Are you saying the quality of the cds is no good or the quality
of the music?

I do know this: If I had a chancxe to hear what is usually
sent to radio stations, college stations, indies and such,
that second tier of releases-- they stuff that gets passed over--
usually has a fair amount of gold in it. There's lots of crap too.

For a listening experience I am hooked from time to time on
Japanese techno pop. I just went and got a library dvd of
"Last Exile" so I can grab the theme song. There was another
one that is pretty good in a fine art film called "Dolls".
My fascination with this started with Megumi Hashibara's
recording of Neon Geneisis Evangelion. I heard that played
on a college station once, someone else listening knew the
source and I got it on the net.

Buying any cd music for me is rare. I like the randomness of
radio. When there was Netscape radio, the jazz samples were
very random. I remember hearing a recording (new) of "Sail Away"
by a woman vocalist that I never forgot. "Sail Away" is by
Noel Coward. So these tunes get found and ressurected with new
life. I was never able to find the artist for that... it was
on one of the Shoutcast thingies or something... one of those
jukebox setups that plays random tunes. I've lost access to
it because not using netscape. It had mass quantities of genres
as well: goth, techno, renaissance, a whole string of jazz
varieties. Maybe I'll look it up again.