I’d be interested to hear if any fellow Beoworlders are sticking with physical media or if you have tried streaming/downloads then gone back to physical media CDs or vinyl. Streaming is the only way for the newer generation being brought up on iPods but I have a big classical CD collection and despite enjoying Deezer and downloads, I found myself wanting to locate a CD of Brautigam’s Mozart Piano Concerto rather than tapping on the Moment. I was brought up on CDs as a kid and perhaps this is some sort of Freudian unconscious desire that will never be repressed...
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Anyone resisting streaming and staying with CDs or Vinyl?
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The ritual of physically searching and choosing music is nicer than picking from a digital collection. And it also gives a feeling of ownership. On the sound quality side I don’t care.
Even though I actually am streaming more and more, I have to ask what’s wrong with doing both?
Just for the record, I grew up before the age of CD!
MM
Location: Flensborg————Danmark
We have installed a few bluesound vaults for clients. Best of both worlds.
And it also gives a feeling of ownership.
I am for streaming!
Actually it is a relief not to own physical media or at least to own less.
My heirs will have less to clean up and have to get rid of, when I am gone.
MM
Location: Flensborg————Danmark
You have to better define the word streaming to get an accurate answer.
I am considering everything compressed, altered, not entirely under you control and delivered with a string or cost attached,- streaming.
But if the original content is preserved i dont really consider it streaming if its simply distributing it over you own network, the bits are exactly the same and I control and own every single one of them!
My CD collection will remain as is, to feed the active BS9000, BG5500, BG4500, Beocenters and Beovisons but the number of new additions is declining. The NAS is loaded though and could properly play for the rest of my life without starting from scratch
But I will never give up on watching the 9000 operate.
Same with the Video sources apart from OTA, only unaltered, original source material for movies! And should I break the occasional arbitrary rules on what I can rip, it would be considered an honor!
I will never succumb to the ecosystems built around convenience, complacency and ignorance.
There is one exception though,- YouTube! Simply because it has content not found elsewhere anymore. And its only there because the uploaders didn't stream!
Me and my wife are really enjoying LP & CD.Streaming is convenient for parties with friends 🤩
Location: Split,Croatia
My heirs will have less to clean up and have to get rid of, when I am gone.
Judging from the pictures you have posted, you might be forgetting the actual value of your collection.
It could make the cleanup process quite rewarding 😉
Vinyl for me where possible, but a bit of streaming too.
I will always buy the vinyl release of anything new I like if it's made available.
My paradox:I almost only listen to streaming of self ripped cds/sacds/Blu-ray/DVDA/dvd. Streaming formats wav/flac/dts hdma/dsd some the original format some converted to pcm.That said I still buy the actual stuff (almost as expensive as downloads but then always a backup available)
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