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Thread #173701   Message #4213579
Posted By: GUEST,Howard Jones
16-Dec-24 - 06:22 AM
Thread Name: 'Do you still own a CD player?'
Subject: RE: 'Do you still own a CD player?'
I have a CD player. Also a turntable and cassette player. I also have a CD player in my car, although when I next change the car that feature will probably be lost.

I prefer to buy a physical product, with its artwork and sleeve notes, even if these are sadly diminished since the days of LPs. I often copy these to the computer as well (and most CD sales now also come with a download), but on the whole I actually find downloads are less convenient, since modern software seems to be designed to play randomised playlists and has to be bullied into playing complete albums.

I hardly ever stream music. I'll occasionally use Spotify to explore new music, but if I like it I'll then buy it, preferably direct from the artist. Streamers pay a pittance to the artists, and Spotify is now quite brazenly withholding payments from small artists whose tracks don't get enough streams.