Streaming

Yeah, I'm not deep pocketed enough to have enjoyed the best of the best, but all this long, long, longtime audiophile can say is that I'm just plain wild about streaming.  For better or worse, my current weapon of choice is a Mytek Brooklyn Bridge.  My ammo is Qobuz and Primephonic.  My delivery vehicle is Ethernet.  Fidelity-wise, streaming doesn't always outclass my vinyl and SACD gear but it does so often enough to make me a happy camper.  The vast amount of material available via streaming makes it a slam dunk.

midareff -- I regularly use my collection of dual-layer CD/SACDs to do audio face-offs between the SACD layer that passes through the DAC of my Sony XA5400ES and the CD layer that passes through my Mytek Brooklyn.  I'm not keeping exact score here but I'd guess the Mytek's DA of the Red Book layer outperforms the Sony's SACD detox more often than not.  As for the shoot out between the Red Book layer detox, the Mytek nearly always carries the day.