Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs?

@lalitk 

Thanks for the video. I actually had an RCA under dash record player in my car back in the '60's before 8 tracks came out. The tone arm played underneath the records instead of on top. It played a stack of six 45's and actually didn't skip unless I hit a substantial bump or dip.

It’s not practical to spend more money to buy streamer and pay monthly subscriptions. 

@jayctoy  For the price of about one CD per month I have access to hundreds of thousands of songs via Qobuz — many of them in hi res BTW — and discover awesome new music I would’ve never heard otherwise almost every day.  It’s the most fun I’ve had as an audiophile and music lover ever, and every month it’s the best 11 bucks I spend.  Or I could just spin CDs and listen to the same stuff over and over and over again.  No thank you, but to each his own.  

I don't want any more bills (like for  a streaming service) to add to my budget in retirement., not that I couldn't afford  it.  I also find it greatly satisfying to have complete collections of an artists output on vinyl or CD. It's one of life's small pleasures. I love getting a new CD. I can,t wait to get the new Band-Maid CD from Japan once it comes down in price a bit.

I've never wanted to be in the computer or cell phone age. I found it disturbing enough to transition to CD's from records in the first place, after having skipped over 8-tracks , and cassettes tapes, but not reel to reel. First thing I did after retiring was to throw my cell phone over the fence into the woods, having never learned to send a text message.

I don't have a streamer and don't spend enough time listening (unfortunately) to justify buying one but still have lots of cds to listen to when I can. 

I don’t.  I have not had a working CD player for 6 years.  Another customer service nightmare when the laser burned out on my Linn Unidisk 1.1 without Linn supporting disc players any more and using a custom laser.  I find streaming equivalent or better than analog and CD/SACD.  I  do not get added enjoyment from, or need the tactile feel of physical media and consider it an inconvenience.  I do not need to own physical media and recognize streaming is a bargain from the customer’s perspective as business model where thousands of albums available at my fingertips for the monthly charge rather than buying physical content.  The only negative is it is a little more enjoyable to read a vinyl album cover rather thanmetadata on a screen, but reading metadata on a screen is more enjoyable than a CD insert.