Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming

Georgehifi:  the thing is we want to listen to recordings that are not compressed.  The other 99% of music consumers benefit from some amount of compression, for all the reasons you listed and more.  The big record companies know where their bread is buttered.  That's why I appreciate the serious efforts of all the small independent companies that bother with releasing remastered material for us hifi nuts.  And it makes it worthwhile digging up vintage recordings at thrift stores and vinyl shops.

The Mofi 45rpm releases of "American Beauty" and "Workingman's Dead" are wonderful.

This too:

https://store.dead.net/pacific-northwest-73-74-the-complete-recordings-19-cd-boxed-set-1.html

The samples sound promising.  I'm saving up to buy before they sell out.

gosta - I think kahlenz commented on GD and his recommendation is a good one.

There is nothing good about overly aggressive dynamic range compression. There is no benefit other than the level (loudness) can be made much higher. It doesn’t make it more detailed. It doesn’t make it smoother.  It’s a teeny bopper thang. Hel-loo!