Originally Posted by
Macca
You can buy CDs for a fiver delivered, that's an album a week for the same cost as the streaming provider.
You get to choose which mastering you want, like the original release instead of whatever overly-compressed re-master they they foist on you. Or one that MQA has mangled up as per the O/P.
Internet goes down you still have music.
Streaming service goes broke, you still have music.
Artist withdraws their material from the service, you still have all their albums.
One new album a week is plenty if you like to get properly acquainted with a record rather than just try to consume as much music as you can. And 90% of music is rubbish anyway.
But everyone - stick with streaming music it's keeping the price of CD down for the rest of us
I fully agree. I've been bolstering my collection for the last few years and it's impossible to deny the quality difference. I also like having the physical copy, something about opening it and having the CD in your hands and in your collection. I'm no luddite, I've tried and tested all the streamer services, currently use a Zen streamer and Spotify on my mobile constantly, but CD wins every time for me.
I've noticed several songs and albums over time being removed from Spotify and multiple Tidal exclusives, it just starts to rub against the grain after a while.
I know what you mean about an album a week, I feel much more of a connection and responsibility to listen to the whole record as opposed to only streaming the single from it and that has its own rewards, you're more than likely going to find a gem of a track you wouldn't have heard otherwise.
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