Has anyone here made the switch from a 'hybrid' to a streaming-only setup? I mean, removing their cd- and record players from their rigs and go full on streaming. And streaming could be services (Tidal, Spotify, etc.) or locally (downloads and ripped cd's)?
I am still a fervent cd collector. Have (what I consider) a respectable collection of probably somewhere between 1500 and 2000 cd's. And still buying around 20+ cd's a year (if and when not available otherwise or if it's something special). At the same time I notice that I'm buying more and more downloads (mostly on Bandcamp). When I'm doing, what I call, 'seriously listening', the ratio is anywhere between 60% streaming - 40% cd and 70%-30%. I enjoy the convenience of streaming. And I simply buy more music as download nowadays. My record player has been in storage for over 15 years now. And I never missed it. Even though I still have a few vinyl albums that have never been release digitally. Don't miss the clicks at all. ;-)
Removing the cd player from the rig would be the next step. Did anyone here do that? And if so, what did you do with your cd collection: did you start a huge ripping task? Or was (is) it more incremental? Personally, I know that doing everything in one (very long) go won't be a success. So I'm thinking of ripping cd's "as needed", i.e. whenever I want to listen to a cd for the first time.
Selling my cd collection is not what I intend to do. For that I'm too much of a collector. It's basically about simplifying my setup.
Curious to hear what you did. And what your experiences are.
I am still a fervent cd collector. Have (what I consider) a respectable collection of probably somewhere between 1500 and 2000 cd's. And still buying around 20+ cd's a year (if and when not available otherwise or if it's something special). At the same time I notice that I'm buying more and more downloads (mostly on Bandcamp). When I'm doing, what I call, 'seriously listening', the ratio is anywhere between 60% streaming - 40% cd and 70%-30%. I enjoy the convenience of streaming. And I simply buy more music as download nowadays. My record player has been in storage for over 15 years now. And I never missed it. Even though I still have a few vinyl albums that have never been release digitally. Don't miss the clicks at all. ;-)
Removing the cd player from the rig would be the next step. Did anyone here do that? And if so, what did you do with your cd collection: did you start a huge ripping task? Or was (is) it more incremental? Personally, I know that doing everything in one (very long) go won't be a success. So I'm thinking of ripping cd's "as needed", i.e. whenever I want to listen to a cd for the first time.
Selling my cd collection is not what I intend to do. For that I'm too much of a collector. It's basically about simplifying my setup.
Curious to hear what you did. And what your experiences are.