lee >> >> >> > >I'm cool with that -- but one of my closest friends recently got rid of all >his vinyl and CDs after having digitized all the latter. (I don't think he'd >had anything on vinyl he either didn't also have on CD or hadn't been able >to find on the Internet.) He did make enough selling his stuff to be able to >buy a new HDTV, but man, I couldn't have done that. People are doing this >all over the place... > > > Yeah, and I'm enjoying seeing all this vinyl in the shops... buy two tvs, please, and a new car rs -- Ronald Sanchez Director Of A&R Career Records Donovan's Brain