Personally, I use spotify when out and about (headphones) and to find new bands. I have a playlist of interesting new songs which if I really like I will buy the album (normally CD).
At home I can stream spotify to my amp but if I’m sitting down to listen then I’ll play a CD. I also rip all my CDs, and have started re ripping them to FLAC so I can play them without getting up (old age). But while my amp has the ability to play FLAC files from a USB it seems I need a music server to give me the ability to build playlists to play digitally… Of course it’s more money, it’s always more money.
But ultimately I still love my CD collection, it has the versions of tracks that I know and like (streaming seems to have alternate versions) and it also actually HAS the song, which I’ve discovered a few times that a service just stops having tracks. Plus the ritual of putting an album on, while not quite as “purist” as vinyl, it is much more enjoyable than just poking an icon on my phone.
Personally, I use spotify when out and about (headphones) and to find new bands. I have a playlist of interesting new songs which if I really like I will buy the album (normally CD). At home I can stream spotify to my amp but if I’m sitting down to listen then I’ll play a CD. I also rip all my CDs, and have started re ripping them to FLAC so I can play them without getting up (old age). But while my amp has the ability to play FLAC files from a USB it seems I need a music server to give me the ability to build playlists to play digitally… Of course it’s more money, it’s always more money.
But ultimately I still love my CD collection, it has the versions of tracks that I know and like (streaming seems to have alternate versions) and it also actually HAS the song, which I’ve discovered a few times that a service just stops having tracks. Plus the ritual of putting an album on, while not quite as “purist” as vinyl, it is much more enjoyable than just poking an icon on my phone.