Streaming or Local music storage?

[Gerronwithit]

For many years I had my CDs copied to NAS storage but even with RAID disks it went catastrophically wrong when control units failed on two of these devices. CDs were of very variable quality with remasters appearing at frequent, costly intervals. Streaming dispenses with the storage and sorting of thousands of CDs. It also means I can generally acquire the most up to date version of an album very quickly and even compare it to earlier versions.

The only problems are the quality of the product provided by the streamer and the internet connection. Most of the rest is humbug. If I wanted to get aesthetic pleasure from playing music I would have a very fancy record deck on a very fancy stand and loads of beautifully covered and stored albums, but I don’t.