So…Much…Music!

I started streaming around 2011 when it was .mp3 quality but the ability to find so much new music was irresistible. If I liked something enough I would buy it. But with so much new music that became untenable so I would just listen to it as is. I had some magic boxes that helped the SQ (Aphex,BBE). 

I was so excited when hi res streaming started and I could really hear that music through my system. I could never go back. 

Wow! 

This thread is revising my opinion of audiophiles and music lovers. We're not all stuck in listening to the "audiophile approved" list of recordings. 

I post often on the SteveHoffman forums, and so many over there are stuck in the past. They seem content to listen to the same 60’s and 70’s albums over and over again, and paint all new music with the same broad brush. 

It is refreshing to see people of a certain age, still embracing the discovery of new music.

I have added a streamer to my system about 8 months ago using Qubuz. I use it largely for researching new musicians, bands, composers, etc. But it certainly sounds as good as my other sources.

1746 artists in my Roon library and I listen to them all, many discovered via streaming. 

Listening to music is why we buy audio equipment. WE keep searching to find true happiness in out system and music.With the price of gas is cheaper to just seat home and explore your library of vinyl  ,cds ,cassettes, Reel to reels ,streaming....relax and enjoy.

No doubt streaming has so many benefits and I listen to music exclusively with streaming. All the CDs and vinyl and associated gear has been sold, no looking back.

Being in my 70s, my audio journey started back in the 1960s with vinyl, a Lafayette receiver, and some Celestion Ditton 10 speakers. In addition to listening at my home base, what was really important to me was a portability that would allow me to have music travel with me. I’ve seen and lived it all, from 8 track tapes, to cassettes, to cds, mp3s on flash drives, and now streaming platforms.

So in addition to having access to so much new music, one of the biggest benefits of streaming for me, is to have access to all "my favourite" music as well as  many playlists curated for my tastes populated with both familiar and new music, with consistent high quality, impervious to physical breakdown, weather I’m on a plane, with my earbuds, on the beach with my Audeze headphones, in my kitchen system while making dinner, and in my car when I am driving. We have never had that combination of durability, access, portability, and superior sound quality until now with streaming.