How many folk now use streaming and have sold all their other audio equipment?

[eldarvanyar]

I rip all of my CDs to the NAS drive, I don’t have a CD player anymore. The Raspberry Pi3 into my USB audio interface with balanced outputs is almost a perfect setup for me. I still have my 401 though, it just sounds so good.

Can you say what usb audio interface with balanced outputs you are using?
Thanks

[Ali Tait]

Ripped all my cd’s years ago, still use both vinyl and R to R, but the majority of my listening is via Tidal these days.

[Sherwood]

The CD player has gone because it did not sound as good as my ripped files.

I still have turntable and very large vinyl collection because I probably wouldn't get much for them. I have sold a few vinyl discs but encountered too many time wasters wanting something for nothing.

One buyer claimed a mint vinyl album had a visible scratch across one face of the disc! I couldn't be arsed to argue so refunded money and have not sold another disc since.

Geoff

[Haselsh1]

No and no real reason to.

[Stratmangler]

Has streaming made everything else redundant? Or do you keep the 'hardware' just in case the internet breaks one day?

What's the internet breaking got to do with it?
I accept that to get off site server access you have to have internet, but my local server still works even if the internet is broken, so I can stream FLACs from my NAS - saves all that tiresome looking for a CD that you've put away safely somewhere (so safe that you can't find the bloody thing).
I haven't had a CD player in my setup for at least a decade.

I still have a turntable and spin the black stuff, but the streaming setup sees the most action - it's bound to, coz it sounds great, and it's a doddle to drive, and the convenience aspect is obvious.
My son was quite happy using it when he was 7 years old, although at the time he was more interested in playing games on his Wii.
Times change - son is now 17 years old, and he uses the Squeezebox/server all the time now, and he really appreciates having the access to a large and eclectic library of lossless music files.

I still buy CDs, rip 'em to the server, and chuck 'em in the pile afterwards.

[jandl100]

What's the internet breaking got to do with it?
I accept that to get off site server access you have to have internet, but my local server still works even if the internet is broken, so I can stream FLACs from my NAS - saves all that tiresome looking for a CD that you've put away safely somewhere (so safe that you can't find the bloody thing).

It's interesting how we all have our own points of view.
I never could see the point of ripping CDs, most of them are available from the online music streaming services anyway. I have other priorities for my time than ripping thousands of discs. And all of my CDs are filed alphabetically so I can go straight to them should the need arise.
Ah well, vive la difference! as they say.

For me, streaming is all about instant internet access to an inconceivably large collection of music. As such, we live in a Golden Age of music access, imo.

[Bigman80]

I was told that ripping a CD to a SSHD would produce better results than playing a CD.

Not tried it but I may do soon !

[jandl100]

Perhaps.
But I don't play CDs anyway and I am very happy with the sq from the streaming services.

[Stratmangler]

I was just taken with the idea of playing my CD albums from the comfort of the sofa, and losing the need to keep proper control of a large physical library of material.

In 2009 I reaped the rewards of my earlier endeavours, because I had my neck broken in a car accident, and ultimately required an operation to fit a metal plate to stabilise the fracture to allow it to heal properly.
I spent a great deal of time kept very immobile by a Philadelphia collar, so moving around was awkward and difficult to say the least.
If I hadn't already ripped my CDs for streaming purposes I would not have had the easy capability of playing music.

[jandl100]

Ah, I can see that. I guess the music streaming services were way off their current level of excellence 8 or 9 years ago.
I recall being distinctly unimpressed with them just 5 or so years ago when I looked into it. They've come a long way since then.