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Streaming vs traditional

My son is talking about the "lossless" audio one can stream.  I have a good collection of CD's as well as a couple of TT and LP's with more than than I should invested in both.  (some may say too much, some may say not enough)  Anyway, thought I would come to a relative neutral forum to ask for reviews on the streaming audio.  It kinda reminds me of the Bluray and Betamax wars of years past-no standard version/format yet.  I guess it's relatively in it's infancy with lots of software and format devices on the market.  I love the convenience of CD's and the warmth and ambience of analog.  So-what's up with the streamers?
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I ripped my entire (4,000+) CD collection in FLAC and store it on a network server so that it is accessible via software to stream to any system in the house.  I use a separate DA converter (which sounds significantly better than any I've heard in any streaming system - I use Sonos). 

I did some A/B testing between live CD play and ripped flac files run through the same DA conversion and system and we were unable to detect any significant difference.

Streaming amounts to a huge convenience - to be able to access all your music from a laptop or iPad without having to search for a disc.

If your music collection is sizeable, I recommend it.
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