Streaming vs Physical Media


I have a decent digital front end with a Lumin U1 Mini (w/ external power supply) and a Border Patrol SE dac.  Have some CDs, but no transport.  Would a CD transport sound better than a streamer of similar quality/price?  

mdonda

Showing 2 responses by gdnrbob

Lots of good posts.

So much of streaming is listener dependent. What I like, you might find awful.

@mdonda ,

A CD will play only Redbook(44.1khz), streaming might offer the same track at higher resolutions. And, much of the playback quality will be due to your DAC.

Border Patrol is one of the highly rated DAC's, so you should be good to go.

If you do want to compare, I would suggest finding a Rega Apollo CD transport. It is not very expensive, and does a very good job, and you can insert your DAC, if you wish.

bob