Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs?

That would be an alternative fact. 

Lalitk let’s say your previous pricey 26 k streaming vs an esoteric 25ks sacd/cd player or DAc/ transport worth 25k  Of course without hooking them up it’s hard to compare. What will be your guess?

@lalitk I have downloaded files I mastered from QOBUZ etc. I have done the work. It’s my job

"high resolution" is a marketing myth

@soix There is nothing superior to the sample and bit rate from the mastering session. When we don’t know the source higher sample and bit rates trick us

It’s all about commerce Big dick syndrome lol

When I asked one of the owners of the company that makes my cables why he's getting into streaming he said he'd settle for 85% of what he can get out of his CDP and TT for casual listening. They have four completely different systems that they test their cables on before settling on a final version. Not as engaging but great for background music. It was for convenience.

By the way, I think Tony Manasian would agree with brianlucey about 16 bit done right sounds great. Though Tony's music taste is very eclectic, I've yet to hear any CD sound as realistic and 'in the room' as his works. 16 bit, straight in, no mixing, no tampering, and on one CD using a cheap mike that cut off at around 16Khz. It's almost funny.

All the best,
Nonoise

There was a test carried out last year by  Alan Shaw and the folks at Harbeth, you can look in the forums there. What they found was not a subtle difference.