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
I'm a Boomer who went the streaming route. I might have hundreds of CDs ripped to my server but Quboz has hundreds of thousands. My monthly service pays for itself since ii no longer buy CDs. To each his own. 
Vinyl is my first love and I literally have piles and piles of CDs.  Streaming is convenient, sounds great, and is the best way I've found to discover both new and old artists that I've never heard before.  

By the way, "OK Boomer" isn't really a compliment.  I'm nearing 60.
jhills
Why is it that youngsters just don’t understand ...
People have been asking that since the beginning of time.
It really doesn’t matter much what other people think.
Your grandson is right in a way.  You really should ditch the cd player and go to a good streaming setup. Rip all your cds to a NAS drive and use a streamer into a DAC. Not only is this more convenient, but you will experience a very noticeable improvement in sound quality. Don't forget streaming from the internet such as Tidal or Quobuz. This too will at the very least equal your cdp.

Oz



ozzy62
Rip all your cds to a NAS drive and use a streamer into a DAC. Not only is this more convenient ...
Ripping a boatload of CDs to a NAS drive sure doesn't sound convenient to me.