Digiital source material: what do people do/makes the most sense...

QUESTION 1: I have a few hundred CDs (plan on ripping to server), and am wondering how to get rest of music I want:

QUESTION 2: is it is possible to set up hardware to use two services (if needed?):

My musical taste:

Classical mainly orchestral but I want to be able to choose a better conductor
Common popular music artists but I'll want to be able to access most of CDs/albums from e.g. cat stevens, Heart, Rod Stewart, Traffic, Bill Joel, etc
Some jazz: mainstream (Brubeck, Miles, Coletrane...)

Thanks for your time.

berner9903-07-2020 11:00pm

jazzman7 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 360 posts 03-08-2020 at 12:32am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete My pick would be B. add one streaming service + buy occasional CDs. I did Tidal for about 5 years before more recently switching over to Qobuz I still buy the occasional CD which I then rip as an uncompressed Flac. As you can guess from my handle I listen mostly to jazz.
limomangus Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,527 posts 03-08-2020 at 02:21am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Cds are selling cheap right now.I get lots 300 for $100 ,150 for $100 etc good stuff ,in good condition....most of the time but friday I bought 200 for $60 and they were worth nothing ...buyer beware ,lol.
erik_squires Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 16,638 posts 03-08-2020 at 02:45am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I use Roon and subscribe to Tidal. I rip some CD's, have a collection of around 7k tracks.
pjr801 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 192 posts 03-08-2020 at 10:20pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I use Spotify which suits my kids more than me. I still buy vinyl and CDs.Buying CDs now for me comes down to price(and content). As mentioned above CDs are getting cheaper, I look at it the same as when vinyl started to disappear, It was a good time to buy, people were ditching their collections and replacing them with CDs.I see now as a similar opportunity.