Old CDs and records

I don’t listen to streaming. 
I listen not my 6,000 LPs. 
Full stop. 

Streaming is a wonderful way to explore music but I don't think vinyl is anywhere near worthless. And while CDs might be someday, they're not worthless yet.  

It's an interesting question as to whether CDs will have a similar resurgence as vinyl.  Probably not since it's digital, but there's still some value in CDs today. Especially ones that aren't generally on streaming services. 

LP is obsolete eh?

this is good for the artist they get screwed on the streaming platforms.
 I love owning physical music media. I stream in the office, truck, boat that’s it.

Hey OP....stream something of mine 10,000 times. I will make about a nickel.

Sorry, but the vast majority of artists have always been screwed. Up until recent years, relatively few musicians could even enter recording studios, not to mention get signed by any label, get distribution deal, etc. Today, we have home recording studios, distribution via streaming, not a lot of money to create label. The chance of an artist being heard has never been greater, thanks to streaming.

Yes, most artist receive very little streaming revenue, but more obscure artists never made any money prior to streaming, and vast majority never even got recorded. At least the more obscure artists have a much greater chance of being heard by the general public today,  simply being heard must give at least some satisfaction. I know I've been exposed to far more artists via streaming, some I continue to follow. In recent years, I've attended concerts of some of these artists, live performance best avenue for generating revenue for most musicians.

OP, I think your newfound pleasure in vinyl will quickly disappear and you’ll be contemplating getting rid of your physical media again, along with the newly purchased table.

Streaming is just so darn convenient!

 simply being heard must give at least some satisfaction

Yes. I pay my mortgage with satisfaction.

@elmo2

So 16,000 disks. You are a collector. If you play one a day… it would take 43 years to listen to them all. How old are you? When I was working my average was 6 per week. Now that I am retired it is maybe 10 per week.

I did this calculation when about when I was 65 and realized I would be lucky to listen all my albums in during the rest of my life. I think at some point it really is a lot more about collecting than listening. But it is way better than collecting door knobs or stamps, you can do something with them. Nothing wrong with collecting.

I did say vast majority of artists always get screwed. I can't help we live in society/culture that doesn't value artists more highly. If we did, artists as a whole would have the power to alter supply/demand structure to favor themselves. As things stand only a select few have this power, this unchanged since before streaming. 

Streaming isn't the issue, power structures are, until that changes, things will remain as they always have.

@sns

Time to cue up that old quote attributed to Hunter S Thompson -

"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench - a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs.

There’s also a negative side..."

Let's face it, half of the music business seems to be entirely devoted to endless lawsuits.

+1 cd318

Another Hunter S Thompson classic:

"A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance."

So go ahead and toss them while you have the opportunity to. (Maybe I can pick through them at Value Village or The Sally Anne and grab a bargin or two...)