I've been mulling over the same dilemma for over a year & I have over 10,000 titles in my CD collection ,weather digital streaming sounds just as good something inside my brain won't allow me to think of music as something disposable ,I like knowing I own 99% of the music I love to listen to and don't need to use an outside source to listen and enjoy ,even though at least half of my listening is now via digital streaming I can't bear the thought of turning lose of the CDs and vinly albums I spent so many hours searching out to own over decades ,I haven't watched TV in a decade so for background music I stream but for all listening sessions I have alot more fun knowing my music is coming from a recording I own ,I also love the visability of seeing an album spinning on the platter and loading a disc , even if there comes a time where 100% of my source material comes from streaming I know I won't ever sell my music collection ,my listening room would feel empty .
Getting close to giving up on CD's
I have a mid fi system ( B&W 803D, Rotel amps, Oppo 203 BD, Anthem processor). I set up a NAS drive with the intent to re rip my CD's to highest quality possible but when I purchased the Anthem AVM 60 and the newer Oppo I tried ROON with hi rez files I had purchased from HD tracks along with a subscription to Tidal. It has been close to a year and I have only gone to my CD collection a few times. Roon plays directly through the Oppo flawlessly. Been pretty happy with quality of the streaming through the OPPO. At this point I am not sure I see a point to re-ripping my collection when I can get CD quality or better with the options above.
Things can only get better with a dedicated DAC, if I go that direction I am not sure I will even keep my CD's unless it is something rare or super obscure.
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