What do you collect?

[SamuraiSWISH]

Shoes?
Action Figures?
Hoes?
Watches?
Cars?
Bodies?
Skulls?
Comics?
Houses?
Property?

Or simply about your saving, and building stacks?

[NumberSix]

Millions

[KyleKong]

Taxes mother ****a.

I'ma audit the shit out if you. :crazysam:

[niko]

do you mean from our victims?

[the mesiah]

Use to collect shoes mostly J's and foams kept them in DS condition .i still collect cards and memorabilia tho..

[KyleKong]

I guess the only thing I collect are my history books from classes.

Haven't gotten rid of a single one.

[Jailblazers7]

Books. I'd like to have a big library someday. I've even started buying some nice, collectible hardbacks.

[Legends66NBA7]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8304/7906747016_e2b23b7ce5_z.jpg

^Not my collection, but I do have more than enough of those same cans. Also have the ones with sports players on it, Shaq and Arnold Palmer.

[ZeN]

Memories.

[niko]

I guess games. Is it collecting if you get rid of things you no longer want? Pacific Rim action figures. I like those for some reason. We have huge robot wars over my son's trains.

[Milbuck]

Memories.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaG5SAw1n0c

[riseagainst]

vag hair.

[niko]

vag hair.
Do you just pull it off yourself from time to time or do you have a different rituatl? Like when you shave?

[KyleKong]

vag hair.

Stay out of your mom's room.

Oh no he didn't.

[Jailblazers7]

Interesting. Never met a book collector before. May I ask how old you are?

I'm 23. I'm not really collecting for monetary reasons or to keep the books in top shape. I dog ear the shit out of everything I read, underline cool passages, maybe even right my thoughts down in the margin. I like the idea of being able to revisit old books and see how my mind has changed over the years.

I do kind of like the craftsmanship of high quality hardback though so I've started buying those sometimes. I actually have a couple books that are like 100 years old that I got at a used book store. Kind of cool to imagine all the people that must have read that same book and the impact it might have had on them.

[step_back]

I used to collect Basketball Jersey's. I have a few decent ones including the Bulls pinstripe black and red from 1998. A special 25 year anniversary Michael Jordan North Carolina Jersey and a 1995 Glen Rice Charlotte Hornets. All from the years they were released not retro releases.

I also collect books. I have a 60 year old print of 1984 and a 14 year old Batman Comic. When you start collecting books you realize just how important and hard it is to get the particular edition you're after. The amount of times I've sent back books because it wasn't the edition advertised is beyond a joke.

[DeuceWallaces]

I collected books and CD's until I was about 26; had thousands. Good luck collecting books or any other dense item if you start moving around for career or love, whatever. You'll stop collecting that shit pretty quick.

[niko]

I collected books and CD's until I was about 26; had thousands. Good luck collecting books or any other dense item if you start moving around for career or love, whatever. You'll stop collecting that shit pretty quick.
I had craploads of cds. Put almost everything to digital, then we moved. Amazing how that shit goes from collectible to heavy shit you do not want to move and you throw out.

[Overdrive]

Basketball Cards and LPs.
Pretty sure when I get more money I'll collect basses and motorcycles.

[DeuceWallaces]

I had craploads of cds. Put almost everything to digital, then we moved. Amazing how that shit goes from collectible to heavy shit you do not want to move and you throw out.

First time I moved I had an extended mini van filled with only boxes of CD's and books. There's nothing worse than moving heavy as **** boxes of books and CD's. Biggest waste of time in the digital age.

[andgar923]

I started to collect fragrances, but I had to save up for wedding and moving to Canada. I left my entire collection back home.

It wasn't big since I had just started.

[Overdrive]

First time I moved I had an extended mini van filled with only boxes of CD's and books. There's nothing worse than moving heavy as **** boxes of books and CD's. Biggest waste of time in the digital age.

LPs are easier to move than CDs. Didn't buy a CD ever since I got a used LP player.
The digital age sucks, though. Yeah it's hard to move physical, data containing material, but imo it still has advantages over storing things in clouds or on drives. Drives are obvious why, but clouds might not be accessable from anywhere(clientside) and even if clouds aren't centralized the service still is and the corp providing it might go down.

