Streaming Is To Audio What Red Plastic Cups Are To Wine

Another analogy is one that only streams music consumes everything but retains nothing!

@devinplombier 

so if sound quality isn’t the point, I guess you are alluding to the joys of listening for 20 minutes at a time, after cleaning off a hunk of fossil fuel and trying to minimize static electricity, and enduring warped records that pop and click and skip?

  Those joys have long ago eluded me.  Enjoy them all you wish, but from my perspective you’re the holder of the plastic wine cup

I never decided to go down the rabbit hole of vinyl, having grown up in the era of CDs and mp3s primarily.  The main thing that keeps me from it is the cost.  I can either spend 5 digits worth on a vinyl rig and vinyls, or I can spend that on my digital setup, cables, etc etc along with paying some money on bandcamp to LIVING artists that need the funds to live, rather than collect things for nostalgia's sake. 

Not to say there's anything wrong with vinyl and I have enjoyed listening to vinyl on occasion.  But personally I'd rather just stream primarily for cost and convenience.  I love the fact though that people still are really into vinyl, however.  It's a cultural thing and it's important to keep things like that alive.  For some people, streaming feels less real or important, but maybe because they aren't putting intention into their listening sessions and not just having music as a background thing while they scroll social media.  Food for thought

I am completely alien to anything,vinyl,cd, printed images,text, even if i could and had appreciated them ( i loved Nonesuch vinyl album among others)...

I care only about my uninterrupted musical attention for the sounds and for music...

Then i can understand your point ...Even if i can understand also tactile nostalgia...

so if sound quality isn’t the point, I guess you are alluding to the joys of listening for 20 minutes at a time, after cleaning off a hunk of fossil fuel and trying to minimize static electricity, and enduring warped records that pop and click and skip?

Streaming will never give you this.