It's time to put the CDs away. Or at least save them for special occasions. Treat the CD like a vinyl record. Save those listening experiences for what we in the business call critical listening times. Music listening is all about streaming today, even if Apple, for whatever reason, has decided not to offer a service themselves, yet.
While last week's Apple event failed to bring up any new sort of music service there's still plenty of reason to jump fully into the stream. If you're still loading that CD player, or worse, just listening to the same limited number of CDs on a regular basis it's time to get with it. Streaming music from the internet is where it's at.
You can listen to radio stations from near and far. You can make up your own radio station via Pandora or Spotify. You can have a music collection larger than you'd ever imagined. You can enjoy the creativity of satellite radio. The best news is that if you already have a distributed audio system it's doesn't take much to do it. And for the cost of a CD or two a month you can have it all.
Imagine doing the housework to an upbeat pop record from your childhood. Whatever happened to your copy? There it is on Spotify. How about cooking a nice meal while listening to a radio station out of France, complete with DJs speaking that romantic language. Spend the evening doing paperwork while enjoying a bootleg Bruce Springsteen concert on SiriusXM. Or cuddle up on the couch and listen to a romantic station that you and your significant other designed yourselves on Pandora.
What's that you say, the sound quality isn't as good as a CD? That may be so but trust me, the music sounds fine and it's going to get better. As I said, when you do want to listen to one of your favorite CDs treat it like an event and really appreciate the experience on your main sound system.
If you need to get started on creating a distributed audio system let me know. That's my specialty.

If you have a question or if I may be of service email me at radiohannibal@gmail.com
John Hannibal