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How Large is Your Digital Music Library?
- Thread starter Bay Maximus
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Bay Maximus
Banned
I agree with not being able to go streaming only. Many of my favorite songs and versions aren't there and I like having my music no matter how far off the grid I am.
I'm also pretty OCD about my song labelling for some reason.
Quintin DM
Member
Man some of you guys have some crazy huge libraries! As for me I have around 3000 songs, but I also have Apple Music so I stream a lot of music too. as for genres it's mostly Rap, but also a ton of J-Pop/Rock and anisongs, plus some K-pop, EDM and VG soundtracks.
Booker Dewitt
Member
Probably around 50GBs over all devices, lot of fat I could trim though.
In my music library folder, I have 18,635 songs with a total size of 555 GB. My library is mostly FLAC from ripping CDs that I've bought. I also have some SACD .ISOs that I ripped myself and some surround sound rips from DVDs that I do not keep in my music library.
I've downloaded some music from Amazon, Google Play, iTunes, Bandcamp, HDTracks, Acoustic Sounds, ProStudioMasters and some other sources. I've listened to most of what I have. I have Spotify Premium and I think it could replace about half of my music library
I've downloaded some music from Amazon, Google Play, iTunes, Bandcamp, HDTracks, Acoustic Sounds, ProStudioMasters and some other sources. I've listened to most of what I have. I have Spotify Premium and I think it could replace about half of my music library
Looks like it weighs in at 1.25TB across 48,464 FLAC files, along with a few GB of leftover MP3s. Lots of CD rips, DVD-A rips, Bandcamp downloads, .vgz transcodes, and various other songs acquired over many years. I haven't broken my library very tightly into genres, but much of it is soundtracks of one sort or another.
RespectThySole
Member
200+ GB. Would be bigger, but I'm mainly streaming these days.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
That 120GB Zune doing wonders, I see!
The Shadow
Member
<10 Gb
Most of which I grabbed when Napster was less than legal. A lot of the songs are absolutely shit quality, like 128kb/s or less but I keep them because they're obscure and services like Google Music, iTunes, etc, don't have them.
For the most part, I use streaming services like Pandora, though I just recently cancelled my paid account with them and have been revolving between Slacker, Spotify, etc, to figure out which streaming service is best. I liked Pandora a lot, but they recently revamped their website, and it was glitchy as fuck. Couldn't stand it.
Most of which I grabbed when Napster was less than legal. A lot of the songs are absolutely shit quality, like 128kb/s or less but I keep them because they're obscure and services like Google Music, iTunes, etc, don't have them.
For the most part, I use streaming services like Pandora, though I just recently cancelled my paid account with them and have been revolving between Slacker, Spotify, etc, to figure out which streaming service is best. I liked Pandora a lot, but they recently revamped their website, and it was glitchy as fuck. Couldn't stand it.
dead souls
Member
Hmm, let's see. According to Itunes I have 46254 songs.
Glass Shark
Banned
Hamilton soundtrack
3 Neil Cicierega albums
That's literally the whole thing. I almost never listen to music.
3 Neil Cicierega albums
That's literally the whole thing. I almost never listen to music.
I have a little under 9 GB of music and a little over 1,000 tracks. I only download them to my phone, as I prefer to stream them to my PC, otherwise. I have access to more through Amazon Prime, but I typically stream my purchased music from Amazon (since that's where I purchase it from).
Widdle Puppy
Banned
Having an iTunes library of digital files on your hdd feels so dated now. It's almost like having a CD collection. I don't do this and I abandoned files for good in like 2014.
I don't see how. Enthusiasts like those in this thread obviously like having control of their music and the flexibility that it allows. I play all my music on a $300 Sony Walkman Hi-Res Audio player, so streaming, along with many other enthusiasts are out of the picture/not wanted.
Aizo
Banned
53,486 songs. 364.2GB.
Couldn't give percentages, but Rock would be the biggest genre, followed by instrumental and ambient stuff that's harder to categorize, then Rap, then Metal, then Electronic.
I've deleted quite a lot of it over the past couple years. I used to get tons of CDs from the library, borrowed CDs from friends, bought CDs physically and digitally, and imported CDs... been mostly using Spotify since that came here somewhat recently, but I still buy albums I love.
Couldn't give percentages, but Rock would be the biggest genre, followed by instrumental and ambient stuff that's harder to categorize, then Rap, then Metal, then Electronic.
I've deleted quite a lot of it over the past couple years. I used to get tons of CDs from the library, borrowed CDs from friends, bought CDs physically and digitally, and imported CDs... been mostly using Spotify since that came here somewhat recently, but I still buy albums I love.
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