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
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1. I still own lots of CDs. 
2. I enjoy the tactile pleasure of fussing with physical media. I also enjoy reading the insert material and looking at the album art. LPs are even better for this! 
3. I’m finally at the stage of life where I can afford a nice CD player with an excellent DAC. (Luxman D-03X).                                   
4. I also enjoy sitting down and listening to entire CDs/LPs.

I’m new to streaming and generally use it for auditioning albums before buying them or “whole house” background music. I do appreciate the idea of having a large music library stored in a small space.

It’s very simple.  CDs are digital music without compression or expansion.  Any music from a streaming system or download is always compressed.  

Have 5000 and enjoy their sound thru my 3 CD players and attached systems. I listen to streaming in my office where there is no space fir a cdp. It's OK to ne but not great. It's  best for music discovery and background music. I have a Marantz nd8006 streamed in another system but it's unwieldy and I don't think it sounds great. I am still looking a a replacement for it and will try something soon. So CD s seem to deliver for me. I also still buy cds new and used when I find something where I like the music and it is well recorded. Lots of my favorite music is nit found online too as it's very regional in derivation or in niche categories.