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@SailorDisco @joat
Same here: any serious listening, I do from files stored on a local device. And it’s:

• backed up (unlike LP or CD) and files I own, thus recoverable indefinitely (unlike streaming)

• immune to scratches; never skips or pops

• searchable

• able to play >80 min pieces w/o interruption

• better audio quality than either CDs or (sorry, it’s a fact) LPs when ≥96x24 is available

Mid-00s iTunes was secretly the best approach for building a hi-fi music library.