I’m coming into this area as a practical and philosophical result of:
- me wanting to own my music
- CDs are barely being made
2.1. If they are - they’re not being shipped to my corner of the world - Torrenting often failed me in terms of variety.
However - I am absolutely ignorant about equipment, maintainance, and know-hows of the audiophile world.
If you’re looking to “own” your music, another path is something like Zotify. You can actually download tracks from the service with the similar name. Philosophical issues aside, I have no issues using them for a bit to build out my collection.