These days I'll generally stream anything I'm just curious about from Deezer Elite, and occasionally follow up by buying the CD - or if it's a new rock release, the LP if there is one. Classical stuff still benefits from the quiet background, so I'll still buy that on CD, but I will then create a FLAC rip on the NAS to give me the option of playing through the Sonos system.
Whether this changes will depend on the outcome of my experiments in hi-res streaming. If I find there's a significant sonic benefit to 24 bits over 16, that becomes the obvious choice for new purchases, even though there's none of the nice packaging or sleeve notes (although library management software like Roon may help with this.) And at some point I will probably swap my cheap home-made mini-PC streamer for something reassuringly expensive by Naim or Linn.
Streaming is great, though, if the quality's up to it. No adverts, no low-quality MP3s and vastly expanded musical horizons.
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