What am I missing?


When discussing streaming we often hear the quality achieved by streaming compared to "cd quality". "Cd quality" seems often to be the standard by which streaming is favorably compared while cds have at the same widely fallen into disfavor as a medium. If "cd quality" continues to be a quality standard by which we judge streaming services -which it appears to be- why exactly do we hold cds in such disfavor? More sophisticated dacs can always be employed with cd transports as they are with streaming. I understand the convenience and storage issues with cds but I also understand that with streaming you will never own the music which you do with cds. This becomes even more unclear to me when considering the resurgence of vinyl and the storage and convenience issues involved with this medium. I don't believe the music industry ever wanted us to own the music we listen to but rather preferred we only rent and pay for that music each time.

pmiller115

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Cd quality has not been the standard for several years now ,a disc rotating with wobble is very hard to accurately read .

a quality recording on a SS drive is far more accurate , the dac a is far better implementation.  The key is that it takes quality throughout ,Ethernet cables , Hub usb cables most important the quality of the dac ,and the computer-streamer 

imo around $10-$12k minimum to achieve a pretty respectable digital setup 

which I am nearing that goal , but much more $$ can achieve much better results still, the Denafrips Terminator anniversary  dacs, and Holo spring May KTE dacs are without question best of in class $4600-$7k range  the Bricasti M1SE streamer-Dac has lots of filters and is very good at $12k and a very good buy .that may be on my short list for next year.