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 1 response by moonwatcher

Love streaming. The convenience and choices and sound quality are amazing. However, all of it can be taken away from you at a moment's notice by lawyers or labels.  I do have a few CDs that aren't on any streaming platform and likely never will be.  Other times it may just be that the one platform you are on doesn't have the rights to that music., i.e. some have deeper catalogs.  

So, I still buy CDs or vinyl of music I care about. I don't have a "transport", I just use a good enough CD player and can always connect it to a better DAC one day or the same DAC I'm using for streaming.