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 2 responses by oddiofyl

I put off streaming for years.   In 2018 I bought a Vault 2i and it changed my life.   I had that for a few years and bought an Aurender.   

Qobuz and Tidal sound great,  the amount of awesome new (and old) music I've discovered is insane.   

I recently bought the Teac 701t transport.   My CDs have never sounded better.  I like playing CDs , in many cases they sound better than a remastered stream. . 

I still play LPs  too but streaming is so convenient and overall sounds so good I stream probably 70% of the time.  

Anyone firm on not streaming is missing a lot , for the price of a movie ticket or less.    

I like owning physical media, that will never change , but I only buy CDs that I like most tracks or you can't get on streaming platforms. 

 

Streaming right now on my second system but tonight I will fire up my main system and play a few CDs I picked up at Newbury Comics for $4 to $6.