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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
glupson
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I mostly use Walkman. New one. Digital. All the music fits on microSD card (1TB).

I (relatively) recently bought a SACD/CD player. I have not put more than 20 discs in it. All the discs are uploaded (dowwnloaded?) to a hard drive for larger system. As larry described above, convenience is hard to beat. CDs are not even in the same city anymore, but I am not donating them, just in case.

Now, streaming from the Internet is a little scary. You know, all these new fads, like Internet, are unreliable. That is why I like to have my own. I buy a record or two a few times a year. Listen to it once or twice.

The only thing that seems appropriate to be played on physical media (discs) is Requiem. For physical media.
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lloydc
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I prefer my 4000 or so lp's, but my son streams, exclusively.  I bought him great earbuds and a portable dac for his computer, he's good. he told me a "dad joke": 
"My neighbors listen to good music.  Whether they want to or not."
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asvjerry
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Jim, not that I've any children or grandchildren.....but you might remind Snookems that:

1)  You made half of his parents a reality.
2)  When you got irritated, they called you 'Sir'.
3)  You and the 'other Boomers' contributed to making their 'lifestyle'  possible....partly by not holding said parent under until the bubbles stopped...
4)  How long can you hold your breath?

We didn't have to 'get involved', but we've learned an amazing amount by just watching....and avoiding 'babysitting'.

"Well....Uncle Jerry said that if I put Bach on and ran it backwards, there's demonic messages...."

I've got a bit of most of the formats....including some transcription discs bought from Habitat, just for fun...
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analogvm15
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Just play what you want. You can'rt take it with you.
ian_of_glos
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If you really are thinking about buying a new CD player could i suggest that you opt for one that is capable of playing SACDs? SACD sounds so good that it is now my first choice when i am looking for a recording of a particular piece of music.
Remember, just as when we were their age, young people tend to do what they see their friends doing. So because their friends use their phones to do absolutely everything, it feels natural for them to use their phones to listen to music too. However, it is quite easy to convince anyone who is really interested in music that the sound quality can be improved if you are willing to experiment with some decent hifi equipment. To that end, I have made a USB connection available on my hifi so that when my children's friends come to visit they can simply connect  their iPhone to the USB connection and their music plays through my big speakers. Some of the more adventurous have even tried playing a vinyl record or CD and they have commented that they do hear a noticeable improvement in the sound quality, so i think i am developing some incipient converts. I cannot compete with the portability of a mobile phone though. 
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