A paper released last year ( https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3285436 ) determined that the average "free" time most working Americans have is around 2.5 hours per day. Here are some of the things I like to do (in their general order of preference):
Hang out with my family.
Hang out with my friends.
Play guitar or piano.
Play with my dogs.
Go to concerts.
Read.
Go for a walk.
Ride my bike.
Listen to my stereo.
Watch TV.
If I give each activity equal time (I don't), then that only gives me 1.5 - 2 hours a week to listen to my stereo. That sounds about right. Sometimes, on a rainy day I will listen more, some weeks will go by and I don't listen at all.
Tidal has been a boon for me. I can listen to new music, old music, and music that I never would think of "buying." For the most part my CD's just sit there. I have about about 300 records. I average about 2-3 records a month. I still enjoy buying them and messing with the turntable (I have a "one-in, one out" policy with new records to keep my collection manageable, but there are some in there that I haven't listened to for over 40 years).
Slowly I am winnowing down my 500 CD collection to just those that are collectible or un-available on Tidal or Idagio. It makes no sense to keep these; it would take me ten years to listen to them all (only if I excluded listening to everything else, which I won't do - I enjoy discovering new music too much).
So I could care less about not finding CDs in Walmart. In fact, I could care less about going to Walmart at all. If I feel the need, we have three independant record stores in town; I'll get my record buying fix there.
Hang out with my family.
Hang out with my friends.
Play guitar or piano.
Play with my dogs.
Go to concerts.
Read.
Go for a walk.
Ride my bike.
Listen to my stereo.
Watch TV.
If I give each activity equal time (I don't), then that only gives me 1.5 - 2 hours a week to listen to my stereo. That sounds about right. Sometimes, on a rainy day I will listen more, some weeks will go by and I don't listen at all.
Tidal has been a boon for me. I can listen to new music, old music, and music that I never would think of "buying." For the most part my CD's just sit there. I have about about 300 records. I average about 2-3 records a month. I still enjoy buying them and messing with the turntable (I have a "one-in, one out" policy with new records to keep my collection manageable, but there are some in there that I haven't listened to for over 40 years).
Slowly I am winnowing down my 500 CD collection to just those that are collectible or un-available on Tidal or Idagio. It makes no sense to keep these; it would take me ten years to listen to them all (only if I excluded listening to everything else, which I won't do - I enjoy discovering new music too much).
So I could care less about not finding CDs in Walmart. In fact, I could care less about going to Walmart at all. If I feel the need, we have three independant record stores in town; I'll get my record buying fix there.