What is the point of CD rips?

[Geertidow]

For me it's just emotion, I like having CD's and supporting bands.
That's why I buy bandcamp albums of smaller artists I like.
I hear no difference between releases (not enough to matter anyway).
I have ripped my cds and stored them, accessible through LMS.
There are 0 reasons to use this instead of Tidal.
But I have only spotify for this reason. To motivate me to buy the album if I really like something.

 

[Brian Hall]

I keep meaning to get that. Is it read by the man himself?

It says the narrator is Grover Gardner. He does a great job. There are three books in the series and all are great.