T4R

Do you prefer a physical cd or an mp3 file?

I prefer it, sort of.

MP3s are far more useful, but I prefer to get the CDs anyway because I hate buying digital content.

Buy something physical that comes with a digital ghost.

Agreed

I tend to buy a CD extract the music off of it then put the CD case on a viewing shelf.

CD's aren't going extinct anytime within the decade or next. Lots of people still buy them.

Now the new thing to have is "Vinyl" records.
We in the 50s again?


Anyways, yeah CD's are sticking around for awhile.

I prefer CDs for having a physical copy and for higher quality audio, but that's about it. I'll have a CD, rip the songs, and never use it again.

Digital is waaaaaayy better, for availability and ease of use. I'm still not a fan of pirating, but I've warmed up to it slightly, since I realized it's often too much of a hassle to get legal music from other countries. I think that says something about the incompetency of the music industry.

I only buy entire orchestras,  you only have to refresh them every few generations once the inbreeding starts to affect the music quality.