Funny how streaming/digital still chases that analog benchmark.

Insecure digitalia boy

Har har 
I love it

@testpilot ......but with a streamer plus a $15/month subscription you can access unlimited HD music.  Who’s ahead now?  

I am,  I am into sound quality. It is quality not quantity kind of like the Airforce in Russia lots of cheap junk, One F18 can shoot down 16 of them at once..

Also remember those digital files are created from an analog master then butchered  err digitized by so called digital audio engineers (an apple app I am sure).

You can make an argument for each format, but in the end one chooses what works for them.  

@skypunk wrote

I am, I am into sound quality. It is quality not quantity kind of like the Airforce in Russia lots of cheap junk, One F18 can shoot down 16 of them at once..

If sound quality is your priority, why aren’t you using a R2R deck and playing master tapes?  Oh btw, the Russians in the early 80’s had a little fighter jet that you may have heard of named the Mig29. 

Funny how manufacturers of streaming and digital gear continues to chase that elusive analog sound.

I reject this assumption in it's entirety.  There's no such evidence of this being the case today.  Given this, the rest of the OP's argument is moot.

Analog sound quality varies quite a bit depending upon the vinyl quality and the setup quality of each particular turntable/arm/cartridge.

Analog does not always beat all digital, especially high Rez PCM and SACD playback.

Each can sound great and very enjoyable.

I like analog for music recorded before digital, and digital in the modern digital era.

The benchmark is only the best sounding recording in a particular format!