[DaSeba5]

I collect hats. Mainly sports ones. I seem to have a Marlins hat in every color lol.

[Qwyjibo]

Movies and TV shows on blu-ray/DVD.

[NuggetsFan]

Blu-Rays. Regular ones, collector editions, steelbooks etc.

[the mesiah]

Movies and TV shows on blu-ray/DVD.
I'm counting down the days when that OG BATMAN tv series with Adam west /Burt ward blu ray comes out.hope it's done right.

[DeuceWallaces]

LPs are easier to move than CDs. Didn't buy a CD ever since I got a used LP player.
The digital age sucks, though. Yeah it's hard to move physical, data containing material, but imo it still has advantages over storing things in clouds or on drives. Drives are obvious why, but clouds might not be accessable from anywhere(clientside) and even if clouds aren't centralized the service still is and the corp providing it might go down.

Box of records are just as heavy and a pain in the ass.

[boozehound]

Interesting. Never met a book collector before. May I ask how old you are?
are you ****ing serious? You have never met someone who has a personal library before? Can I ask where you live?

[Meticode]

The only thing I really collect is VBR V0 MP3s of albums I really like and blu-ray rips encoded with x264+DTS of movies I really like that are usually 3GB to 8GB depending upon the type of move it is and the length.

[Qwyjibo]

I'm counting down the days when that OG BATMAN tv series with Adam west /Burt ward blu ray comes out.hope it's done right.
It looks good but I don't think I like the show enough to drop $200+ on it (at least that's the listed price here in Canada).

Sopranos complete boxset is what I'm waiting for in a couple months. Also, my pipe-dream of The Wire one day being re-done in HD for a boxset of that.

[gigantes]

art
tools
smallish musical instruments
milk crates
balls / juggling items


...


got rid of most of my books for reasons above. now trying to go digital as much as possible... something which is greatly helped by the library system here.

[JebronLames]

LeGoat James' rookie cards. Gonna be rich once he becomes the GOAT :dancin

[boozehound]

I still have shit tons of books though I have culled hundreds (thousands) of them over the years. Most of what I have left are either my favorite authors (V.S. Naipaul, Tom Robbins, etc) or relevant to my job. I dont mind moving them and would rather take them with me than furniture or other household bullshit.

Used to collect cds and lps, but have cast most of them by the wayside. I have lots of musical instruments (mandolin, fiddle, banjo, banjolin, guitars) but I dont really consider that collecting since I have them to play them.

[NumberSix]

LPs are easier to move than CDs. Didn't buy a CD ever since I got a used LP player.
The digital age sucks, though. Yeah it's hard to move physical, data containing material, but imo it still has advantages over storing things in clouds or on drives. Drives are obvious why, but clouds might not be accessable from anywhere(clientside) and even if clouds aren't centralized the service still is and the corp providing it might go down.
Ugh.... LPs are too much of a pain in the ass for absolutely no added benefit.

[Meticode]

When I used to collect CDs they weren't a pain for me at all to move. Just buy a DJ CD case with wheels and a handle and you're golden. It's wear I stored them permanently too. Easy to organize. Sure it's going to be a pain if you have literally thousands of CDs, but even then you're not going ot find an easier way to move all of that.

http://oi59.tinypic.com/313r6ea.jpg

[boozehound]

how many cds does that hold?

[Meticode]

how many cds does that hold?
You can buy them in different sizes. The one I personally had held 200, which was completely fine for me.

That one holds 275. $100 though.

IMO it's worth it if you have 200+ CDs.

http://prodjcase.stores.yahoo.net/rolprocddjca.html

They have some that hold more, not sure where to find them. Most of the models they make hold just the CD and cover art letting you lug around 600-1000 CDs, but from my understanding most people want to keep the jewel case and CD together.

[Overdrive]

Ugh.... LPs are too much of a pain in the ass for absolutely no added benefit.

There is one simple benefit: It's easy to produce something that can play a analog signal. CDs might be outdated the next 20 years and nobody would be able to produce a soundemulating device for it. For an LP you need a needle and something that amplifies the sound.

