Why are so many people spending so much money to build “perfect” streaming system?


I don’t understand why so many people are spending so much money building the ultimate streaming system? I guess I am just out of touch… Would love to hear some reasons streaming is so dominant today.

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I started streaming with a Bluesound Vault 2i.  That machine literally changed my life...    Worth every penny.    Buy a Node if you don't need to rip CDs.  

I paired it with a DAC and three DACs later I pulled the trigger on an Aurender N200

Again,  worth the money as I stream 80% of the time now.    I think anyone would be hard pressed to tell where the files are coming from listening to my system.  

Rotel just released a streaming integrated amp, it looks pretty nice.  I think that is the direction amps and receivers are headed.  

I got out of work early....   listened to a crappy car stereo all day.    First thing I did was fire up my system to decompress a little.   I'm listening to a Playlist that my Aurender compiled of tracks I chose on Qobuz,  Tidal, and some tracks on its internal SSD.   It plays them all from different sources seamlessly.  

Its an amazing machine ,  it takes the "computer" out of computer audio

Album Art,  Track names , and transport keys on the front panel are a huge plus 

I love this thing ......   if there was ever a purchase that I almost didn't make , that turned out to be one of the best ever, this is it