@limomangus I was like you — I had a good collection of CDs and PCM titles and albums, and I refused to pay for a subscription. But sometime last fall, I gave in and subscribed to Qobuz simply because the abundance of streaming sources gives you a kind of freedom everyone should have — the freedom to listen to anything you’re interested in, right at your fingertips. No fuss, no muss, and it works out to literally about 35 cents a day.
Remember, your collection might be large too, but it’s still only a tiny fraction of what’s available from streaming services. I mostly listen to classical and jazz, and even within classical alone, think about how much you could possibly have in your own library to compare different versions by conductor, performer, and orchestra.
Whenever and wherever I travel, the music is always there for me through my iPhone and earbuds. I think that’s worth it.
And when Wi-Fi drops, I still have thousands of titles to fall back on — though that only happens maybe once or twice a year at most.