Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming

@rvpiano,

My Aurender conductor app gives me complete details on original album release date, remastered year and the file bits. Aurender streams via Tidal.

For example, Dextor Gordon - Doin’ Allright album released in 1961, remastered in 2015, streaming at 192kHz. And the album sounds pretty darn amazing. 

Kahlenz

how is the sq with Idagio?

The SQ with IDAGIO is CD quality and as good as any other service but hi res not available.

@whart + 1 million the original mastering quality trumps everything, It is order of magnitude larger differentiator than anything else in the playback chain.

The sound quality of IDAGIO is exactly what I would expect:  excellent.

I am so fortunate that I am not cursed with ears good enough to reliably discern between 16/44.1 and any higher resolution.  Or perhaps my el-cheapo $10k system just doesn't have the resolving power.  Either way, I am perfectly satisfied with 16/44.1 material.

The good thing about "greater than 16/44.1audio files" is that many of these recordings have been re-mastered.  In most cases, that same master is used for 16/44.1 playback, so I have the benefit of enjoying the new mastering without having to listen to it at higher resolutions.  I have the gear to do so;  it's just not worth the trouble.