Streaming Is To Audio What Red Plastic Cups Are To Wine

I’m in my late 50s. I grew up listening to vinyl. Went through cassettes and then to CDs. Then onto streaming. Now back to vinyl. Now with the type of system I could only dream of having as a kid. Vinyl sounds sooo good. But man, with a good DAC and great interconnects, Qobuz streaming sounds sooo good. Sad for any of you one dimensional types that can’t fully enjoy both. Your loss!

I’m also in my late 50’s.   I had a decade or so  hiatus from vinyl and got back in a few years ago.   Fortunately I kept my records plus I now have a bunch of my Dad’s records and a few crates of 45s from the 60’s through the 90’s 

I just traded up and got another Sota turntable.   My girlfriend and I spun dozens of records Sunday,  it was fun.   She also pulled up some of her favorite songs on my streamer and they sounded great too.   My digital front end is pretty decent  but honestly some of my LPs definitely sound better than their CD or stream version. 

Agree with RJDuncan ,  I love all media types but sometimes theres nothing like a great LP.  

Streaming, CDs, vinyl records, and shellac records all have their place.  All of them sound good on my system although vinyl sounds a bit better.  A lot depends on what is available on each format.  I have about 2,000 CDs, about 750 vinyl records, and about 4,000 shellac records.  I listen to mostly jazz, classical, acoustic blues, and some varieties of rock.  The streaming services have limited choices for jazz and classical, and what they have for jazz is often a poor recording.  I often have no choice, but to listed to a CD or a record.  On the other hand, sometimes I find something very useful from a streaming service that I don't already have.  For example, I am missing some of Beethoven's Quartets played by the Vegh Quartet, and I just found both the 1950's recordings, and the 1970's recordings online.  I would not want to give up any of these formats because they are all useful to me.

We lost power and internet a few weeks ago.   I have a generator and a whole house surge protector so I was listening to records, CDs and FM while my neighbors had no lights or heat.    That's the beauty of physical media , it's yours.... you own it.   

It is all about the music. 

I enjoy my LPs, but they are definitely a hassle relative to streaming. Same with CDs which I also utilize.

Most albums sound better with streaming, but not all. Vinyl is good, but after each listen the quality declines, however slightly, each time. There are a few vinyl albums I prefer, but for 98% of my listening streaming is the media for me.