[NumberSix]

I can't even imagine how many CDs I have. It's in the thousands. I'm somewhat of an obsessive collector. I even collect multiple versions of albums such as different masterings, printing from different countries, etc....

When I buy a CD, I put it in the computer, rip a disc image and then put the CD back in the case and into a big cardboard box. I have multiple hard drives with all my CDs images on them so if 1 drive ever gets damaged, I have multiple backups.

I know, it sounds somewhat insane.

[Overdrive]

I can't even imagine how many CDs I have. It's in the thousands. I'm somewhat of an obsessive collector. I even collect multiple versions of albums such as different masterings, printing from different countries, etc....

When I buy a CD, I put it in the computer, rip a disc image and then put the CD back in the case and into a big cardboard box. I have multiple hard drives with all my CDs images on them so if 1 drive ever gets damaged, I have multiple backups.

I know, it sounds somewhat insane.

No, completely reasonable. My CD collection is in the multiple hundreds and I do/did the same.

[Meticode]

I can't even imagine how many CDs I have. It's in the thousands. I'm somewhat of an obsessive collector. I even collect multiple versions of albums such as different masterings, printing from different countries, etc....

When I buy a CD, I put it in the computer, rip a disc image and then put the CD back in the case and into a big cardboard box. I have multiple hard drives with all my CDs images on them so if 1 drive ever gets damaged, I have multiple backups.

I know, it sounds somewhat insane.
I used to do this myself, but it's too time consuming for me and takes up too much space when I'm already collecting 3-8GB HD movies, but I understand where you're coming from.

I used to rip CDs to VBR V0 quality to listen to on my computer/mobile devices, back up the CD as a perfect ripped image and put the CD back in it's case to try to never take it out again. Over time I got lazy and now just download VBR V0 albums making multiple back-ups of them.

[NumberSix]

There is one simple benefit: It's easy to produce something that can play a analog signal. CDs might be outdated the next 20 years and nobody would be able to produce a soundemulating device for it. For an LP you need a needle and something that amplifies the sound.
Yes, I'm sure digital data will be a thing of the past in 20 years. :rolleyes:

[Overdrive]

Yes, I'm sure digital data will be a thing of the past in 20 years. :rolleyes:

That's not what I'm saying. But the standards might change and down emulating might stop. Basically rendering CDs useless and you'd have to buy albums in the new standard.

[NumberSix]

I used to do this myself, but it's too time consuming for me and takes up too much space when I'm already collecting 3-8GB HD movies, but I understand where you're coming from.

I used to rip CDs to VBR V0 quality to listen to on my computer/mobile devices, back up the CD as a perfect ripped image and put the CD back in it's case to try to never take it out again. Over time I got lazy and now just download VBR V0 albums making multiple back-ups of them.
I'm not really into downloading MP3s online. I'd rather buy the CD and rip it myself.

Besides, like I said, I like to get very specific issues of CDs. I'm somewhat obsessive about exact masterings of music. For instance, I'll almost NEVER buy a remastered CD unless it's the rare occasion the the remaster is the best version. That's extremely rare though.

[Meticode]

I'm not really into downloading MP3s online. I'd rather buy the CD and rip it myself.
I used to be the same way. It became too expensive for me. I just download it now because there's no difference in the sound on what I personally listen to. In the end I just want to enjoy the music.

[NumberSix]

That's not what I'm saying. But the standards might change and down emulating might stop. Basically rendering CDs useless and you'd have to buy albums in the new standard.
I think you have a fundamental misunderstanding of how digital audio works. We're not talking about cassette tapes here. There's no worry of digital audio files becoming somehow unplayable.

[NumberSix]

I used to be the same way. It became too expensive for me. I just download it now because there's no difference in the sound on what I personally listen to. In the end I just want to enjoy the music.
I agree, but there's issues with that. Some issues of albums just sound bad. Especially when you're talking about albums that were originally recorded analog. Analog recordings don't last forever. The tapes degrade and get damaged over time.

