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In Reply to: Giving up on spinning disks? posted by kh6idf on April 18, 2019 at 09:40:56:
I think your story is all too common. Optical disc players are mechanical devices, and they eventually fail for one reason or another. Unlike turntables, they are not easy to manufacture; and it seems that fewer companies are doing so -- especially because the computer industry has abandoned the optical drive.
So, it probably makes sense to prepare for the day when your optical drive fails.
As for the owning vs. streaming dilemma, I have yet to make the investment in high quality streaming and mass storage. But younger audiophiles than I (70) should consider that, unlike with vinyl records, the day will come when all those shiny discs will be unplayable -- not because they have deteriorated but because there's no device around that will play them.
BTW, there are services that will rip your SACDs to DSD files if you decide to go the NAS route and buy a DAC that plays DSD (as most seem to do these days).
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Topic - Giving up on spinning disks? - kh6idf 09:40:56 04/18/19 ( 104)
- saw a quote recently that getting up to change discs/LPs is the only exercise most audiophiles get - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 12:16:56 04/25/19 ( 2)
- How about you? - E-Stat 06:45:12 05/1/19 ( 0)
- (Sitting is the new smoking) [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 16:56:11 04/25/19 ( 0)
The Social Cost of Convenience - belyin 10:26:46 04/24/19 ( 32)
- "producing, releasing, and selling their own physical product".......... - Cut-Throat 11:38:30 04/24/19 ( 31)
- There was recent study on Streaming "royalties' paid - bare 09:39:44 05/1/19 ( 1)
- Re-read the post that you replied to. It did not mention a Streaming Service............ - Cut-Throat 09:47:38 05/1/19 ( 0)
- RE: "producing, releasing, and selling their own physical product".......... - jamesgarvin 14:15:33 04/25/19 ( 23)
- RE: "producing, releasing, and selling their own physical product".......... - Sordidman 11:08:14 06/15/19 ( 0)
- This is exactly why modern music is in the grave now - Story 16:06:49 04/25/19 ( 0)
Streaming .............................. - Cut-Throat 14:35:44 04/25/19 ( 20)
- RE: Streaming .............................. - jamesgarvin 10:38:26 04/26/19 ( 10)
- RE: Streaming .............................. - Cut-Throat 10:50:46 04/26/19 ( 9)
- RE: Streaming .............................. - jamesgarvin 11:08:16 04/26/19 ( 8)
- RE: Streaming .............................. - Cut-Throat 11:35:48 04/26/19 ( 7)
- RE: Streaming .............................. - jamesgarvin 07:29:53 04/29/19 ( 5)
- Same for many creative digital arts/media production. - jusbe 07:36:29 04/30/19 ( 0)
- RE: Streaming .............................. - Dave_K 15:45:04 04/29/19 ( 0)
- Do you have a Point ? Maybe you could tell us what your Point is in One Sentence.......nt - Cut-Throat 08:45:43 04/29/19 ( 2)
- Seems obvious enough to me - Dave_K 15:20:17 04/29/19 ( 1)
- RE: Seems obvious enough to me - Ivan303 10:42:22 05/7/19 ( 0)
- Agreed_nT - Cleantimestream 04:48:36 04/27/19 ( 0)
RE: Streaming .............................. - Bruce from DC 18:40:21 04/25/19 ( 8)
- RE: Streaming .............................. - jamesgarvin 10:59:20 04/26/19 ( 0)
RE: Streaming .............................. - Cut-Throat 04:10:20 04/26/19 ( 6)
- RE: Streaming .............................. - Bruce from DC 08:09:11 04/26/19 ( 5)
- RE: Streaming .............................. - Cut-Throat 09:26:39 04/26/19 ( 4)
- RE: Streaming .............................. - jamesgarvin 10:51:33 04/26/19 ( 3)
- "Take away the physical media, and..." - E-Stat 20:34:29 04/26/19 ( 0)
- RE: Streaming .............................. - Cut-Throat 11:04:15 04/26/19 ( 1)
- RE: Streaming .............................. - jamesgarvin 11:20:58 04/26/19 ( 0)
Thought about it - belyin 21:42:45 04/24/19 ( 3)
- RE: Thought about it - Cut-Throat 04:03:44 04/25/19 ( 2)
- RE: Thought about it - belyin 12:07:40 04/25/19 ( 1)
- Things will change for sure .............................nt - Cut-Throat 13:30:28 04/25/19 ( 0)
And, presumably - E-Stat 14:11:00 04/24/19 ( 0)
Not for jazz - jamesgarvin 08:02:08 04/23/19 ( 4)
- RE: Not for jazz - Awe-d-o-file 07:55:49 04/24/19 ( 1)
- RE: Not for jazz - jamesgarvin 11:02:41 04/24/19 ( 0)
