OP,
”CD’s are coming back. And rightly so. If one has a good dedicated red book CD player then the SQ is still better than any streaming, if the CD has been mastered well.”
I certainly appreciate your enthusiasm, However your statement is no longer true as a generality.. The breath and depth of available streamed material more and more contains well mastered content. Streaming as a source has been catching up and now can equal Red Book CDs and surpass the quality where higher quality files are available. Streaming surpassing CDs is available at different price points… depending on the quality level of your other components. The availability of higher quality recordings on Qobuz and Tidal are becoming very substantial.
I no longer listen to my 2,000 CDs. My streamer now equals my very good analog rig. You can see my systems under my user ID.
For example, I just pulled up the Carmen Gomes album. You are very correct, it is a good sounding album.