rolf wroteI don't really buy or use CDs anymore.
I've been in the audio "lossless" topic for a month now, collecting information about audio equipement and buying some. To be honest I listened to a couple of flac (lossless files) that claim to have same quality as CD recording, and I didn't even feel a slight difference with mp3. Perhaps my device is not capable I don't know, perhaps I'll invest in a good player in the future, there's a whole market emerging for that.
TLDR: Some people claim CDs have better quality than circulating mp3(formerly considered the pirated format for audio- compressed and portable). It's debatable.
on topic: Get the card, I have one. Took an hour to apply for it. You can get it the next day. Make the merchanr don't charge a lot for shipping though, like amazon. And oh You won't be able to buy from ebay with the card.
Regards.