I sent my collection of about 800 CDs off to be ripped about two years ago. I had them send the CDs back to me, but after hearing the flac files, I threw most of the CDs away, keeping about 100 SACDs and higher quality CDs. Much better listening experience o with the flac files.
Now here’s the thing: a year ago I switched from Spotify to Qobuz. At a minimum, Qobuz is as good as a CD or flac file. Most of the things I listen to are higher res in Qobuz, the difference is easily heard. Bottom line, if I had had Qobuz three years ago, I probably would have just put my CDs in the attic and called it a day.
And, I used to buy on average 3 to 5 CDs per month. In the last year I’ve purchased a total of 3: Ron Carter—The Golden Striker (mine was scratch as was the ripped file); Pittsburgh S.O.—Tchaikovsky/Leshnoff; Cleveland S.O.—A New Century.
Now here’s the thing: a year ago I switched from Spotify to Qobuz. At a minimum, Qobuz is as good as a CD or flac file. Most of the things I listen to are higher res in Qobuz, the difference is easily heard. Bottom line, if I had had Qobuz three years ago, I probably would have just put my CDs in the attic and called it a day.
And, I used to buy on average 3 to 5 CDs per month. In the last year I’ve purchased a total of 3: Ron Carter—The Golden Striker (mine was scratch as was the ripped file); Pittsburgh S.O.—Tchaikovsky/Leshnoff; Cleveland S.O.—A New Century.