Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs?

I'm a "vinyl guy", but used CDs are cheap and plentiful and nearly indestructible.  Once I have them, I make a backup copy to my network, making it easy to stream them.  They are more convenient than vinyl, you can pause them, skip tracks, etc.  They take up a lot less space than vinyl. 

And I have an excellent CD playback system.  Actually two now, I recently bought a converter to send the audio from my Oppo HDMI out to the i2s input of my Rockna Signature Wavedream DAC.  The Rockna Wavedream NET server also provides excellent CD playback, but it only does Redbook.  The converter lets me play the DSD layer of SACDs from the Oppo through the Rockna DAC.  Some of the SACDs are really great.

CDs coupled with a decent transport and DAC will sound infinitely better than any streaming version. This is a fact, not a subjective response. And yes, to all the above regarding a physical tactile experience, with vinyl the same plus the aesthetic experience.

I'd love to hear the basis for these "facts".  There's no reason streaming can't, and doesn't, sound great with a decent streamer and DAC.  Most of the magic happens in the DAC.  Are you feeding it a compressed CD signal or DSD or high res versions of the same recording?  Are they mastered the same?  All things being equal and if your system is up to it, they should sound equally good.

There you have it! All the proof you could ever want.