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 overthemoon

Thank you to all who posted - lots of good information and different approaches.

I ditched the CD player in the early 2000s - I burned my CDs and used an Apple TV with a hard drive as my music server in addition to my LPs.

I experimented with streaming in 2019 and the access to music drew me in.  

I listen to more digital than analog because of the amount of music available by streaming.  

I'd be biased towards focusing on streaming over CD transport based on the ability to discover new music.