@skinzy Wow, your digital streaming section is at that cost level and you still say say vinyl sounds better. I stepped into streaming a year ago in the $1k range. Its not bad, but Im must be way out of the ballpark to even come close to hearing that warmer sound as my vinyl section provides.
My tt, cart & phono stage are 1/3rd the cost of your digital section. The whole rig is very transparent. You hear what you get. Quality recordings sound great. Fair to bad recordings I dont play anymore.
If I stream for awhile, I kind of acclamate to it, but if I put on a good vinyl pressing after, its like oh my system does sound better.
Yeah, maybe if you ditch your analog you ll acclamate to the digital sound.