Streaming or Local music storage?

[mdconnelly]

I struggle with this.... As a long-time music collector (some might say hoarder ;-), I get a lot of enjoyment out of it. And Roon is an ideal way of listening to it. But, I can see the great appeal of streaming services such as Qobuz and Tidal. If I was still young (68 yo now), I have no doubt that I'd just use one of these services and only collect the rare albums that I might not find on these services. I have done trials with both Tidal and Qobuz and must admit it is truly an awesome way to discover new music. I do worry, however, how musicians will survive in the long run. Only the biggest names make much from these services. And for the last 5 months no one is making money performing.

Sadly, my music collection - now about 3600 albums either ripped or download in FLAC - will have little legacy value to my kids or grandkids. Still, I've put a ton of time (and money) into acquiring, ripping & tagging so I don't see tossing it all any time soon. Still, I may just buy in to Qobuz or the like and cut down buying new music to own. I do have a bit of a fear that I'll just discover a lot more music that I'll then feel inclined to buy. Hard to teach an old dog new tricks.