Digiital source material: what do people do/makes the most sense...


QUESTION 1: I have a few hundred CDs (plan on ripping to server), and am wondering how to get rest of music I want:

  • A. add one streaming service (which do you recommend?) or
  • B. add one streaming service + buy occasional CDs
  • C. add two streaming services
QUESTION 2: is it is possible to set up hardware to use two services (if needed?):

My musical taste:

  • Classical mainly orchestral but I want to be able to choose a better conductor
  • Common popular music artists  but I'll want to be able to access most of CDs/albums from e.g. cat stevens, Heart, Rod Stewart, Traffic, Bill Joel, etc
  • Some jazz: mainstream (Brubeck, Miles, Coletrane...)

Thanks for your time.




berner99

Showing 1 response by mahler123

The biggest problem with Classical is finding a a software program that works.  I have yet to do so.  I stopped discarding CDs after burning them because I have a really large collection and it’s easier for me to find a disc on the shelves then locate it in the files after it has been burned to a hard drive.  If you start burning CDs you will quickly find that all of the file management has been optimized for non Classical.
  My advice?  Stay with CDs and add Qobuz, which has a bigger catalog than Primephonic and sounds better.