CD or Streaming... am I missing out?

Some Report a superior experience with CD (Re Book) playback ...

Exactly what we did in the A/B in my 4th post page one. Through very high end stuff, but it was clear what the better was.

And any later music from the last couple of years was just too compressed for either format.

Just look what happens to the later release of the same thing.

This 1989 one is the best, just look at the dynamic range
http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/view/181056

And compare it to the 2015 much more compressed, re-release.
http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/view/100465

And then the even worse 2020 compressed streamed/download one with bonus tracks.
http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/view/179948

Cheers George

CD is great.  You will get about 96 db of dynamic range with it.  No streamer will come close since none will sample at that rate.  However, around 196k of sampling, they sound almost as good as each other to me.  So, any streamer capable of dealing with that rate will be fine.

Streaming is for babies!!! Real men spin vinyl. Put a turntable in your office. 

I would like to share my experience:

There is no difference between playing direct from CD or ripped flac file. I do not feel any difference.

1-If you stream directly from Tidal or Qobuz via wifi instead of using PC and specific music software like ROON, the result is very disappointed. It is necessary to use PC + Software

2- I am using Pioneer N30 streamer connected to Integrated DAC/Amp Hegel 360 and I can taste the same quality as CD player

I have Sonos Faber Olympica iii

From the point of view of cost, if you happen to own thousands of CDs and you don't mind ripping them to a server, all it costs you is time (I did mine while watching TV in the evenings) rather than fees for a music service (I ripped well over 4000 CDs).

OTOH, if you are always wanting to keep up on current music, the services would have an advantage unless you can borrow CDs from your local library to rip.