When to give up CDs and TT?

When I was young, I abused my vinyl with cheaper turntables and whatever cartridges they came with and I wore out a lot of albums! After replacing CCR, Cosmos Factory three times I was happy to try a CD player and buy a few discs. They didn’t sound right at first, but in the late eighties, I was convinced to try newer CD’s. And some of them did sound better. I started buying mostly CD’s from that point on. I bought my first streamer maybe four years ago and it was fun listening to new music but I really missed having something in my hand to read.  Now if I hear about an album and it’s not on Qobuz, I buy the CD. I haven’t spun a vinyl in a few years now, so my TT’s and what left of my vinyl (mostly symphonies) will probably go the way of the Dodo.

I got out of vinyl decades ago and went cd’s only. I just got into streaming about 8 months ago and absolutely love it. 
 

BUT, I have no plans to abandon cd’s. Heck, I just bought a new cd player a few months ago after my old unit died after 17 years of hard use AND I still buy new cd’s!  I listen to both formats daily. 

Sounds like the OP is ready to ditch physical media.  I am not sure what he is requiring from other posters.

  I have found that sometimes streaming services will delete recordings when they actually aren’t available as physical media.  I listen primarily to Classical and this is a particular issue with recordings that had low sales figures.  Depending upon what’s in his collection he may want to copy some content to a hard drive as a hedge before dumping the lot

There is the music data aspect, but also all the rest, such as cover art, liner notes, booklets, posters, etc. Streaming and digital libraries at best give you a thumbnail of the front cover, but no back cover, no gatefold, no liner notes, no booklets, no posters.

Significant physical media holdings can also function as room treatment.

I'm going the opposite way. On my computer desk where I write my books, I used to just run Roon from my digital files. Many records are not available digitally, and I am now adding a simple vinyl rig with my computer. Looking forward to spinning records while working.

To those suggesting to copy your CDs / LPs, then get rid of them, isn't that technically "stealing" and the RIAA will get mad at you??

Even though I play most of my music stored on my computer as (mostly) FLAC files, I prefer to have the physical copies,even if they don't get touched often. I reserve streaming for listening to the occasional song that I don't like enough to own. There's something about "having" the music in my personal collection, rather than just paying a monthly fee to rent virtually any song you want.

The only reason I have any streaming service at all is that it's included in YouTube Premium. I consider Premium as a must-have, since I watch a lot of YouTube and all of the commercials would make it unwatchable. Part of the master plan, I think.

And yes, YouTube Music is probably not as "good", as Qobuz, Tidal, etc., but it's good enough for my streaming needs, and also serves as another way to get music in the car via Bluetooth.