Big source improvement using CD player

This is a mosh pit, i jump in. I been traveling this road for a time. I started streaming years ago with one of the first Sonos zone players & Napster. Quickly switched over to Deezer streaming at 16/48 as they had an exclusive contract with Sonos. Had an old Sony CD player I was using as a transport always sounded better with both sources going into my Wadia DAC via Coax. Decided to upgrade the CD player and demoed the Cambridge transport. No improvement so I stuck with the old Sony. Then I sprung for the Wyred4Sound mods to the Sonos and got a nice bump in SQ but it still got nudged out by the CD transport. Then the Sony died and I went without a transport. Next step, I got my paws on a Bryston BDP streamer and switched to Qobuz and compared that, @same bit rate, directly with the Sonos and the Bryston took the flag hands down. Always wanted another CD player just to see if it was still better. Finally scored a Bryston BOT-1 memory player that works with the BDP. Did a compare and now the advantage was gone. The streamer SQ was just as good as the transport. I gonna keep the transport so I can do a period rush by slidding in a disc and burn my buddies CDs to disk. Now I am convinced that with the correct setup, Streaming can sound as good as a CD.

If you then tie in Roon the streaming experience becomes even more compelling.

Note: The Wyred4sound Sonos ended up at my GF condo connected to a Shiit DAC and a pair of Audio Engine A5 powered speaker. Made for a tidy condo settup.

@roberttdid,
Yeah the BOT is a very simple device, not a single button on it. It buffers the read into memory, then error correction is done before sending it on to the BDP, as I understand it. I don’t know that much about Bryston but their support so far has been first class. It would surprise me if they manufactured something that would undermine their credentials.

@geoffkait, LOL
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@geoffkait
an image search on "troll' produced it.

Hey @puffbojie ,
Other than Spotify you never mentioned what the streaming config was?  setup can make a significant impact.  Streamer, DAC, Network config, interconnects etc.

Like a said before I have been streaming for years and been making little upgrades along the way each with SQ improvements.
I stream internet radio.  The station stream FLAC 16/44Khz.  One of my configs is to stream off a URL via  ROON.  The other is to go directly to my endpoint using an app built specifically for the radio station.  Significant difference in SQ for each implementation.

"Sorry, but that thing just uses a cheap $20 slot load media disk spinner, like this.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/TS-632A-GATEWAY-M-SERIES-SLOT-LOAD-DVD-RAM-DVDRW-DRIVE-TS-632A-GRADE-A-/264547058626?_trksid=p2385738.m4383.l4275.c10

Try going back to a real CD transport, with some cred."


Actually the above is inaccurate and tells me you don’t know what you are talking about here.