Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
If they disposed of their 'software', then that was their decision, but it is not something I would have done. Relying on streaming services does not guarantee you quality reproduction. These services will tailor the software to suit the customer, which increasingly are those who listen via smartphones/earbuds.

The cost ratio would only be infinite if the streaming service was free, which it is if you are willing to put up with invasive advertising or a limit to how many times you can skip tracks. If you are willing to pay an, albeit small, fee you are still not guaranteed the highest quality of reproduction.
Well you don't have to tell me, extent of my streaming is to check out stuff on Youtube. CD only in the main system, the only way to guarantee you have the best master and so the best sound.

But streaming has been going more than 15 years so there'll be a lot of people now with expensive systems that have never bought any physical media.

Physical media is only about 11 percent of music revenue now.

I think CD will have a comeback, albeit modest, sales of them are slowly rising as more people cotton on.