What a sad world we now live in.......

Walter,  Another thing is I have Tidal Hifi.  My CDP 
blows away my  Yeggy DAC w/ Great streamer 
  it's just way more open on the stage .&  highs even better.  i lean to Tidal
Hifi  because i can skip around easier.  lazy thing for me.    Don't toss out CD.s  yet 

Maccamera.

Take deep breaths and say " ommmm"
over and over until you feel better.

😋😋😋😋

The last time I fell in love with music I’d not previously been exposed to... I was overseas. And even though I didn’t speak the language I still recognized what was a “hit.”

yes UBW.. lol

It is kind of weird to experience the extinction of a particular physical media that was once so ubiquitous.  DVDs/Blu-Rays are on a similar path too.  I'm amazed how small the movie section is at Best Buy these days.

On the other hand, it takes very little walking in any direction and these days I bump in to a record store selling vinyl.   So that's been really nice to see.

That said, while I do like to occasionally visit local record stores, I actually do most of my vinyl (and rarely, CD) purchases online.I love the ability to sample a lot of an album before buying - via discogs or youtube - even some of the most insanely obscure stuff.   It's simple to purchase and, because records are a cool physical media, I still get a thrill when it shows up at my door.  I don't really  need to go to a record store for that.

(But..I actually try to throw some of my business towards a local record store, to support it).

Go to "Presto Classical" and you ll'find a lot of the best CD-SACD of cassical and jazz music at good price.