Thanks everyone.
I was at HDTracks. I was surprised how expensive albums to download were over there. Especially for the CD quality ones. They are much more expensive than CDs! I would think that a CD would cost more because you are actually purchasing a physical product with artwork, versus just electrons.
I posted my same question on another website. They also linked to the TT DR Database page (http://dr.loudness-war.info). Seems like a pretty good resource, but could be time consuming (and probably worth it) and I saw some mistakes (I saw a rating for a "CD" medium that came out in 1977 - maybe an earlier beta CD?)
Do you guys download music, or stream? I don't feel comfortable paying for music files I don't actually own. I feel so old asking these questions. Feels like when I was in the late 90's to early 2000's, wondering why older people are still buying vinyl and don't own a single CD.
I buy CDs. I check the used/old ones against Discogs listings for issue date, mastering and other details..
I have generally found the item condition description on Ebay to be fair or conservative.
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