Hope all goes well with your recovery. There is something special about owning and playing physical music. I find it’s what I grew up with and adapting to change can be hard but and I’m starting to enjoy the benefits of changing to streaming like I did when I moved from albums and CDs to the iPod. It’s a great time to love and play music whenever and wherever you want.
MissingCDs and records
Since I have had a long-standing hip problem (now being fixed,) I have physically been unable to play CDs and more significantly, records.
I bought an outstanding streamer (Aurelac 200) to cope with my disability, and am very happy with the sound it’s producing . However, I’m now finding that, despite the superlative sound of the Aurelac, I’m missing the experience of relishing individual discs and records which have their own character and speak to me. They’re like old friends you can’t replace with a stream. Of course there are many advantages to streaming, including a universal discography to select from, but having that intimate contact with an artifact is a special feeling.