I cherish all 1500 or so or my CDs, the lady cherishes all 500 or so of hers. When we move into our new apartment we plan to have a listening room/library with all our CDs and vinyl floor to ceiling on shelves.
True. But there is an argument that a CD sale is a one-off payment so if you play a track from a CD one or a million times it doesn’t matter. If you stream a track one or a million times it does matter. Not seen any analysis of this though.
My advice is don’t sell them. I sold all my vinyl when I was a student, with the idea I’d replace all the good stuff with CD, and I have regretted it. I regret it so much I have spent the past 5 years searching out the vinyl and repurchasing it.