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Tammy Rogers

I ditched music streaming for my CD collection for a month — and I can't believe how much I missed it

Fiio DM13.

As much as physical media floats my boat, I still generally stream the majority of my music. It's convenient, with higher quality than most CDs (or even vinyl — come at me, all ye purists) at a monthly price that's less than a couple of coffees on the way to work.

As a result, my CD collection, built up over years and years, has come to gather dust. After all, it doesn't have the same fully analogue veneer of records, nor the irritating sound quirks of cassettes. It's all a bit too... polished.

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