Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs?


I'm curious why you still play CDs in the age of streaming. I recently got back into CD listening and I'm curious if your reasons align with mine, which are:

  • Enjoying the physical medium—the tactile nature of the case, the disc, the booklet, etc.
  • Forcing myself to actually listen to an album, versus being easily distracted by an algorithm, or "what's next" in my playlist.
  • Actually owning the music I purchase, versus being stuck with yet another monthly subscription.

Others? 

itanibro

I am very album oriented and don't mess much with playlists. I love streaming and being able to call up almost any album, but when not available on Spotify or Qobuz, i'll pick it up on vinyl or CD. 

I completely agree with your three points. Even though I have Qobuz, I much prefer playing my own collection. With around 10,000 CDs, I truly enjoy the process of selecting and playing them.

Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs?

Because I still have them and a good CDP.

But I also concur with your reasoning  concerning streaming.   I'm mostly a vinyl man but my TT  drive system is broken so I've been streaming a lot. Its a totally different experience from vinyl. Vinyl holds your attention to the music whereas the convenience of streaming is a 2 edged sword. I find myself making playlists like a DJ and instead of listening to the music I'm making a playlist. If I  hold myself to playing just albums then its pretty good. It still won't hang with my vinyl. But I have a lot more $$$ dedicated to the vinyl. I'll be glad to get the new drive system this weekend.

I play cd because I have good collections. This are sacd, xrcd, and they are excellent. Some of my cd they are not on streaming. Also I don’t have the energy to try to put up a good streaming set up.i also have excellent sacd players and dac/transport set up .

I also have two sets of vynil set using SME 10 and VPi tt ? So I already plenty to play with. So I don’t need streaming at this time.