Streaming Is To Audio What Red Plastic Cups Are To Wine

newton_john

"OP was not concerned about sound quality per se".

Thanks I realise I  have a tendancy to write from the hip, so I can wander off topic in my ethusiasm I hope we can allow for just a little of that but always respecting opinions and views however much we may feel they are wrong.

Not all TTs are the same. Some are excellent but some are terrible.  The same goes with streamers and DACs. Streaming also opens the door to millions of tracks and artists - the possibilities are endless. I'd rather have a good streamer than a lousy TR. I'm very fortunate to have an incredible Innuos Pulsar and standalone Accuphase Processor/DAC. 

Impossible to resolve rationally because it's in your head. The OP more or less said so.

@nubiann 

I have had similar experiences when comparing different mastering. I have a top end LP 12 and similarly chosen digital end that is voiced similarly and have done extensive comparisons between the same performance and mastering in vinyl, stored files, cd and streaming and found them to sound the same... with the caveat that vinyl has a fairly large variation based on the pressing number. 

So a similar but not the same conclusion is that high variation in sound quality comes from the performance, mastering, and components you choose... but there is no unique or significant advantage in the medium... well, other than no pops and surface noise in digital.

@newton_john 

You’re quick to tell people about your preference. Aren’t other people allowed to do the same? Nobody’s cutting your choices down - you’ve done that all on your own. But as I said it’s entirely your privilege to do this. ​​​​​​

 Well maybe it's just me, but I would disagree and say the original OP did have negative comment on streaming, and I was responding that I disagree. Thats all, I have done both(and for quite awhile), and was sharing my preference. It is an old discussion, that is meaningless, and yes everybody can have thier preference. Just to clarify I made no negative comment on Vinyl. The only negative I have with vinyl, is I need to get rid of all this stuff I got left.........