CD transport vs.streaming


Many have stated on this forum that the SQ from their CDs is superior to the sound from streaming sources. Others have said the opposite. Weirdly, in side by side identical tracks the sound from my Cyrus CDt sounds identical to my Cambridge CXN v2 streamer. I wonder if anyone else has this experience.

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@mofojo save the pennies the project rs2 made me me sell my sacd player as the cds on that sounded better than same album on sacd. Made no sense... Now going i2s (HDMI) into rs2 dac which reclocks it to even better quality.

And I am buying second hand cds now at charity shops.... Yesterday 4 for £1.... That is value

why are the best sounding turntables belt drive and all cd players and transports direct drive....oh wait...I just purchased a belt drive cd transport. Slide the glass door back and it looks like a mini turntable. You see the belt itself....The sound you say....well you'll have to audition one to experience a totally new sensation. CEC TL5.

@ghdprentice 

Thanks. Yes… physically owning a disk… paying and storing these is on the way out. I have 2,000 vinyl albums and 2,000 CDs… takes up space and if you don’t steam, confines you to listen and re-listen repeatedly to the same thing… but for the price of one CD per month, you have access to millions of tunes.

Agree. Sold all my vinyl and almost all my CDs (I have about 50 hard-to-find, remasters, steelboxes, etc. left). The sale paid for years of streaming. Got rid of the racks to hold them too. So much less clutter. And my streaming can be totally voice controlled. Try that with a CD. And those millions of songs I now have access to are portable on something I always carry with me - my phone. No ripping required.