I'm fairly young (38) and I love my LP collection. My father turned me onto vinyl as a kid and in the last few years he has got us both back into playing and collecting. At this point I have a considerable amount of money wrapped up in my turntable and my record collection.
That said, I also have a streamer and a nice DAC and I have subscriptions to Tidal and Qobuz. I recently got my father (65) into streaming as well after months of attempting to talk him into it. He initially had all the same reasons mentioned by so many others from his generation as to why he didn't need a streaming service. After one weekend of playing his his new bluesound node 2I and setting up trials for Qobuz and Tidal guess what? He absolutley loves it.
It is not about replacing our media collections or even stopping the purchase of new media. It's a way to discover new music and artists. It's a way to fill in the gaps in our collections. It is a way to find the next album you want to buy or hear an album you had forgotten about until something made it pop back up again.
My father and I live several states apart and we can send links to eachother recommending new music or sharing play lists. Dismissing streaming platforms entirely is just like my my grandfather telling my father his rock music in the 70s was just noise. But you guys are probably right, it doesn't have any value, just the youth of today embracing a throw-away culture...
That said, I also have a streamer and a nice DAC and I have subscriptions to Tidal and Qobuz. I recently got my father (65) into streaming as well after months of attempting to talk him into it. He initially had all the same reasons mentioned by so many others from his generation as to why he didn't need a streaming service. After one weekend of playing his his new bluesound node 2I and setting up trials for Qobuz and Tidal guess what? He absolutley loves it.
It is not about replacing our media collections or even stopping the purchase of new media. It's a way to discover new music and artists. It's a way to fill in the gaps in our collections. It is a way to find the next album you want to buy or hear an album you had forgotten about until something made it pop back up again.
My father and I live several states apart and we can send links to eachother recommending new music or sharing play lists. Dismissing streaming platforms entirely is just like my my grandfather telling my father his rock music in the 70s was just noise. But you guys are probably right, it doesn't have any value, just the youth of today embracing a throw-away culture...