The Rapid Rise (& Fall) of the CD

@tomcy6 I did, unless you meant for me to start a thread on how I prefer to listen to music. The same can be said for those who do what I mentioned when the shoe is on the other foot. Happens all the time and probably will not change. 

I'm not worked up or upset, if that is what you're getting at. Being a contrarian on something so simple a matter as to which means of playback one prefers to use and why, is not grounds for acrimony. To say any more would be to rehash everything I've already said. 

It seems that being a mite esoteric and matter of fact was misinterpreted as some kind of attack when it was just a rebuttal.

All the best,
Nonoise

@nonoise  Nobody wants to make you stream. 

I wasn't reading between the lines. It was fairly obvious in a few posts  That's why I said what I said.

You can go back to threads where an OP asks for advice with CDTs or CDPs, expressing no interests or wish to do streaming only to be assailed on his choices and told to start streaming. Time is short and it's getting old.

All the best,
Nonoise

I don't get the appeal to streaming because my intent is the music I like to listen to. Having the world at my fingertips is meaningless and wasteful if I only like to listen to what would amount to about 1% of the music out there, comparatively speaking.

I get my take on what's out there easily enough to not have to spend on streaming what I had to with my CD set up to have it sound as good. For me, that's money down the drain. I'd rather buy better speakers for that kind of money. 

I've been to sites where you type in your favorite musician(s) and up will pop recommendations that closely align displayed in a field with the closest ones being the most similar and the furthest ones not so much. In each and every instance of investigation of said artists, not one appealed to me as much as the one I used for input. The display wasn't meager and would show about 20-30 artists. After a while, I stopped using it for its uselessness. 

This was some time ago and I can see how it was a primitive precursor to what's now used by Tidal, Qobuz, Spotify and others as part of some algorithm in their searches for similar music, with images and liner notes to sweeten the deal. I'd still have the same results if I streamed. 

There are places to go and listen to what's out there without paying a thing for it. That's more than enough for me. Spending time to listen to what others have collated and curated resulted in disliking most of what I listened to, just like with that site I mentioned before. To be honest, I find it boring.

It appears to me that some sort of hoarding is the latent function with pride and command of ownership as the manifest function (it's the way my mind works, YMMV). Like I've mentioned before (twice), this passive aggressive push to get others to stream by faint condemnation and curiosity (sealioning) instead of just letting it go, is what unnecessarily divides us. There's no need for hard lined conformity. I've never asked for justification for my set up: just wanted to share for those who are curious. Happy listening to one and all in your own way.

All the best,
Nonoise

I can always count on @grislybutter not to read between the lines something that isn't there, spinning it to suit his point of view. Why, oh why can't some people accept the notion that there will be contrary points of view on matters? 

I don't begrudge anyone the medium they prefer to listen to so I guess I'll just repeat what I warned earlier about not being so zealous about it. It seems some just can't help themselves.

All the best,
Nonoise

CDs outsell Vinyl in Great Britain and Europe (per unit). There are titles you can only get on CD and vice versa with streaming. I can give a tinkers fart how many articles and videos come out touting the death of CDs and Vinyl as it's usually from someone who streams and has an axe to grind (looking for justification of monies spent, tribal associations, looking for those clicks and eyeballs or just a malcontent).

This is getting old and kinda pathetic. Enjoy what you like and have and stop with the proselytizing. It's a stupid hobby and not a religion but if it is for you, get some much needed help.

All the best,
Nonoise