HW : Jewel Cases

[Andrew Apold]

> Reasons FOR Jewel Cases:
>
> 1)  Easy to handle - Don't have to open a 50 pound book.
> 2)  Door opens fast - CD retrieval is fast.
> 3)  Drop a CD, and yeah, it will probably break - But Art work is never
> damaged.
> 4)  Drop your 50 pound book, and that might make you cry
> 5)  Harder for a thief to steal, with all those loose, slippery Jewel
cases.
> 6)  Easier to keep in Chronological or Alphabetical order, when adding
new
> CD's to
>       collection.
> 7)  They remind me more of the Albums I once had.   :)))

1 - I usually plan my vinyl cases (which I doubt are even 2 pounds),
so I leave blanks in them for CDs I'm missing.  The miscellaneous
ones eventually get organized.

2 - I hate those doors.  They always break, even when I don't drop them.

3 - I ruined a perfectly good Bau Haus CD by scratching it on the case
while
        taking it out once.

4 - (shrug).  Never noticed anything happen to my vinyl cases.  I usually
        chuck them in the back of my truck without difficulty.

5 - I can hide one case easier than 20 jewel cases.

6 - at home, I mainly listen with my massive collection of MP3's I've
scratched
        from my CDs.  Only time I use the CDs themselves is in my car.  It's
        far easier for me to reach back and grab a case then get what I
        want than be limited to the seven cds my armrest tray will hold
        or blindly grope around in the back...

7 - well, even there, we're at a loss.  We'll never get the same cool fold
out
        effects.  The one with Stacia jumping on the back, the effect of
        opening OYFOOYK and seeing the 5 guitars leap out at ya,
        etc.  I know they sometimes try, long booklets, or fold out things
        (like SEE), or even tricky folding parts like The Business Trip...
        (which, BTW, I lost the cardboard "H" on TBT, the upper parts of
        it were pretty fragile)

The albums that I get in the cardboard things like The Business Trip or
        Captured Rotation I keep, pretty much have no choice.  But that's
        not too many, and they tuck neatly inside the sleeves at the front
        or back of my (caselogic) vinyl cases.