I Sold my CD Player!!! Streaming sounds so incredible!!!

It turns out that there isn’t a single software program that I’ve encountered-and I’ve tried many, including Roon-that can organize Classical Music. I can find CDs faster on my shelf than in the media libraries.

There was some method to the madness on how physical CDs were organized on the shelves. Set up a categorized folder tree (on NAS) that mimics your preference for sorting/viewing/browsing. Browse by folder only, i e., navigate through the folder tree you set up to locate your music. If your software restricts you from doing the latter (a simple browse by folder), throw it in the garbage.

Roon..or Schloon can’t cater a whole lot to your personal tastes when a collection becomes too big...only you can organize folder trees to your personal taste.

It is amazing. I always equate it to riding roller coasters to make music. Plus it’s still a somewhat popular thing which is even more amazing.

What’s getting even more popular in ultra high end vinyl audiophilia is putting that vinyl through a Sugar Cube filter or whatever adc/dac chain to remove the pops and the crackles and the brrrss and the....sounds of an organic life (they say)  to make vinyl sound more hifi..

Mmmhmm

Like you I listen to Classical Music, both opera and classical music. As an audiophile with a very well outfitted Roon system and duplicated on the Naim Uniti Core that I started on by ripping my CD collection and editing the metadata and with a CD Collection of over 4000 albums,

Hmmm, what the hell am I missing here?

When you all rip your 4000 cds or 10000 cds, do you throw the files willy nelly into a nas drive (hoping metadata will save you) OR do you organize a folder tree by root folder genre --’>> Artist name folder (alphabetical) ---->> Album names folder?? ....which is how cds or vinyl sits in the racks

If the Metadata tracker fails, why can’t you all simply browse by folder to get to your favorite song bird for the day? Seems like a common sense thought process/solution is getting buried by promise of a failed "Metadata" miracle....

 "Vinyl and CD are more popular than ever????" Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, just the opposite of what you stated is true. Yes, vinyl and CD may still be popular with old farts like us, for all the reasons you so explicitly stated. However, amongst the young, say, ages 18-40, vinyl and CD are virtually nonexistent. In today’s world, the vast majority of those who represent the future of high end audio, or, music listening in general, stream their music exclusively. Yes, I’m afraid that todays world of high end audio has become more like an exclusive club for more well-heeled senior citizens like us who grew up with and are still clinging onto the old technologies that we still hold so dear to our hearts. And that, in a nutshell is what today’s high end audio represents. High end audio seems to be becoming a dying breeds, perhaps because of it’s inability to embrace and promote the new digital technologies, instead of allowing itself to become dominated by the old and antiquated. Go take a visit to your local high end audio shop, or go out and attend one of the big audio shows, you’d think you were at an old folks convention for the middle age and beyond, Lol. Sad, considering how beautiful and vibrant the world of high end audio was in years past. If there is to be a long term future for high end audio, it must embrace the new digital world, or else it will eventually fade away along with all us old farts. Happy listening.

Music streaming = 84% of music industry revenue

Spotify subscriber count = 700+ Million

Apple music subscriber count = 200+ million

Bandcamp: 180+ million

Soundcloud: 140+ million

Youtube music = 100+ million

Amazon music: 82+ million

Sirius XM: 33+ million

Deezer: 10+ million

Pandora: 6+ million

Napster: 5 million

Tidal = 2 million

Qobuz = 200k

etc

Number of vinyl records sold in 2023: 49 million

Number of CDs sold in 2023: 38 million

Such is life, it appears.

@irjones Streaming is very solid. The worst case you loose your internet connection for a little while and access to the 10 million + albums for a short time.

When you guys loose your renting service/sitting without internet, I can still stream all the thousands of files (that I permanently own) from my nas through the local LAN.

(na na na boo boo)

Here’s a great article from someone who knows over at Audiophilestyle.com. When taking the dive into streaming and storage, please be aware of the maintenance involved. Good discussion in the comments section as well. All the best,Nonoise

Dude in the article is worrying a bit much....I keep backup drives in my bank lockbox in case my house caught fire or a tornado took it to the clouds.

Solid state NAS drives should be around for a 100 years easy, if stored correctly. Legacy software is just what it is...software...can be written again to access a legacy drive 60 years later, if needed (AI will be writing any software 20 years from now)..