Rumors of CD Demise Exagerated? New Hegel

I own a Bespoke Built DAC (my first owned DAC) and a used purchase PWA CDT (my only owned CDP or CDT).

I have built a CD Collection over recent years, of which the majority are used purchases.

I have the option to convert these to Files to be stored and used as a Source Material, but this method as of yet has not got my attention as a Main Source to be used as Parity with the other Sources. 

Prior to Digital I was solely using a Vinyl LP as the Source and have a collection that spans over 40 years.

My Turntable of choice is today 40 Years Old from initial production, and there are other ones owned that extend back to earlier production dates.

The Tonearm of choice is similar in age to the Turntable.

The Cartridge of choice, is 20 years Old from initial production.

All Three Items are treated with designs incorporated from the  modern era using materials that will not have been available and most likely not used on these models at their time of production. 

Not at any time have I felt there is something amiss in the periods of time set aside for recorded music replays.

Not at any time have I felt the need to discard and start over, selecting for use, the most recent made available Source Material or Ancillaries used to replay any type of Source Material. 

I do remain open minded and am regularly experiencing and learning about the latest technologies, none of the experiences to date have been too convincing, and older Technologies are for myself well worth maintaining.     

I begin transfering cd long time ago...

I never kept them after that... I had two big hard drive to protect for the accidental lost of one...One connected the other not connected ...

For sure nuclear explosions with EMF will grill my computers... A micronova too... But being there at my age i will not need music anymore ... 😊

i put all my money in music albums not in audio gear... Then i owned 10,000 albums not few hundreds...

Try to put them in a room with 5 thousand books ... And who can afford books and music with a costly audio system in a dedicated room anyway ? Not me...I choose books and music and created my own dedicated room with a low cost audio system but a very good one...

Against the approving nod of purist turntable collectors, i collected files.... i ripped all my cd losless long ago and all the new one or buy files...

I read on an ereader now with only my core 500 extraordinary paper irreplaceable  books which for most of them are not in pdf file anyway ...I read science and philosophy...

Less is always better, especially if like me you need always more than most... it is a paradoxical teaching for sure... I will let you decipher it... 😊

There is absolutely no need for many items to end up in a Landfill,

@pindac Believe it or not, you are going to die one day. At that point you lose control over what happens to your physical media collection. You may make plans for it to be well cared for by a currently young person, but who knows what life changes that person will experience, possibly making your collection an unacceptable burden rather than an asset. Whatever happens, I’m pretty sure that your collection is going to the landfill at some future date. It would be a remarkable achievement if it survived two generations after your passing.

@tomcy6  You are correct, I only can be, whilst drawing breath, as well as develop the values I have come to live by and sustain.

I don't expect anybody to 'Take Up the Mantle', these are limited to my pursuits of entertainment and pleasure. 

My side of the street will be swept, along with the walk thoroughly walked.

Everything in the Audio Industry is greatly exaggerated, media, specifications, measurements, cost and of course performance.