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
Ok I’m a Boomer. I admit it. Actually one of the first boomers, as I was born exactly 9 mos after VE Day. (If you don’t know what VE Day is - oh well.)
After listening to CDs and streaming predominantly of late, I’ve rediscovered vinyl for real, and do most of my current listening in that format. Streaming is best for exposure to new music, and for checking out albums before committing  to buying an LP. Vinyl sounds best (and all my equipment is pretty high end.) All formats have their place, and I would not give up any of them. 
My post: " ***  need's to be taken behind the woodshed" was removed??? Is plain-ol' fun now being sensored?
I have been looking through AGone and AudioMart listings for a used CDP that will play Red Book CDs, SACD and accommodate streaming. Maybe I'm wrong but, It looks like I might have to choose between one that is CD/SACD or one that is CD/Streaming capable.

A tough choice for me, as I have hundreds of CDs and a few SACDs from back when I had a Sony SACD player, but like the CA Audio, quit reading discs. The only streaming I have ever done with audio, is Pandora and UTube, through my AV system, so am sure I haven't really gotten much of an appreciation of how good Hi Res streaming can be. I am finding a few good options to go either way though...Jim