To Stream or Not to Stream

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You may find that many of the 7K CDs you have are offered in hi-rez on Qobuz. Once you listed to a hi-rez version of a CD you own, you’ll likely not listen to it again.

Same album different re-issues
 Sorry but no, not when they give you the later compressed re-issues it’s not.
https://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=Traveling+Wilburys&album

Cheers George

audi-owe
To Stream or Not to Stream
(have a collection in excess 7k CD’s).

Forget it, it’s midfi at best.
Get a good Hard Drive setup to copy those precious 7k of CD’s. Get good CD transport and R2R Dac and then play either.

Forget streaming/downloads, even the best companies use later compressed re-issues/re-masters of the earlier uncompressed albums.
They’re good for ear-phones, Ipods, Car audio, dinner music etc where compression is ok to have, because it’s all one level of volume, so background noise isn’t so obtrusive during quite parts, because there aren’t any. (if there’s no quite, there can be no loud)

EG: https://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=the+traveling+wilburys&album

Listen to the difference, (compare 1 to 3 they’re at the same "average level") no.3 has no drive or punch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gmex_4hreQ&ab_channel=MattMayfieldMusic

And today new stuff is very compressed also, even the CD’s.
https://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list/year/desc

Cheers George