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

Lalitk maybe your streaming set up is excellent compare to your sacd or cd set up. In this case streaming will be better.iam only speculating.

I'm old guy who grew up on CD, vinyl, cassette tape, 8 track and reel-to-reel.  When CD arrived, I found myself using my turn table less and less, so, eventually, I got rid of it (and everything else), and stuck with playing CD exclusively.  Why, because CD sounded so wonderful, and I no longer had to deal with the hassles of  owning a turn table.  When streaming music advanced to the point where it's sound quality rose to the level of CD quality and beyond, I found myself using my CD player less and less, so, eventually, I got rid of my CD player, for the same reasons that I gave up vinyl for CD.  And, I've never been happier!!!  Happy listening.       

To all the audiophiles who have for decades touted that the shortest signal path is the best so many times that it's become conventional wisdom, how do you reconcile that with a signal that can (theoretically) be transmitted halfway around the planet sounding as pure and to be as intact as one that travels, say, a foot and a half? Just asking.

All the best,
Nonoise

@nonoise audiophiles are not necessarily engineers so good luck with that science thing!! We just know….. what sounds good better than the average bear. That’s pretty much it.