Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs?

However, I still find CD’s to have a bit more depth, detail, and just a tiny bit extra level of air

@kingbr  If you add an Iris or Hermes DDC before your Pontus and take advantage of the i2S connection it will up your streaming performance significantly and may surpass CDs.  That’s what it did for me anyway — it’s not a small improvement and on the level of a significant DAC upgrade.  Just my experience FWIW. 
 

I personally find that my CD's sound better than the exact album on Tidal streamed directly through a high-end computer into the same DAC as the CD player.

@upstateaudiophile  Of course CDs will sound better than streaming through a computer, which is the noisiest and worst source for streaming.   Even a cheap streamer like a Node or iFi Zen Stream will put your streaming much closer in performance to CDs.

I still play CD's because a lot of things I like are not available on vinyl. I also buy large CD box sets like those of the Grateful Dead. 

I run my cd player into my streamer dac. It improves the sound a bit. Plus the coax output makes a difference rather than using the rca output 

I still play CD's because the better quality ones still sound great.  Of course you need a first rate CD player to get the most out of them and that can be costly.  

Nothing beats streaming for convenience and its sound quality continues to improve. I do wonder given the fast pace of technology how long it will be before streaming is replaced.  

• I buy physical media because streaming screws over the artists and only lines the wallets of the streaming companies.
• I buy physical formats because I like to own something, and also appreciate the physical design. If available, I get the special physical edition, signed covers, etc.
• I buy CDs if the work is not available on vinyl.
• I buy cassettes if that is the only physical format.
• I buy files if that is the only format.
• All CDs are digitized and on a Roon server.
• I have a few records, including some new pop/rock, that are not available on streaming (e.g., Videotraum's "Ebbe//Flut"). I don't want to be limited to what I listen by what is available on a streaming platform.