I need to start owning music again

I've spent years paying for streaming services and have nothing to show for it. It's a waste of money if you're not constantly listening to new stuff, which I don't. I've fallen out of love with music and that's probably because half the fun was being able to shop for it. If I all the music I actually listen to I'd bought I'd have a pretty impressive collection now and I wouldn't have been wasting money on potential listening. I remember back in the day I used to have CD's that I used to just copy onto my laptop then onto my phone. I remember after college going out and buying them. It was so much cooler. I'm hoping I didn't throw them all away

The only thing that's stopped me going back over these years has been the fact I can just listen on Alexa. Alexa though now I think about it is pretty crap. Considering how long it's been around as a voice assistant it's still pretty darn stupid. I don't use the smart technology anymore and the speakers are pretty low quality. I've just got so used to being able to get music by asking but looking back the tradeoff has not been worth it. Is there a way to have the best of both worlds? Not subscribe but still have my music available on Alexa?