Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs?

Because:

1) With a high quality CD Transport and DAC, CDs sound better.

2) I have lots of CDs to which I love to listen, and buy more when I feel like it.

3) I don't need unlimited access to all music.

4) I like the physical format and access to written lyrics.

I don’t need unlimited access to all music.

@condosound Yes you do, you just don’t know it yet. Once you get to explore limitless amounts of awesome new music (and much of it in hi res BTW), playing familiar stuff over and over again becomes an antiquated and ridiculous notion. I discover wonderful new music almost daily and as a result am having more fun as an audiophile and music lover than I ever have in my life, and it’s so interesting and exciting I rarely spin a CD anymore. Once you start streaming you’ll never go back. My only regret about streaming is that I didn’t start sooner. Continue to ignore streaming at your own peril. There are worlds of incredible new music out there just waiting for you to explore, enjoy, and to greatly expand your horizons.

With a high quality CD Transport and DAC, CDs sound better.

That’s absolutely not true at all.  A well-constructed streaming setup will match and potentially surpass CD, and streaming offers thousands of hi res recordings you can’t get with CD  

Artists actually ....you know..... make money from CD sales.

Why Not

At ATOMIC Records, California they have thousands of CDs all in very good to excellent shape some still in their original wrappers -  at the most 4.99 with many and I mean many for .99 cents.

I buy the .99 cent one's for their case alone, to replace the cases I break.  And I have the tendency to break/crack the cases.

So there you have it.  Cheap prices, great condition what more can I ask for. Ok OK so I am cheap wish they were for free - 

Have an awesome Holiday.

Because a lot of the CD’s I have are not on any streaming services is one reason. I can say the same about a bunch of records I have.