To upgrade to a better streamer or external DAC you are probably talking $1000 minimum. You can buy a LOT of CD's for $1000 espescially second hand. Buy 1 CD to stsrt and compare it to the streaming version in your rig. At the end you will know what to do. You OWN physical media which is nice. I hate it when a straming vendor suddenly drops a track or album I favorited.
What is the highest quality digital music file? Where can I get it?
I was reading a forum from another site suggesting that streaming was fine for background but not good enough for serious listening. I realize that there are lots of opinions out there but it made me question my source. Currently, I am set up to stream only using Qobuz through a Bluesound node. I have a CD player but no media at the moment. For quality of sound, am I better off with other sources? If so, where do I get them?