Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs?

Soix I agree $11 is cheap but you still have to buy streamer dac and cables. Though my marantz sa10 can be use on streaming.Again Iam very happy streaming is available.its shows many here play cds because they have good collections and good cd players and dac /transport set up.

Big_greg +1 , you are right on the money. So many great SAcds.

CD's sound better than streamers in my experience, but streamers are far more convenient.

I have a friend who told me the same thing cd sounds better than streaming. I ask him why ? He said too much upsampling on the streaming because of that the music no longer sound natural. I don’t know if this true?Actually his step son in law came to visit Him from out of state.He bought many cds because he said cds sound better than streaming on the systems he heard.

I ripped every CD I own to my Bluesound Vault. I packed the Cd's in a box and they now live in my attic. I still purchase Cd's, some stuff you have to own...and I just can't get past the habit. I have Spotify and qobuz for streaming also. Doing my research on a vinyl setup. Have to get a VPI Scout II - I went to Virginia Tech (VPI) and I own a Scout II, so there is that. I will build my Phono stage pre-amp from a tube kit, up in the air for tone arm and cartridge. Heard the new MM cartridges and they sound great, need to figure this out before building the Phono stage so I can tweak it for the cartridge. As you can tell, I'm all over the place with this right now. I'd even be into getting some reel to reel.