Streaming Is To Audio What Red Plastic Cups Are To Wine

@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.........

The only negative I have with vinyl, is I need to get rid of all this stuff I got left.........

@waynefia I'll take it! I'll send you a shipping label 😃

@devinplombier 

I’ll take it! I’ll send you a shipping label 😃

I was waiting for this one 

I'm 65 and grew up with vinyl and had a turntable with my first system when I was 18 years old. Over the years I had a career, family and other life detours and expenses and hifi was not my priority! Eventually I had no real stereo and my vinyl collection disappeared. I can't even imagine trying to resurrect that today with the costs of records. My music selection is so much greater with streaming music and the sound I hear is still amazing! To each his own I guess. If you always had a huge vinyl collection that you've owned for decades then yeah I totally understand it. My guess many of us are in the same situation I'm in.