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CD or Streaming... am I missing out?

I listen to CD in my headphone office system. Use a Theta Compli transport and a very nice and pricey tube 16/44 DAC. Have thought about a streaming capability and all its benefits but am both limited by SPDF and by 16/44 only. I also love the analog sound of my tube DAC. Does streaming sound far surpass CD? Am I missing out?
mglik
surfmuz
420 posts
 
If you’ll spend at least twice more on your new streamer then you did spend on Theta Compli you’ll definitely will not be regret.  Decent streamers starts from around 2K and up... don’t go budget on it, get high res service and you’ll definitely will be surprised by streaming SQ superiority. 
urbie
275 posts
 
Yamaha CD transport is not a high-end CD transport LOL
thuhaile
106 posts
 
What is a CD player? ;)
headphonedreams
529 posts
 
Some people actually says that a ripped cd played from a hdd sounds even better than cd.

I agree that you are missing out on music. And personally I think the sq difference is very small, whichever direction it goes.
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georgehifi
10,312 posts
 
Yamaha CD transport is not a high-end CD transport LOL

It is a  Yamaha CD-S2100 transport
Even though it not what's considered "hiend" audiophile transport, it was good enough to be better than anything streamed  via that streamer..

Cheers George
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