Quoting Mahler 123: itturns out that there isn’t a single software program that I’ve encountered-and I’ve tried many, including Roon-that can organize Classical Music. I can find CDs faster on my shelf than in the media libraries. Also many of these recordings were not big sellers-perhaps 20,000 units- and some are recordings dating back decades. The availability of these recordings in the services such as Qobuz is spotty as their availability ebbs and recedes.
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Like you I listen to Classical Music, both opera and classical music. As an audiophile with a very well outfitted Roon system and duplicated on the Naim Uniti Core that I started on by ripping my CD collection and editing the metadata and with a CD Collection of over 4000 albums, I have a little experience. I started with LPs in the 50s, graduated to tape cassettes, then CDs, I go back a few years. I struggle to believe that you can file and find your CDs any better than you can organize your metadata in Roon and other systems that curate metadata. Classical music has inherent problems that make it virtually imposslble to have a perfect file system.
But my real point isn’t to argue about that but to say that streaming my CDs is the best thing I’ve done. I made the mistake of refurbishing my Bang & Olufsen turntable so I could return to using my vinyl collection. It’s in complete rebuilt condition, sounds as good as a Beogram 4004 can sound and I’ve played it four times in 12 months. The reason is so obvious, it’s that streaming is so ridiculously convenient, I can’t be bothered to struggle with handling the physical copy. It takes awhile to locate a physical copy and set it up to play. It takes less than a minute to start the same music selection streaming. And my physical CDs no longer take up space in my house. I even bought an expensive Ayre DX-5 DSD for my SACDs. I’ve had it a year and play it almost never. For the same reason. And not only is streaming ridiculously convenient it sounds equal to or better than my expensive Triode CD player with optional tube.
i don’t need Tidal or Qobuz because my CD collection has most of what I want. If I want something new, I buy the CD. And because I only have to rip it once, I don’t need to buy new. When I buy a CD, it costs almost nothing.
I admit I haven’t made the logical next step, which is to donate or sell my CD collection. For unknown reasons, I like to own the hard copy too, though I’ve never once turned to a ripped CD to listen to it again.
My vinyl collection is impossibly large. It is always a lengthy ritual to find and prep a vinyl recording to play. I just hate doing it. So I don’t. Luckily much of my vinyl has been professionally dubbed and if I have something that has t been dubbed, I’ll buy the CD. I ought to sell my Beogram 4004 but I probably won’t.