If an album was put onto CD in like 1985, that digital recording will stay the same forever. If in 2015 they want to reissue the album, they need to go back to the analog master tapes again. If the tapes aren't in as good condition as they were in 1985, the newer transfers will be of lower quality. I'd rather just track down a 1985 copy then buy the newer lower quality issue.

[Overdrive]

I think you have a fundamental misunderstanding of how digital audio works. We're not talking about cassette tapes here. There's no worry of digital audio files becoming somehow unplayable.

I doubt that. I know that aslong as the lasermethod is in place the CD will produce a signal, but the difference between this signal and analog methods is that this signal has to be "decoded" in a way. An old stereo basically uses current strength and amplifies it, but a computer emulates a CD. So do most modern car hifis ie.

Still doesn't contradict my argument. You'd have to keep an old stereo if the down emulation isn't build in anymore.

Don't get me wrong. I like CDs and they are way more convinient, but LPs quite possibly last "forever" if stored currently and theoretically you can listen to them without electricity.

[KyrieTheFuture]

-Collect one coin from each country I travel to (haven't had to deal with countries that don't use coins in their currency yet) as well as some sort of local specialty creation.
-I collect glass pipes that are done in unique or interesting ways, it's pretty small but I have some great pieces.
-Magic the Gathering cards but I haven't played the game in awhile

[Meticode]

LPs for the apocalypse!

[NumberSix]

I doubt that. I know that aslong as the lasermethod is in place the CD will produce a signal, but the difference between this signal and analog methods is that this signal has to be "decoded" in a way. An old stereo basically uses current strength and amplifies it, but a computer emulates a CD. So do most modern car hifis ie.

Still doesn't contradict my argument. You'd have to keep an old stereo if the down emulation isn't build in anymore.

Don't get me wrong. I like CDs and they are way more convinient, but LPs quite possibly last "forever" if stored currently and theoretically you can listen to them without electricity.
I don't understand why you're trying to say. Mostly because I think you think the word "emulate" means something different than what it means.

Not trying to be a douche, but I really don't understand. Can you say it differently without the word "emulate".

[outbreak]

I doubt that. I know that aslong as the lasermethod is in place the CD will produce a signal, but the difference between this signal and analog methods is that this signal has to be "decoded" in a way. An old stereo basically uses current strength and amplifies it, but a computer emulates a CD. So do most modern car hifis ie.

Still doesn't contradict my argument. You'd have to keep an old stereo if the down emulation isn't build in anymore.

Don't get me wrong. I like CDs and they are way more convinient, but LPs quite possibly last "forever" if stored currently and theoretically you can listen to them without electricity.

Records are analogue, cds and computers are digital. They sound different, not enough that I'd worry about it but I used to collect records and on some older stuff you can hear the difference. Nearly all new music that's released on records is all recorded digital anyway though.

I collect pinball and arcade machines when I have the cash spare or find something cheap I can do up.

[NumberSix]

Records are analogue, cds and computers are digital. They sound different, not enough that I'd worry about it but I used to collect records and on some older stuff you can hear the difference. Nearly all new music that's released on records is all recorded digital anyway though.

I collect pinball and arcade machines when I have the cash spare or find something cheap I can do up.
CDs are digital, but the audio you're hearing is still analog.

[Overdrive]

I don't understand why you're trying to say. Mostly because I think you think the word "emulate" means something different than what it means.

Not trying to be a douche, but I really don't understand. Can you say it differently without the word "emulate".

Okay. A classic stereo basically uses light the way the LP deck uses its needle. The reflectionstrength is proportional to the output current. Even this is hard to build for a non expert.

A computer and other digital devices read the song and show it's optical information as digital information, a cda file and then play this file.

If your OS can't process the data on the CD you can't listen to it. Old drives used to have phone plugs, though for direct listening.

Let's say MS decides they want to make CDs unreadable, because they have a better format at hand and want to earn billions with it you can't listen to a CD on your computer anymore.


Records are analogue, cds and computers are digital. They sound different, not enough that I'd worry about it but I used to collect records and on some older stuff you can hear the difference. Nearly all new music that's released on records is all recorded digital anyway though.


