How do you store your music? - Or do you skip that shit and stream everything

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I have a lot of CDs and tapes that I can't use because I have no players. I'll probably never listen to them again either. I just use Youtube now. I don't really care enough to get a digital collection going I guess. Youtube is convenient enough. Plus I still have physical stuff. I usually don't listen to new music even by bands that I like. I'm comfortable living in a time warp at the moment.
 
Stream at home since its more easier to search or discover what's new. Then depending on the artist I'll download entire discographies along with playlists and soundtracks.
 
I download FLACs/M4As for music I like, otherwise MP3s; however, I like to listen to music in my car and exclusively use CDs for it to avoid poking my phone while driving. Most of my CDs are imports and I only import for groups I really like. I usually make mix CDs of what I've found and liked every 6 months, if there's enough.

I use foobar for computer playback and have spent many many hours organizing my playlists and setting correct metadata (I've lost the playlist order and such before). I don't like to stream because paying money for it is dumb when I can have a real CD and a download I can rely on since I regularly back up what I have. You never know when a thing will be removed from a streaming service, and my favorites aren't on them to begin with.

I like bandcamp because I can download in the formats I want or stream if I didn't happen to have space on my phone for an album I'm in the mood for.
 
I have a shitload of CDs and a handful of vinyl. I tend to buy them, rip them and store them, then just listen to them on the PC or phone if I'm out. May seem kind of pointless, but if I don't own the physical media I'm just not interested, even if they do end up as files on the computer.
 
It depends, just no streaming, streaming is for complete retards
if you think physical media is pointless, use soulseek. if you don't have enough space to just use soulseek, get more space
 
MP3s on a hard drive.

I don't trust streaming services because music companies can pull songs and entire albums without a moments notice, even for no reason at all. That type of control is scary.
 
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