Streaming Is To Audio What Red Plastic Cups Are To Wine

@devinplombier +1

I'm with you, sometimes streaming works best for me and others the sound of a well-pressed record is superior. Each format has its own positive and negative attributes which can extend beyond the sound waves-its an experience. What's best depends on mood and subjective preference. To me, its about the most enjoyable experience and no one has yet found a singular "best" for everybody.

I can understand, for example, that the warm glow of tubes in the dark adds joy to the experience separate and apart from the current they produce. This week, I stumbled across a first pressing of Dusty in Memphis that, when cleaned up from years of neglect, sounds pristine. That, too, adds to the experience. 

Debating which format is "best" has no foreseeable end, but  some enjoy the debate for its own sake-nothing wrong with that as long as civility prevails.

Enjoy the music.

That's an odd comparison. First, it's the exact same wine whether it's in a cup or wine glass. Second, vinyl is not better than digital. It's just different. I prefer lossless streaming over vinyl every single time. My wife prefers the distortion that vinyl provides. Lame post.

Worn out subjective subject. I DUMPED all my VPI TT’s, Cleaners, chemicals, preamps, brushes, antistatic stuff, Fozgometers, cartridges, styli, scales and other doohickes years ago, and am so much happier for it ! I still have some vinyl to get rid of when I have some time,,,,,,,,,,,,,, It really is a  dumb argument..................

@squared80 

That’s an odd comparison. First, it’s the exact same wine whether it’s in a cup or wine glass. Second, vinyl is not better than digital. It’s just different. I prefer lossless streaming over vinyl every single time. My wife prefers the distortion that vinyl provides. Lame post.

The fact that it’s the same wine regardless of the receptacle is at the heart of the metaphor.

We start off with the presumption that there is no better in order to explore the differences.

You say your wife and you enjoy the different aspects of the two formats doing exactly that.

It strikes me that you pretty much agree with the premise of the thread. Why then do you use derogatory words like "odd" and "lame"?