DTTOM37
Active Member
Looks (y)our habits are a bit "outdated" for most generations that came after you/us. ;-)Nor me. All our music, apart from one album which I got from Apple Music because I couldn't find it on CD, is ripped from CD, bought new or used. We can stream it anywhere in the house, and because it's also on iPhone, can be listened to on foot or in the car, with no mobile data usage.
Personally, I tend to agree that streaming from a local source is my favourite, given that when I was 20 I had already about 300 vinyl records in my library and almost the same numbers of C90s - and I would describe myself as a music enthusiast (kind of dis-horder-ly) who don't want to loose access to the sources of pleasure. Most sources from the last 45 years are still accessible for me. ;-)
I do use Qobuz, but mostly for discovery, I often buy from them particular downloads, while my preferred sources are still Bandcamp for DL or Discogs for CDs I would rip myself.
My suggestion for the USB device on the router was primarily for easy going functionality testing, I was aware that Nicolas had mentioned his own NAS. I own a fully equipped UNRAID NAS (24 TB) myself, however, I use it only in the winter half, as I am in need for using an audio PC (low powered) anyway for my active speaker system. Therefore, a SSD attached to it seems to a more economic/ecologic solution to me.