When to give up CDs and TT?

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.

Plus one for Mapman.  I am keeping most of my CD's for when they start putting CD players back in cars.

Just bought my girlfriend a very nice, loaded, used 2015 Buick LaCrosse with only 40K miles that has a CD player. I can't stand regular FM music channels and Sirius XM plays the same songs over and over again. Bring back the CD players!

Just bought my girlfriend a very nice, loaded, used 2015 Buick LaCrosse with only 40K miles that has a CD player. I can't stand regular FM music channels and Sirius XM plays the same songs over and over again. Bring back the CD players!

After several moves, during which my records and CD's traveled in boxes, I ended up in a place with a perfect stereo room. I then started sequentially totally redoing my entire system into a nice little Nirvanaland. Then, having to decide what to do with 40 book-and-record boxes of recorded material, built a big bookcase in a spare bedroom with maybe capacity for a quarter of this stuff. My garage still  holds a ton of it, going through which is a mountainous task.  I keep thinking: no way on earth can I listen to over a fraction of this!  So have been paring things, to say the least. Adding a streamer to this would be crazy, in my opinion, unless I was forced into some little retirement venue and could just compact the whole thing.  I don't much want to think about that!  As for the OP's setup, man, you just do what you wanna do!  Each person has to make up his/her mind about matters like this.  I figure that if time is limited and you can swing it, get what you always wanted. Time itself will take care of the rest, so don't stress yourself out!