I wonder if the people who haven’t embraced streaming is because they have a laptop or a blue sound node? it can be a punch in the gut when you look at the prices they want for a good quality streamer. Yet I would wager that there would be less naysayers if they were to get one.
The streaming revolution.
If you had told me in my early days of listening that one day I would have easy access to virtually the entire recorded music output of mankind mostly in glorious sound and at a cost of pennies per day, I would have thought you a wild futurist.
This revolution has come with it a predicament of delirious proportion. What to listen to? Even If you limit yourself to one musical genre, the choices seem endless. It indeed is like a kid in a candy shop for a music lover.
I’m not complaining. I’m just in awe!
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+1 It may be that they are accustomed to an introduced coloration that is suddenly absent, or the streamed copy is from a different master, or the streamer or DAC performance leaves something to be desired. It is easy to fall into the assumption that because "bits are bits," little audible variability exists among digital streaming devices than analog components (e.g. speakers, preamps, etc.). As many have discovered, the reality is different, and the bits are not to blame. |
I don’t disagree with the OP’s point. I will offer a counterpoint however. Not all streaming services are awesome. After probably 15+ years of only streaming, I began my real audio journey when I couldn’t find a live album on any streaming services. And I said to myself, what has streaming stolen from me over the past decade? And that is when I began investing in better equipment, speakers and better streaming services. I love streaming now. But I had to learn. I have to believe there is a part of the population that would benefit from being exposed to this kind of comparison. I have no doubt streaming will get better. And I am all for that. |
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