Online cd store Online CD stores are one of the greatest aspects of the internet in my opinion.  I could spend days doing nothing but surfing through different online CD stores and looking for some new music.  Even though mp3 and iPod format digital music is becoming huge and has many advantages over CDs, there is something nice about having CDs to put on as well.  For years, one of my favorite things to do with a lazy Sunday afternoon was to cruise over to some music stores and browse through different albums.  When they started introducing listening stations at music stores it was like a dream come true.  I could sit in a music store going through different CDs for an entire day.  Even if I didn’t buy anything, I’d come away with a much better understanding of what’s out there to listen to.  Online CD stores are the next step forward, as they not only allow you to sample the music, but don’t even require you to leave your home to do so. Thanks to online CD stores, I don’t have to wait for a lazy Sunday to browse through music, but can do it with any free five minutes I come across.  In fact, just before I started writing this I was listening to the new Modest Mouse album via an online CD store, and as soon as I’m done writing this I’m probably going to go back and buy it because its already stuck in my head.  Of course, iTunes has also got a great online music store solely for the Apple iPod format of music.  Apple’s iTunes and other online digital music stores are likewise really fun.  I spend a lot of time sampling different music on iTunes as well, but you can only get those somewhat annoying Apple files there.  While they working fine for your iPod, you can’t transfer them more that a couple times before the copyright protection program takes over and basically ruins the file.  For that reason alone, I still like to keep my CD collection current, and therefore spend plenty of time on online CD stores. There are plenty of good online CD stores to choose from these days.  I of course prefer the ones that let you sample the music before hand.  With the fairly high prices on CDs, I want to make sure I’m getting what I want before I give out my credit card number.  My favorite site is probably the online CD store connected through Amazon.com.  They have a great selection, are easy to use, and let you sample every song on an album before buying it.