Vinyl collectors have existed for a long time, and exist commonly in pop culture and life, but it is time for CD collector’s day. I began as a vinyl collector at the age of fourteen, and I do still collect vinyl, but it is significantly more expensive and time-consuming than streaming, or my new collection, CDs. I began collecting CDs because of their cheap price and accessibility. I can easily find CDs of bands I love like The Velvet Underground or Bjork used for three to seven dollars, meanwhile, the same records you can only find new for somewhere between twenty and eighty.

But CDs are also easier to take care of and find space for. Records you must clean and store them correctly, and on top of that take care of the record player that plays them. You must make sure the record player has a sharp needle, is clean, and your setup as a whole all works. For CDs, all you need is a CD player and speakers that often come with the player, much more cost-friendly.

One of the unexpected pros I have discovered from CD collecting is also how easy it is to make CDs. Almost any computer that can play DVDs, can usually also burn CDs, making it cheap and easy for you to make your loved ones playlists or compilations on a CD and therefore physical media they can love and cherish.

CDs may be seen as an outdated form of technology right now, but I’m predicting they will come back in trend soon. Even though nowadays you can find almost anything online, people still love to own and collect things. It’s in human nature, and CDs are the perfect price, size, accessibility, and ease to collect.