Besides a couple of stragglers, the majority of our CD collection has been ripped into various digital file formats and donated/given away to friends in our stride to live with less clutter. But we're still in possession of a decent amount of vinyl, some we haven't listened to in a long while and wouldn't mind converting into digital format also. We've yet to jump onto the MP3 turntable bandwagon, but we like the no nonsense design of the Thanko USB Turntable...
I have just a handful of vinyls that I can't listen to because I don't have a turntable. I bought them simply because I loved the artwork and I have the CD counterparts. I have loaded all of my CDs into my iTunes, but I can't bear to part with my CD collection! I still buy CDs - still prefer them over purchasing digital music.
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MCBfly: I feel the same way about books, but since music tends to be an abstract commodity opposed to the physical medium of printed matter, moving over to a purely digital collection isn't too difficult as long as you convert your files to a lossless format. We got back a lot of storage space once we stopped collecting/housing CDs and haven't looked back since. I suspect for future generations, the CD is pretty much dead (though vinyl seems to make a headway back into the youth psyche, from the looks of things at big retailers like Best Buy, now offering records).
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