classical music source

Obviously it's not possible to listen to Toscanini/NBC Symphony in today's venues, but for me it's not possible to listen to him on CDs as well.

I agree with Larry's comments. You can always rip CDs later if you want to serve your music up via computer.

Building a worthwhile classical vinyl collection takes real skill IMO, and you miss out on the last 30 years of recordings.

I'm with Larry and Daverz; even though I have a large record collection, excellent turntable and am still buying and listening to classical records. CD's make it easier to listen (once you managed to get realistic sound out of your cd reproduction system (isolation and ac conditioning experimentation is mandatory for this). I often enjoy serious listening while on this forum for example and appreciate not having to "flip the record". But-records do sound wonderful will likely keep their value. I started buying them in about 1963-and I still wish I had every one I ever bought. But I take some satisfaction knowing the friends who 'borrowed' them obviously enjoyed 'em. I made countless cassettes that also disappeared. Back when it was common to record your favorites on a tape you could 'take anywhere'.

For me my classical music source is LPs. I'm pretty lucky that the thrift stores by me have lots of classical music LPs that are really cheap and in very good condition. I also like to listen to Classical music on CDs but mostly LPs.

I like classical on CDs due to the wide selection and for the most part, classical record labels have high standards for quality recordings and CD mastering.

Todays remastering technology has given old classical recordings new life, some having outstanding sonics.
Also when a CD is out of print, it's easy to find a used copy.

As Ptss points out, some thought and tweaks are needed in order to achieve high SQ from a CDP dedicated to classical music reproduction.