Streaming Is To Audio What Red Plastic Cups Are To Wine


Unpacking and going through my vinyl collection, it occurs to me that vinyl is it, whereas streaming is Audio’s red plastic cup.

The best wines taste low-shelf in the red plastic cup. Yes, the red plastic cup is cheap and convenient, just like streaming. Wine should feel the same regardless of the vessel - it’s the same wine - but it does not. So should music - but it does not. Streamed music may sound (nearly) as good as vinyl, but it feels... disposable. Vinyl does not. Vinyl is the thing. Vinyl is it! Just my opinion, of course.

devinplombier

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.

@audioman58 wrote:

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

Uh... what am I wrong about? I said at least 5 times that all media (from vinyl to DSD1024 and maybe even cassette tape) can be made to sound very, very good.

Folks who read the first half of the original post, skip the next 150 and post whatever their pet peeves are are a problem.

 

spend $6to $2k on a quality Ethernet hub Ethernet cables at minimum $1k the end point best cable , usb cable $1500-2500

I will not engage... I will not engage...

 

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.

You don't say, Brett, Pepsi tastes great in a red plastic cup! 😂😂

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@brett1976 

But falsely bashing a media you dont like or understand, doesn’t make it inferior. 

Who is bashing anything?

To quote the OP, "Outstanding sound quality can be had from all media. At the end of the day, it’s all about the music." I'd add to that the mastering.