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CD v Streamed



Uncompressed CD audio will take about 10.6mb per minute to play, to stream that takes big space and dollars to stream an album, see what your streaming company’s takes mb per minute to stream, find out and post up here.

I hear CD’s are better, I get better dynamic range from CD every time it’s A/B to me, now that could be that the streaming companies are using the "later compressed re-issues" of the same albums, you can find that out here https://dr.loudness-war.info/
Or that the streaming process itself compresses the music to save "streaming size" to save big dollars even if in small amounts.

Here’s a video from the CEO of Disc Makers Pty Ltd, yes he probably also biased because he manufacturers CD’s and vinyl, and is a very bad dancer.
https://youtu.be/YHMCTUl2FQo?t=1

Cheers George
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georgehifi OP
10,312 posts
 
I am not sure why the need to choose.  I prefer CDs
However, do we need to argue it?

I think so to get some "measured proof" of what so many of us hear.
Instead of these continual threads that pop up asking which is better, but with no real answers to give.

Cheers George
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fuzztone
5,635 posts
 
Since when have measurements  proven what anyone hears?
ASR don't listen to nuttin'.
curlyhifi
157 posts
 
Transport with the right DAC Magnifico!!! