Not ditching my shiny disc spinner.
I’m so far in on physical media, I don’t want to spend the time or effort to rip just so I can sit on the couch and get frozen with indecision in what to play, or spend time making play lists, killer playlists, ultimate playlists.
I do that now with video content - I’ll sit 10, 20, 30 minutes at a time just waffling on what to watch with the endless choices.
I’ve had more problems with streaming than with physical media. My CCA just inexplicably disappears as a device to cast to - then it becomes an arcane ritual of rebooting router, modem, laptop, CCA, disable AV, re-enable - the exact sequence to get it back is random, non-repeatable, and mysterious. I become more fixated on the random dropouts, when it is working, that I never relax - always waiting for that sttttuuutter, or dropout that happens to destroy the mood.
That doesn’t even count when Wrecktum...um...Spectrum internet goes out. Their commercials say 99.9% reliability. You want to know what that really means; 8 hours, 45 minutes, and 36 seconds of "allowable" downtime per year - any time of day any length of time.
Streaming is great for sampling new music, but will never be a replacement to physical media for peace of mind and uninterrupted musical enjoyment.
But - that is JUST me. All other opinions are wrong, for me, because in my universe I am always right. :-)
I’m so far in on physical media, I don’t want to spend the time or effort to rip just so I can sit on the couch and get frozen with indecision in what to play, or spend time making play lists, killer playlists, ultimate playlists.
I do that now with video content - I’ll sit 10, 20, 30 minutes at a time just waffling on what to watch with the endless choices.
I’ve had more problems with streaming than with physical media. My CCA just inexplicably disappears as a device to cast to - then it becomes an arcane ritual of rebooting router, modem, laptop, CCA, disable AV, re-enable - the exact sequence to get it back is random, non-repeatable, and mysterious. I become more fixated on the random dropouts, when it is working, that I never relax - always waiting for that sttttuuutter, or dropout that happens to destroy the mood.
That doesn’t even count when Wrecktum...um...Spectrum internet goes out. Their commercials say 99.9% reliability. You want to know what that really means; 8 hours, 45 minutes, and 36 seconds of "allowable" downtime per year - any time of day any length of time.
Streaming is great for sampling new music, but will never be a replacement to physical media for peace of mind and uninterrupted musical enjoyment.
But - that is JUST me. All other opinions are wrong, for me, because in my universe I am always right. :-)