Where does music come from that streams?


If I was creating my own streaming company, would I reproduce songs from a CD or from a record? So when I listen to my streaming source, qobuz, where do they get the music I listen to? Does the music come from master tapes? Well that would seem to be a pretty good place to get it

Sometimes I wonder, a particular song on qobuz doesn’t sound very good and I know I’ve heard it better in the past. And most stuff sounds pretty good and comparable to other sources.

 

 

emergingsoul

Various: sources, versions, and definitions of hi-rez (some hi-rez is derived from lower sources). Transparency would be nice…wishful thinking

I am sorry I came to this topic late. Minorl, I hope you picked up the Boss Tenors disc, it is one of the better recordings in my collection.

Now about streaming, is this now the highest hi-fi method to hear music? A friend invited me over to his place to hear his system. The only thing is he told me not to bring any software, but a list of anything I want to hear and he will stream it for me.

How do I know his choices are as good as mine? Is there a new hierarchy in hi-fi now? Is streaming as a method reproduces the cleanest sound, as opposed to playing a CD, SACD, LP, tape through your own equipment?