I Sold my CD Player!!! Streaming sounds so incredible!!!

There was a time when it was said that CD is a thing and is here to stay. Streaming will eventually be done away with or relegated to the level that CDs and Vinyl are now enjoying and it will again, be done at the behest of some capitalistic moron out to make a buck at everyone else’s expense.

You can count on it. All they are doing is changing the delivery system, over and over again. The very same mindset gives us remake after remake with movies and reruns on streaming services. Some executives are losing their jobs over that one. It won’t be long before movie studios will be "discovered" and the old ways make a sort of comeback.

Capitalism is not a naturally occurring phenomenon and it all depends on how it’s administered. Debating all of this misses the point, though. The money is already there for the artists, ready to be equitably disbursed. It’s just been siphoned up by higher ups who’ve rigged the system and that is not capitalism by any stretch of the imagination. It’s a legally endorsed theft. They lobbied mightily to have it this way.

All the best,
Nonoise

I've been in the music business in some form either as a successful working musician or live sound engineer for decades. Joined the Honolulu Musicians Union the first time in 1968. There are no "big bucks" available to the vast majority of serious musicians (some orchestra union musicians do OK) in the singer/songwriter/band world. To think there is is delusional. To think there used to be is also delusional...ask Linda Ronstadt...if you manage to get noticed by streaming, again, the value is publicity, and maybe you can get out there and play somewhere...maybe.

In my experience, streamers can be good but don’t engage me as the CD.
Not only for the sound, but for the physical aspect (reading the booklet, collecting and organizing them…), for the simplicity within the system (just plug it to the power, use a pair of interconnects, and that’s it) and last, for the thrill of the hunt (in music stores, discogs, amazon…).

The one streamer that I found pleasing to listen to (for an hour or so) was very complex and expensive system with several boxes. Side by side, a good CD player (much more affordable) was equal in sound quality - it was the Marantz SA-KI Ruby.

@wolf_garcia, please explain the Linda Rondstadt comment.  While she no longer controls or profits from her musical catalog, she has a reported net worth of over $100 million.

mahler123,

Your last post is the most relevant on this thread for me.  You may remember me as a violinist, classical music lover.  Take your experience with Richter and Bach Well Tempered Clavier.  Go further, try to find a particular recording of Richter of an obscure piano concerto with various conductors and orchestras, on various labels.  Suppose you want to compare his phrasing at a particular point such as 9 min 48 seconds on one vs 9 min 30 seconds on another.  Nothing but your physical media will let you do this.  Youtube is good for doing this, although many recordings aren't available on YT, and of course sound quality is poor.  But for old master violinists like Kreisler of 100 years ago, although sound quality is poor, for musical satisfaction Kreisler is better than any violinist of today.

I have only CD and LP in my collection.  I have never gotten into streaming, and many here may say that I am incorrect.  Outside of music listening, I don't like internet instructions.  It is all geared to people who think that human customer service is obsolete.  I do business mainly with companies where there is live customer service, and not in chat boxes whose AI is primitive.

So, thanks for your post, which will keep me away from getting involved in streaming.