I find myself streaming alot but the reasons for keeping my CDs and vinyl are simple ,I remember the countless hours pawing through LPs at the record store ,incense burning ,miles Davis bitches brew blasting through some Kabuki speaker system ,then the intense joy of finding that 1 album I needed for my collection ,with CD I remember spending some of the best days of my life ,me & my neighbor passing left handed smokes back n forth durring our city and state wide pawn shop hunts for CDs .
Plus I like the pride of ownership ,very few people love music enough to collect 10,000 us albums ,and that in itself is part of who we all are ,while brain dead zombies giggle watching reruns of The Golden Girls people like us we're aquiring music collections radio DJs would be jealous over ,a also like the physical contact with my systems that only inserting a CD ,or cleaning an LP and getting the TT up to speed can bring .
While tinkering around the house ,spending time online etc streaming is perfect ,however ,for my 3 to 4 hour critical listening sessions I cannot stream even 1 song ,I love the rituals associated with physical music and finincally supporting the artists I love ,when I take the big dirt nap I hope they have to pry the 1st rock double album from my cold dead hands .