I feel the same, but CDs themselves carry an analog signal. It's not crypted and with the right tool you can directly output the information. As said the laser basically emits and collects the information and changes it to electricity. There's no processing involved in 80s stereos.

[boozehound]

CDs are digital, but the audio you're hearing is still analog.
Ok, think about it in terms of waves. Remember the old moog synthesizers? They had three sounds based on wave shape. A sin wave (the way sound and other energy travels), a sawtooth wave, and a square wave. How do computers read shit? In binary. which means steps rather than a curve. So, the smooth and curved sound wave produced by a voice or an instrument is "emulated" by a computer/cd as a series of very tight and tiny steps.


Thats his point as I read it.

[Meticode]

Damn, shit is getting all technical in here now. :djparty

[gigantes]

...Used to collect cds and lps, but have cast most of them by the wayside. I have lots of musical instruments (mandolin, fiddle, banjo, banjolin, guitars) but I dont really consider that collecting since I have them to play them.
most of my non-guitar stuff is percussive, so a little rhythm and practice make them all playable.

the ones that kind of embarrass me because i can't play them yet are the pan pipes and chromatic harmonica. both require a lot of lip dexterity and technique which is hard for me to get very motivated for.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/ChileanPanpipes-cutout.jpg/383px-ChileanPanpipes-cutout.jpg

[NumberSix]

Okay. A classic stereo basically uses light the way the LP deck uses its needle. The reflectionstrength is proportional to the output current. Even this is hard to build for a non expert.

A computer and other digital devices read the song and show it's optical information as digital information, a cda file and then play this file.

If your OS can't process the data on the CD you can't listen to it. Old drives used to have phone plugs, though for direct listening.

Let's say MS decides they want to make CDs unreadable, because they have a better format at hand and want to earn billions with it you can't listen to a CD on your computer anymore.



I feel the same, but CDs themselves carry an analog signal. It's not crypted and with the right tool you can directly output the information. As said the laser basically emits and collects the information and changes it to electricity. There's no processing involved in 80s stereos.
Lol. Take my word for it dude. You don't understand how this stuff works.

All that is on a CD is binary code. Computers won't suddenly not read binary code. lol.

And cda files are not audio files. They are index markers.

The binary code on a CD is NOT changed into electricity. The binary code is sent to a DAC which outputs an analogy signal.

[Overdrive]

Ok, think about it in terms of waves. Remember the old moog synthesizers? They had three sounds based on wave shape. A sin wave (the way sound and other energy travels), a sawtooth wave, and a square wave. How do computers read shit? In binary. which means steps rather than a curve. So, the smooth and curved sound wave produced by a voice or an instrument is "emulated" by a computer/cd as a series of very tight and tiny steps.


Thats his point as I read it.

I'm 99% sure an Audio CD doesn't work in binaries. From my memory the light intensity of the reflection is collected by a photoelement and generations current as more light is less resistance(U=I*Z). That signal runs to the amp and gets amplified there. Thus analog. The PC on the other hand forms a digital signal from the optical data at hand and creates a binary file. That's what I ment.

[Overdrive]

Lol. Take my word for it dude. You don't understand how this stuff works.

All that is on a CD is binary code. Computers won't suddenly not read binary code. lol.

And cda files are not audio files. They are index markers.

The binary code on a CD is NOT changed into electricity. The binary code is sent to a DAC which outputs an analogy signal.

I'm reading on that right now, if I'm wrong props to you.

[NumberSix]

I'm 99% sure an Audio CD doesn't work in binaries. From my memory the light intensity of the reflection is collected by a photoelement and generations current as more light is less resistance(U=I*Z). That signal runs to the amp and gets amplified there. Thus analog. The PC on the other hand forms a digital signal from the optical data at hand and creates a binary file. That's what I ment.
The laser has nothing to do with sound. All the laser does is read the binary code written on the CD.

Think of the CD a a piece of paper and the laser is just and eye that reads it.

[Overdrive]

Okay, read an in piece about. I'll rep you then.

[PullupJay]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--0FG-Lw5FWw/TXIp3P9QByI/AAAAAAAAAcY/XkoED3qOYLw/s1600/Two%2BDollar%2BBill%2BRed-700x326.jpg