Chord Hugo ?

I am thinking of trying digital play back once again after 13 years , back then it just wasn't there compared to good analogue play back.
Where is digital play back today I ask, well to start personally I would not take advise from headfi to try to learn and get any solid information even with 4,500 comments some of which RGS92 mentions at the top of this thread,..?Really?
Then I read Gasley take on audiophiles and why the Cord Hugo hasn't garnered any serious respect here on Audiogon,...WoW,...

Hi DTC understood,,,,however I never read a single thing on the Cord though I have waded threw some of Headfi's large site from time to time.
You are correct ,evaluations of sound ie recorded quality , quality of Hi-res down loads ect ,chat is near non existent if it exists at all on that site even here on Audiogon threads started on the subject little participation happens.....However I get the notion reading threw profiles of members that low res streaming is just fine .

Anyone, What is your choice of music down loads and from whom , hi-res, DSD dxd? ect do you prefer.
What is your music reference recordings when you are evaluating over all performance of said product.
Reading descriptions of "natural sounding" like they are describing an all most living presence with vocals and acoustic instruments perked my attention to give digital another look.
Music server ? CD player or ? at what budget ? However the more
I read the quicker I backed off, It's all over the map though for now I settled on a used sacd player which could be sold at anytime without much or any loss.
Many could be perfectly happy with MP3 play back and hear a real natural sounding deep bass that seems to be the big turn on for some at Headfi.
I use head phones about 5 % of the time they do resolve low level detail some recordings better but this is sub way and traffic ,subtle audience noises during live recordings.
So to evaluate a particular component like the Cord which method of digital streaming / ripped music or Cd playback do you prefer to do this.?