CD player to Sonos speakers?

Streaming doesn't support artists? It's actually the only current model that does.
OK - I'll bite :-)
How does buying a CD not support the artist?

OK - I'll bite :-)
How does buying a CD not support the artist?

Because a CD can be ripped and file shared to hundreds of thousands of others. Not saying you would do that, but the bottom fell out of the CD sales model because hundreds of thousands of others did it.

Just curious: has this CD issue led any artistes to stop putting out their music on CDs and allow only streaming ? Other than the struggling ones that are still to make it big who may not have access to the CD route for commercial reasons.

I agree with what others have said about CD/CDP becoming obsolete at home as soon as a Sonos+NAS solution is available.

As to soulless, that is a very personal thing; there are many that prefer vinyl to CDs claiming the latter to be soulless.

I ripped my CD collection to FLAC and put it on a NAS and haven't had the CD cabinet open in several years. It was recently banished to become a plant stand in an out of the way corner.
Most of the time I just use Napster as it has the music I listen to and I've had it forever and am used to it.

OK - I'll bite :-)
How does buying a CD not support the artist?

Because a CD can be ripped and file shared to hundreds of thousands of others. Not saying you would do that, but the bottom fell out of the CD sales model because hundreds of thousands of others did it.
OK - so buying a CD supports the artist - it's ripping them off that doesn't. Can't disagree there...

Streaming is awful. Okay it’s convenient and I use it on the go. But if you’re a music lover surely you want to support the artists, shops and labels? Spotify and co are parasites, and lets be honest CD & vinyl sounds miles better. I bought my Rega CD player in October, thinking it would be nice to buy some of my favourite releases that I listen to a lot. But it has taken over, I now buy at least two albums a week and look forward to Fridays. I am enjoying listening to albums rather than playlists and feel that I am far more ‘on the pulse’ than I was when I was letting my listening be dictated by algorithms.

OK - I'll bite :-)
How does buying a CD not support the artist?

Because a CD can be ripped and file shared to hundreds of thousands of others. Not saying you would do that, but the bottom fell out of the CD sales model because hundreds of thousands of others did it.

Who on Earth does that? Disgusting behaviour..

Who on Earth does that? Disgusting behaviour..

An entire generation of music listeners who grew up in the era of Napster, and there is no putting the cork back in the bottle now. Hence why streaming services are actually the only viable model to compensate artists in the digital age (and there are problems with that model too).

And what about streaming precludes you from playing whole albums? I play whole albums all the time. And there are streaming services on Sonos that offer CD quality. Deezer is one. Tidal is another.

My ears are shot so my opinion on what sounds better among the formats is iffy. I found a couple service's music formats, is there a list somewhere that I'm missing?

What is the bitrate that Napster streams at on Sonos?
320 kbps AAC

What bitrate and format does TIDAL use for streaming?
TIDAL HiFi - Lossless FLAC 16bit/44.1kHz.
TIDAL Premium - AAC 320kbps

What bitrate and format does Amazon Music stream in?
256 kbps AAC & MP3

What bitrate and format does Spotify stream in?
Spotify streams in 320kbps OGG format.