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Youngsters these days.

My 24 year old grandson finished his tour in the service recently and has been staying with us for the past several months. He got himself a good job, to help out and take care of himself, while deciding what to do in the future - back to school, etc.
After he got a few good pay checks, I joking suggested he buy his Pa a new CD player. If looks could kill. "Why would you want a new CD player?" He asked. I told him "just to upgrade the one I have". "No one buys CD players anymore" he exclaimed. "Then what's your Idea of fine Audio, a WalkMan?" I asked. "WOW! There's not even any such thing as a WalkMan any more" he said. To which I replied, "Ya there is, we have a guy on our forum who swears by em". He just rolled his eyes and said "No - Streaming! Using an iPhone or iPad you can get a streaming package and get all the music you want". "Why would I want to do That?" I asked "I have hundreds of great LPs and CDs, that I'm perfectly happy with." To that he replied "OK Boomer".  I guess that meant he knew I was right.
Why is it that youngsters just don't understand the love that some of us old folks have for our old LPs and CDs and we  have no interest in paying for another monthly service, to listen to all the music we already have?
jhills

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larryi
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jhills,

Did you type this on an Underwood and have your grandson upload it to the internet?  I too, like my old CDs and LPs, but I find it more convenient to upload them to a streamer (about 5,000 CDs).  It is far easier to search my collection on an iPad rather than thumbing through the 5,000 CD's (I still have them shelved), plus, I don't have the hassle of reshelving the CDs I do decide to play.  Streaming services are also a good way to discover music that is new to you.  Internet radio stations are also good for finding new music.

I have found that with many older recordings, the particular versions/masterings that are available from streaming services often sound crappier than the original CDs; this is not always the case, so, it is not an issue of inherent inferiority of streaming, but, a choice on mastering that the re-issuing party made.  That is on reason for keeping your old CD's in either their original physical form or ripped to a server. 

I've never bothered to turn my LP's into music files, so I do spin records once in a while.   
larryi
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About 1/4 of my recent music purchases have been of music I already have on LPs (purchased just for the convenience of being able to use my streamer/server instead of the record player).  Many of the currently available digital sources of reissues sound quite bad.  I've looked on discogs for alternative CD sources, such as Japanese CDs, but, the prices are extraordinarily high.  It seems that good CDs, like good LPs are still in demand enough to command a lot of money.
larryi
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It is probably prudent to NOT voice those sentiments about your kids, after all, they may be making certain critical decisions about your life in your dotage.

This reminds me about how, when we were riding around in the family car and certain rock/pop songs came up on the radio that my father would mock.  I would reply by singing some crap tune from the days when he was about my age, such as, Ish Kabibble's "Three Little Fishies."
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