Goodbye, CDs

Todd Dominey at What Do I Know has embarked on a mission of sorts: He's giving his entire CD collection – more than 4,000 discs – the heave-ho. The reason? iTunes and the speed of mechanical searching vs. the "stare at the shelves" method. He writes:

"I never listen to CDs anymore. It's nothing but MP3s. I can't remember the last time I placed a CD in a real CD player. The reason? It's nearly impossible to find anything. With iTunes, an artist, album or song is always a search box away. On the shelves, I could spend thirty minutes with my head turned sideways looking for an album. It's just not worth it."

I agree. In fact, I did the same thing about a year ago. All of my CDs, save two (a limited edition picture CD by The Cure and a tiny, 3 inch Nine Inch Nails CD) are gone. I've digitized all of my music and it now resides on a hard drive.

Next on my hit list is my vinyl, but I have a harder time letting them go. I just like the look and feel of the packaging, and like Todd says, there's something about the liner notes and full-sized album art that is lost in a PDF booklet.

So, what's your story?  Do you still have a stack of CDs lying around, or have they gone the way of the dinosaur?