Streamed music sounds awful in my system and I don't know why ....

Let me ask you a question. Under what circumstances have you tried streaming from your PC?  What DAC and how did you do it? Please be specific.

@willywonka

I had a feeling that you will avoid answering my simple query. I see that you have modified your original post. Would you be kind enough to tell the readers, how to properly setup a PC for streaming?

What you hear is correct. CD sounds better, as does watching a Blu-ray movie from Disc compared to streaming the movie in UHD or 4K, there is no comparison due to bandwidth limitations from the streaming companies and of course our internet service. Streaming is convenient and it ends there. CD, Vinyl is the way to go if you want the best sound possible, and I fully know how CD had been put down by the Magazines after 20 years saying their systems reviews using gear were SOTA and their sources were CDs. Streaming is #1 nowadays and that won't change, any physical format lags behind in sales be it music or Video but that does not make them the best source material.

This thread has gotten a bit off track.
 

I have been an early adopter of digital since it’s inception… sad, I know… thirty + years of disappointment. Digital has been improving, especially in the last fifteen to twenty years. Today with careful choice of equipment Streaming >= CD or stored files and  can = vinyl. I am not saying a $10K digital end will sound better than a  $100K analog end. I have talked about it elsewhere, but very generally at the same price level, plus or minus 20%. My system does. You can see my systems under my UserID

Like all other things in high end audio your results are going to depend on your component choices.

Qobuz uses lossless compression. Meaning your streamer unpacks the files and buffers them to be identical to a locally read file. Like every thing in high end audio, better components sound better.  I am able to directly compare on my system between the two streaming / CD or other combinations and they sound identical.

The place to start is thinking about equal investments in each component. Streamer, DAC, preamp, amp, phono stage, and turntable, if you have analog. My streamer and amp a bit more expensive that my other components. 

juanmanuelfangioii

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when you did your 

comparison was it vias usb on the statement? because via ethernet you would not notice any improvement