stuartk403 posts06-29-2021 6:10pm... these, in particular::
" i personally would not hang my hat on one type of source being inherently superior to another - just too many exceptions, too many variables"
... especially given that the ears/brains taking in what the source is putting out vary in terms of how they perceive sound and what they judge to be pleasurable/"good"...
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Yes I agree,
I have a completed classical cd collection of 300-400 cds, and have no interest in streaming.
I am tube cd player for life,
Just took advantage of the newest opamps, JFET's , 4 duals for my Jadis DAC, made a very nice sonic gain.
Recently I added a Philips 777 phone, bought from my tech geek at a good price, so I added some classiacl LP's of my fav works, Ohh about 50+ LP.s
You can find them cheap, = under $20 each, on Ebay and a few off amazon.
Some are extremely rare, piad $20++.
I prefer cd, as it contains 50-80 minutes of music, with no flipping the cd over. Yeah I'm a bit lazy.
Expensive phono's may offer superior sonics vs my DAC/high tech opamps, but at what cost?
And nuances, how much greater?
I'd rather put my audio budget into new high tech speakers. The new wide band, now my system will be 100% complete.
I am trying to sell a tube cd player, my tech geek said it will be a very hard sell at my asking price, He was correct, I am lowering the price now to *rock bottom*. Tube cd players are dinasuars.
Everyone is going streaming.
Back in the day my Cayin was the bomb.
Amazing how The latest thing, shoves the old thing down to the dust, lol
I am old school, I needa physical source record in my hand, LP, cd.
Streaming is just too impresonal.
Besides are there steaming services which have every one of my cds/LP's in their file??
Most likely not.
Pettersson sym 9, Kamu/Norropking,/Philips LP. I also have a ripped cd.
This recording , among a few others, is not found on any stream service
New is not always better.