OK, a fair point: "bit perfect" meaning uncompressed, as close as possible to the original - WAV files if ripped from CD etc.
And mike_in_nc, perhaps you also make a good point. I really don’t know much about this device yet and perhaps it only decodes DSD. Maybe Sony or someone owns DSD and it is not even possible?
What I do know, however, is that I rarely hear anything that sounds good anymore, compared to decent vinyl, setups I had decades ago and otherwise and for reasons I don’t understand, when something just sounds really good.
Googling around led me to the notion of DSD, because some files even ripped down to youtube in 1080 seem to have some of the air and smoothness I associate with good audio, vs the stress and fatigue which I associate with bad audio.
If you have seen their videos, the guys at PS Audio also seem enamored with DSD which is what got me thinking. And of course the SACD fans.
Re streaming, I have only tried Pandora and Amazon (HD) but not Tidal or Deezer etc.
I am delighted if you enjoy your own streaming experiences, but frankly any push back on my view that hey, maybe after all these years we still don’t have "perfect sound forever" reminds me of the olden days when everyone (including people here who should have known better and where I have participated since 1999) were arguing about how their MP3 collections sounded indistinguishable from originals and that no one could ever hear a difference - so why not have 500,000,000 songs at your fingertips etc.
No, I would just like to have a nice collection of music that I know I like and I know sounds really, really good please and to not feel fatigued after long and/or loud listening sessions.
So thank you again for your ideas.
