Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs?

@jayctoy 

"I did not know classical is you say dreadful on streaming? I listen to classical 50%. I have not heard classical on streaming even at axpona"

I was being a bit provocative!  If I pop into a HiFi store they can almost always find my classical 'test pieces' on a streaming service, but only in two-channel PCM form.

Really, it is the organisation of the catalog that makes classical so challenging for most streaming services.  It is done very well by Presto at www.prestomusic.com.  There is an equivalent subscription service which allows downloads as well as streaming.  I usually download as a prelude to ordering the silver disk, if I like the music and performance ...

To give my stylus / Cartridge a break.

Streaming right now on my second system but tonight I will fire up my main system and play a few CDs I picked up at Newbury Comics for $4 to $6.  

Assuming a certain percentage of streamed music would appeal to me, I would need to have a way to select, organize and categorize an online library for future listening as I do not always remember the artist, album, music by name and would want to minimize searching of music I already selected that I like,

@agwca  You might consider an Innuos Zen streamer.  It’s a very good streamer but you can also load your CDs directly into it so all your music will be at your fingertips and thus will greatly help you declutter.  Also their excellent Sense app will allow you to easily organize playlists and find new music, and I think it’s a great value used.  Just one idea FWIW.

https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/650163113-innuos-zen-mk3-2tb/

Agree with all three of your points and I'll add a couple more: the artist gets more money and streaming is too doggone expensive to get high-quality sound.