Now you're just being a dick about what I said. I'm sorry but that's what your post reeks of.

I also don't feel anything magical, but you know what?! Call me old fashioned, an old fart, a warrior from the past or whatever, but I've grown so fucking accustomed to just hitting play on a button for my PC to decode some digital files I may or may not end up buying that, I don't know, I feel happy to hit my shelves and pick up a CD I actually own and put it spinning. It's not that it makes me feel better as much as it makes me feel more in touch with the "ritual" of listening to music. You could, and very well, argue that every CD is a digital media and that pushing play on a piece of software it's too different from hitting play on a stereo's optical drive. But again I say, call me old fashioned and all, but I like having the "trouble" of actually getting up from my chair and changing CDs inside the drive.

I guess it isn't that hard to understand.

I genuinely wasn't being hostile or anything like that. What I meant by "magical" was simply that you obviously feel better by physically putting in a CD for whatever personal reasons. Sure, I think it's silly and completely arbitrary, but like I said, whatever suits you. I'm not going to demean you over it or anything.

Kinda reeks of laziness. Sorry. That's one of the things I enjoy about changing out albums. There is nothing I'm so involved with that I can't take 2 mins(if even that, usually more like 30secs) to decide on a new album and put it in the cd player.

This right here is another reason why I might not respect a downloader's opinion: If you are always doin something else while listenin to music, then you aren't hearing everything on the album. You can hear it, but you are not experiencing it.

Speak for yourself there, man. I'm always busy and always doing shit while listening to music, and I feel like I've gotten a great understanding of the kind of music I like. Who has time to just sit and do nothing while listening to music? Maybe if you're in high school and don't have any responsibilities.

I listen to music on my iPod or in the car all the time. I used to have a CD player and while it was cool to put an album in and listen to it that way, an iPod is just more convenient and better overall. Doesn't change that I buy albums and what not at all.

I prefer hq mp3s or wavs (that I buy or are free from the band). I like cds also but they're harder to use.

In real adult life (at the risk of sounding like an old fart) there's little time to just listen to music without doing anything else. Of course there are moments when I first approach a new album that I'll just concentrate on it instead of other things, but mostly I'll be listening to music while doing anything and everything. There's just not enough hours in the day to be able to just sit down with it most of the time.

We're getting some pretty good mileage from that!

I often 'forget' I'm listening, or even hearing, music play while I'm doing stuff like making *tea or replying to emails etc
I'll suddenly realise I wasn't paying attention and maybe skip it back ha ha

*dinner