Streaming Is To Audio What Red Plastic Cups Are To Wine

About the word "elite"...

I consider myself "elite" because i studied Greek,Latin and English (by reading science or philo. books only)...

I consider myself "elite" audiophile... Because i learned basic acoustics not because i own high end gear... 

I know my post will create controverse...but a word is not always pejorative in all context...

Demagogical use of the word "elite" is not my thing...

For sure  this is why the word "elite" attributed to oligarchs and people aiming at money and power in society revulse me ...

let's all have some wine...in a fine glass...with our music.

@fastfreight amen to that

@devinplombier 

No, my point was made in reference to how we experience different media, and to my own personal opinion that the vinyl experience is fuller, more all-encompassing than others - for lack of a better word.

Absolutely.

@mylogic

You have got the winers going. 

😂

Lol, occurs to you? Lol. Like its a fact or something. Im an audiophile, I stream and my system sounds amazing. Id go pepsi challenge to any system in the same dollar range, or even above it. I gave my records to my son who thinks they are cool. It is well known that records are a dinosaur and not a high fidelity option. They were the media at the time, but even artists, producers and sound engineers of that time will tell you, what they really wanted you to hear was not allowed by the technology. Are records a quaint hobby? Sure, but let’s not make false statements and say the fidelity was better with them. If opinions are cast aside, because everyone got one, the graphs show the linear advantages of not using records. If you say, I dont go by what specs and graphs say, thats fine too, but please dont make opinion statements acting like they are fact. How about, in my opinion, records sound better than streaming because.......then you list exactly what you hear different. Thats fine. But falsely bashing a media you dont like or understand, doesn’t make it inferior. Gives false info to those who are still learning in this hobby. 

You couldnot be more wrong , if you take the time from start to finish

it is better then vinyl ,vinyl is warm ,but digital too can be warm with the right cables and dac, from your router you need a good lps wall warts are garbage and add noise ,spend $6to $2k on a quality Ethernet hub Ethernet cables at minimum $1k the end point best cable , usb cable $1500-2500,a good dac $6-$16k,if you do all this it sounds excellent ,plus digital far less noise,much better dynamic range,

far lower bass,vinyl can holds 12.5 bits, digital a true 20 bits ,I see people spending $15-$20k + on vinyl often ,,digital done right sounds right and very natural sounding also dependant on the recording qobuzz is I think very good ,on a SS drive much better still.