Quote from: FallOfNature on January 08, 2019, 04:02:04 AM
-difficult to store neatly
-if the teeth in the disc holder break off, you can't replace them
-tendency for plastic parts to come away from the printed parts
-the way some "flatten", and I've received them brand new in shrink in this condition
-I've had them stick together when stored together, due to the method of manufacturing/printing.
I could go on, but I'll take a nice jewelcase CD with well laid out booklet anyday. Digipak CD is usually the very last resort of format choice for me when buying new music. I only keep a few now for completist reasons.
I used to not appreciate digipak for some of same reasons. But in reality, I don't think I had any digipak tray damaged in my collection. Very few have generated wear. It's mostly digipaks I took into car to listen there.
Many of the flaws are more result of manufacturing errors. It's like complaining LP's are so shit, because someone shipped you one inside cover and now it's all broken and corners bend due bad packaging. Or it was storaged in too moist temperature and now ruined. Such things barely formats fault, rather particular manufacturers flaws. In such case one can claim tapes are shitty as some are dubbed badly. Or LP's are shitty as currently there seems to be growing number of badly cut or badly done metalworks causing crackles and pop way beyond acceptable limit. Or jewelbox CD, where you got quite many releases with defects caused either by cheap manufacturing or shipping (often without jewelboxes). Bend booklets, scratched discs,... not uncommon in underground where many send bulk amounts without jewelboxes.
I used to be highly concerned about if item will age from Mint to " vg+" over the years. Nowadays, not at all. Of course I treat releases with care, but I do not have obsession whether it should be absolute mint. My dislike for autistic nerdy collections wrapped in plastic lead to situation where books and CD's, have signs that it has been extensively listened / browsed, are better than "unopened, unplayed item" for future business transactions. The way I listen CD's, it's hardly get them even in m- condition.
