Commercial CD's vs Live Sets

What do you think ? which is better ? Owning a truckload of Renaissance or Global Underground CD's or a whole bunch of Live Sets & Essential Mixes?

I'll wait for some opinions before I post mine :) All are welcome  

live sets! real in the moment mixing; always nice to hear the faint sounds of an excited crowd!! ...although i do have a nice collection of GU and other commercial studio cds!! seeking more live sets!!

some favorites:
mauro picotto: ibiza
armin van buuren: ibiza
oscar g: space
all the wmc live sets!!!
carl cox: crobar chicago & detroit
jonathan peters: sound factory
peter rauhofer:roxy
razor & guido:miami & ny

of course live sets and radio shows. unfortunately i dont have any commercials exept those ones on the web but im realy enjoy live giggs

It equals for me:

Live sets are good for fresh music and listening to them on iPod but I'm enjoying commercial mixes over severl years because the sound is great. Live mixes on radio and clubs are mostly too heavy squashed. Can't really pump up the volume on my stereo   But commercial cds today are squashed too and it's very difficult to find well sounding cd because of the 'loudness race'.

I want to own the music I like so I'm buying cds, vinyls and so on. And that's the difference. Will you listen to your GBs of mp3s in 30 years ? I doubt. But can celebrate your vinyl or cds  

Another point: I'm giving respect to DJs, producers when I buy cd, vinyl !

commercial stuff is strictly forbidden!!!
we respect the artists work and we don't want those CD rips here!!

moderator - what the hell are you talking about ? who's ripping CD's here ? take your auto message elsewhere please!

i think that Live sets are great , but for a short time only .. the tracks become outdated quickly ...
but CD's tracks are timeless ..

When you are talking to a moderator .. you MUST show some respect and be nice

There are unforgettable livesets from 2000 and earlier

The tracks in any commercial CD are mixed by the same DJ in his livesets !!!

Livesets are always equipped with rare, unknown and exclusive remixes unlike commercial CD which usually contains the known or the original mix

What bo12 said is TOTALLY true

than what are u talking about solid ...and of course live sets are better are u fkn crazy albums are just a way of making cash live sets are what make djs and what good are tracks if there isnt live sets.....what a fkn noob    

Dear Zahran if you think that dj's do not make money spinni'n live you are wrong.  Some dj's like Carl Cox, AVB, Tiesto, etc get paid near 10.000 american dollars per hour of a set live.  Now if that's not a lot of money I don't know what is.  And Sasha has at least Ten Residencies going at the moment.  Sasha I expect signs contract with super clubs all around the world to do monthly or bi- monthly gigs.  I do not know the exact fiqures for these contracts but believe me when I say these dj's are getting paid BIG BUCKS for spinnin regularly in such cities as NYC, Chicago, London, Paris, Etc.  And then there are the summer festivals and Ibiza all MONEY, MONEY, MONEY.  

I have respect for both Live sets and Records and mixed tapes.  Lets all remember that the real heros of this type of music are the PRODUCERS, THEY MAKE THE MUSIC.  Props to dj's but most of them are spinni'n other peoples records while producing a few hits.  DJ'S DO NOT SPIN SIX HOUR SETS OF THERE OWN MUSIC.  The producers fill the dj's sets with Bangi'n tunes

PROPS TO THE PRODUCERS  

AND PLEASE HAVE RESPECT FOR THE MODS THEY RUN THIS PLACE.  IT IS A COMMUNITY BUT WITHOUT THEM WE WOULD BE LOST.

I like Live Sets, because moment mixing is very beauty... For me they are favorite  

LIVE SETS RUUUULZZZZZZZZ !!!!

   

i dont see why all people here is getting pumped up and also a little nervous
if i want to get a commercial cd i will buy it with money, if i want to get a ripped radio show i'll get it on tribalmixes...
if i really like something i'll pay for it...and this makes commercial cds better imo
i never heard anything like:

john digweed - global underground 014 - honk kong
john digweed - mmII
chris fortier - bedrock 003
hernan cattaneo - sequential

if i notice a little scratch on my originals of those 4 i could cry for days  

u can buy a new ones, dont u . but u cant be another time at the same great gig u was for example.

Bedrock 003 is better than all the parties I have been to added together

you mean that creamer and stephane k bedrock? it is awesome. as for cds vs livesets i would say, tribalmixes covers all my music needs, so i rarely buy music.