RE: Not for jazz - cawson@onetel.com 05:44:57 04/24/19 ( 0)
+1 nt. - jusbe 09:35:24 04/23/19 ( 0)
Good riddance - Dave_K 05:47:28 04/22/19 ( 5)
- +1 For music in the car.... - AbeCollins 07:44:07 04/22/19 ( 4)
- Still the bad old days for my 2001 Honda... - E-Stat 14:20:51 04/24/19 ( 1)
- You are forgiven... - AbeCollins 19:52:16 05/2/19 ( 0)
- I knew... - Ozzie 06:48:04 04/23/19 ( 1)
- RE: I knew... - AbeCollins 09:43:09 04/23/19 ( 0)
I thought - Awe-d-o-file 17:46:09 04/21/19 ( 0)
Not me - garymuffley 19:01:36 04/20/19 ( 14)
- Fascinating thread - mlsstl 17:14:51 04/30/19 ( 0)
Sadly, I still buy CDs too - Dave_K 06:07:13 04/22/19 ( 5)
- RE: Sadly, I still buy CDs too - Awe-d-o-file 20:04:33 04/23/19 ( 0)
Very useful for folk like me. - jusbe 12:54:02 04/22/19 ( 2)
- No problemo - Dave_K 14:15:10 04/22/19 ( 1)
- RE: No problemo - AbeCollins 09:45:31 04/23/19 ( 0)
RE: Sadly, I still buy CDs too - AbeCollins 07:49:47 04/22/19 ( 0)
RE: Not me - fantja 05:32:46 04/22/19 ( 2)
- RE: Not me - garymuffley 17:18:52 04/22/19 ( 1)
- RE: Not me - fantja 19:00:44 04/22/19 ( 0)
I too, have purchased quite a few CDs inexpensively... - E-Stat 18:18:32 04/21/19 ( 0)
Indeed. +1. nt - jusbe 14:18:48 04/21/19 ( 0)
+1 - Mick Wolfe 08:45:23 04/21/19 ( 0)
RE: Not me - KanedaK 05:02:16 04/21/19 ( 0)
Almost a decade ago... - AbeCollins 12:39:09 04/20/19 ( 1)
- Me Too ................... - Cut-Throat 13:34:41 04/21/19 ( 0)
Never! Be they silver, gold, new/old OR vinyl, they all still sound great... - musetap 11:37:47 04/20/19 ( 0)
RE: Giving up on spinning disks? - KanedaK 06:56:14 04/20/19 ( 0)
I'm aware that some people like the "touchy-feely" of discs - Feanor 06:53:05 04/20/19 ( 0)
RE: Giving up on spinning disks? - hahax@verizon.net 20:33:38 04/19/19 ( 0)
I buy music on CD/SACD; play it on computer - Feanor 17:16:04 04/19/19 ( 0)
Disks sound better - BRab 13:51:46 04/19/19 ( 1)
- The Battlestar Galactica of digital. - jusbe 17:23:02 04/19/19 ( 0)
I replaced my Sony DVP-NS500V with two Oppo 205s - Soundboy 13:48:37 04/19/19 ( 0)
Another convert - mlsstl 09:37:51 04/19/19 ( 0)
Did so years ago - E-Stat 09:29:24 04/19/19 ( 2)
- Sigh... " Re-discovering old friends by choosing "random play" across the entire library or genre specific... - Cleantimestream 11:29:39 04/19/19 ( 1)
- RE: Sigh... " Re-discovering old friends by choosing "random play" across the entire library or genre specific... - E-Stat 13:32:24 04/19/19 ( 0)
RE: Giving up on spinning disks? - zacster 08:19:35 04/19/19 ( 0)
RE: Giving up on spinning disks? - digepix 06:25:01 04/19/19 ( 1)
- RE: Giving up on spinning disks? - digepix 05:45:05 04/20/19 ( 0)
Nope......... - Todd Krieger 00:23:10 04/19/19 ( 7)
- RE: Nope......... - fantja 05:31:37 04/22/19 ( 2)
- RE: Nope......... - dbphd 10:48:06 04/25/19 ( 1)
- RE: Nope......... - fantja 12:35:07 04/25/19 ( 0)
+! - popsy 12:16:31 04/19/19 ( 3)
- Don't get a new car --- I don't believe any have CD Players in them anymore....... - Cut-Throat 13:44:34 04/19/19 ( 2)
- RE: Don't get a new car --- I don't believe any have CD Players in them anymore....... - Todd Krieger 20:55:27 04/20/19 ( 0)
- RE: Don't get a new car --- I don't believe any have CD Players in them anymore....... - John Elison 19:15:18 04/20/19 ( 0)
RE: Giving up on spinning disks? - Bruce from DC 04/18/19 17:26:03 04/18/19 ( 1)
- RE: Giving up on spinning disks? - kh6idf 12:33:18 04/19/19 ( 0)
I have. - Kal Rubinson 15:44:09 04/18/19 ( 1)
- Me too. - PaulN 13:08:36 04/24/19 ( 0)
RE: Giving up on spinning disks? - hawkmoon 14:54:15 04/18/19 ( 0)
Another Idea ........................ - Cut-Throat 13:22:51 04/18/19 ( 8)
- RE: Another Idea ........................ - kh6idf 12:24:08 04/19/19 ( 1)
- RE: Another Idea ........................ - Cut-Throat 16:14:58 04/19/19 ( 0)
Curious.. - bare 15:12:43 04/18/19 ( 5)
- Pretty Much ..... - Cut-Throat 15:29:12 04/18/19 ( 4)
- The main drawback of streaming... - mlsstl 09:54:25 04/19/19 ( 3)
- RE: The main drawback of streaming... - kh6idf 12:30:12 04/19/19 ( 0)
- Well, I do have over 5,000 CDs ripped to Disk.................. - Cut-Throat 12:02:59 04/19/19 ( 1)
- Agreed, you can do both. - nt - mlsstl 15:26:24 04/19/19 ( 0)
CD playing is a mature technology. - jusbe 13:02:27 04/18/19 ( 0)
RE: Giving up on spinning disks? - kiratobias 12:32:33 04/18/19 ( 0)
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