Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs?


I'm curious why you still play CDs in the age of streaming. I recently got back into CD listening and I'm curious if your reasons align with mine, which are:

  • Enjoying the physical medium—the tactile nature of the case, the disc, the booklet, etc.
  • Forcing myself to actually listen to an album, versus being easily distracted by an algorithm, or "what's next" in my playlist.
  • Actually owning the music I purchase, versus being stuck with yet another monthly subscription.

Others? 

itanibro

Showing 1 response by agwca

It's still a fun way to explore music in a tactile sense.  I don;t do vinyl but buy/sell it to help fund hobby.  Next up will be streaming and probably hesitated to now for lack of understanding enough of the tech to make informed purchase decisions and also the time it may take to surf thru the music.

Assuming a certain percentage of streamed music would appeal to me, I would need to have a way to select, organize and categorize an online library for future listening as I do not always remember the artist, album, music by name and would want to minimize searching of music I already selected that I like.

That probably means choosing a streaming service in which I would plan or hope to have a long term relationship with. It would bother me to either lose music I like if the streaming svce decides to drop that music or loses the library settings, etc.

Then there is the time to explore the offerings itself.  I have kept what I consider the best albums I want to keep in my collection which is approximately 400+ cds at the moment.  While I have decent equipment, I do not typically listen to music for hours on end.  So there's the commitment to listening for enjoyment, relaxation, to energize, etc.,  Time becomes another factor in commitment.

Other than that, who knows.  maybe I would really like streaming especially for de-cluttering.  But...I think I would always keep the CDs/SACDs that meant the most to me, so a combination perhaps?