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If you had to start all over again in this day and age
Ok, so back to my original question. As I am "chicken and ignorant" to get into streaming, for those who have listened to both: how does a streamed delivery compare with a "burned cd"? I have the Arc CD-8 and it's darned good or I should say "I li... 
If you had to start all over again in this day and age
richop Coupled with your ARC pre, I believe you’d be tickled pink with their Ref 150 se. Very reasonable used.Also, their all in one Gsi75 is no slouch either if you wanted a one box solution. As neutral as the 150 and can deliver the crystalline ... 
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Kenny: prophetic "if you can't hear the difference, you're probably lucky".I've been cross country twice on motorcycles. Lost about 25%-30% of my hearing as a result of the constant cacophony of the exhaust even with muffed helmets. I no longer he... 
If you had to start all over again in this day and age
I once let a brother-in-law hear a $100,000 system in one of our stores.He turned to me and said, "this doesn't have anything over my Bose system" and added, after I told him how much this system would cost; "people who buy this stuff must hate mo... 
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richopp. You have taken what you think as my "intimation" wildly incorrectly. For me and to my taste, ARC sound has actually improved from yesteryear.The best system i have ever heard was at a show in Las Vegas in 2011 or 12. It was comprised of a... 
If you had to start all over again in this day and age
Don't cut yourself short Kren. Music is in the ears of the beholder. Audiophilia is a sickness with much based on the "perception" of the listener. For those well healed and can spend $250,000 on a system, more power to them. Would this person be ... 
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Not too long at all Kren. I know noting of streaming. Don't know what to buy or where to start. Speaking of hobbies, one of mine was photography. It took me 30 years to get into digital. One trip to Alaska and 700 shots later, I never looked back.... 
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stereo5. Funny you say that. I used to sell audio equipment for years and never liked Mc stuff. I had it in the stores simply because many people loved their sound. I always thought Mark Levinson was hyped up stuff as well.Now, house sounds "chang... 
If you had to start all over again in this day and age
Kren, you have more cajones than me far as this streaming stuff goes.I asked the question to see if people were finding satisfaction with streaming as this seems to be the upcoming wave. I also recall how they said cd's were gonna be dead 10 years... 
Audio reviews: too many analogies, never simple, but most of all, never clear.
Where to start! I was part owner of 3 stereo salons from 1970 to 2008.This teajay guy is absolutely correct. Much stuff back at the start was really god awful. All of it was hyped in periodical reviews but the bar then was not too high. Now , we h...