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The problem with streaming

As I sit here listening to America Includes: "A Horse With No Name", I realized the problem with streaming. Who knows what source material you're getting with streaming? The album I'm listening to is a Warners Brothers green label. Sonics are absolutely incredible! The band sounds like they're in the room! 

Navigating the pressings to find the best one can be challenging but that's part of the fun of the hobby. I doubt the same care is taken when generating streaming recordings. You're stuck with what they use, thus missing the incredible texture of the best recordings.

Of course, great care must be taken to set up the turntable and match all components downstream. I find the effort to be well worth it! There's just no substitute for great analog!

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chcook
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Funny, the original post started on quality of the pressing and finding the best version, then digressed into analog being so much better which most of the thread followed. 

I am 100% digital and find myself grappling with the first problem - finding the best digital version of a recording. Sadly there are few resources to help with this and it seems mostly a crap shoot, but for my money a lot of the original CD releases seem the best. 'Hi-Res' "Remastered" DSD or 196/24 often are not an improvement over the old redbook version, and just as often are far less pleasant to my ears.

Perhaps the underlying reasons for the SQ variability in digital are different, but it seems to me that a lot of it starts and ends in the studio. Still, vinyl or digital - I think that we are all on the same path of finding the best recordings to enjoy.

Happy hunting!

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