CD transport vs.streaming


Many have stated on this forum that the SQ from their CDs is superior to the sound from streaming sources. Others have said the opposite. Weirdly, in side by side identical tracks the sound from my Cyrus CDt sounds identical to my Cambridge CXN v2 streamer. I wonder if anyone else has this experience.

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I'm a solo manufacturer, so if I may - try listening to an SACD with this setup: HDMI out of a universal player to the GeerFab Audio D.BOB, which extracts the DSD64 (and PCM up to 24/192) and sends it to an external DAC via the DoP over Coax/Toslink protocol. Legally. The SACD world has been waiting 20 years for this. More reliable than streaming. Is there even a way to stream DSD? Download, yes, but streaming?

 

lalitk: By streaming, I was referring to a service like Qobuz or Tidal. There don't seem to be any services that stream DSD. As to downloads, SACDs are often less expensive than downloads and don't take up any hard drive space. I should note that downloads still require hardware.

I invented the D.BOB because the DACs in players are not as good as good as external DACs with independent power supplies. One only needs a reliable player, the D.BOB and an external DAC. When I went from the DAC inside an Oppo 105 to using it just as a transport, connected to the D.BOB and then to that first Mytek DAC (Stereo 192DSD), my world changed.