Personality

@jsalerno277 

Thank you for your answer. It is food for thought.

l have noticed the same with recording records to Reel to Reel, and cassettes. The sound changes. Some characteristics altered by tape manufacturers bias. Playing back through the same amplifier and speakers there are marked differences more often than not.
With direct interference altering the playback speed equalisation on my Akai l can take the shrill off an edgy bright recording, or brighten up a dull one. Not a pure playback, but a useful feature that can’t (l believe) be done within a digital system.

Hello rvpiano and all,

I enjoy all music media through my rigs.  I do tend to lean toward my vinyl when I just wish to chill. I also enjoy the visual and tactile experience of the album artwork, liner notes and carefully placing the record on my TT.   I have a similar pleasure with my cd’s. I’m a child of the fifties and watched my father and uncle’s “experiment” with their “hi-fi” and subsequent stereo rigs.  So based on several decades of analog music I am somewhat biased.  But I do like the vast library of music that streaming affords.  As I always, whatever your preference,

Enjoy the music.

PS: HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!

mylogic

Surely a CD ripped and loaded onto a server should not sound better.

Oh, but it can. Consider that a CD is playing in essentially real time. (I say "essentially" because many players sample at 4X, 8X, or even higher.) But a properly ripped CD using software such as EAC can re-read sections of a disc over and over again until it reads it perfectly. The software can identify any sectors of the disc where there were errors.

When I ripped my CDs to HD years ago, I was surprised at the number of discs that required extended reads to get accurate rips. Till, I'd still describe any difference between a CD and its ripped file as usually subtle.

Lloyd Price - Personality (1959)

@1bitsoul  My hipster younger relation has been buying vinyl for a few years now. I asked them how it was going only to be informed that the records rarely get played as they prefer the convenience of streaming. 

it raises the question whether next generations would be sharing the same experiences, or whether they would prioritise the convenience of 'pushing buttons' above the process of physical media.