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? 

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Showing 1 response by bipod72

I still enjoy listening to CDs because I still collect them. However, I'm more selective in what I buy in vinyl or CD format for my music collection these days and focus on specific artists rather than genres or simply collecting a vast amount of physical music formats.

I have CDs that aren't available on streaming platforms and the SQ, as others have mentioned, tends to be better on CD than streaming. I enjoy looking at the album art and the value to $ ratio tends to be better than vinyl in many cases. There are also some artists that I listen to that have CD-only releases as well. 

I bought a mid-fi CD transport a few years ago after having been digital-only for years and rediscovered stuff in my CD collection that I hadn't listened to in ages. CDs I didn't really want anymore I re-ripped as FLAC for my digital library and I plan to trade those in at a local store for credit so I can buy more music.