Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs?

@humbertorami

From what source do you get your facts?  Or is this just your personal experience?

CDs coupled with a decent transport and DAC will sound infinitely better than any streaming version. This is a fact, not a subjective response. And yes, to all the above regarding a physical tactile experience, with vinyl the same plus the aesthetic experience.

I'd love to hear the basis for these "facts".  There's no reason streaming can't, and doesn't, sound great with a decent streamer and DAC.  Most of the magic happens in the DAC.  Are you feeding it a compressed CD signal or DSD or high res versions of the same recording?  Are they mastered the same?  All things being equal and if your system is up to it, they should sound equally good.

That would be an alternative fact. 

Lalitk let’s say your previous pricey 26 k streaming vs an esoteric 25ks sacd/cd player or DAc/ transport worth 25k  Of course without hooking them up it’s hard to compare. What will be your guess?

@lalitk I have downloaded files I mastered from QOBUZ etc. I have done the work. It’s my job

"high resolution" is a marketing myth

@soix There is nothing superior to the sample and bit rate from the mastering session. When we don’t know the source higher sample and bit rates trick us

It’s all about commerce Big dick syndrome lol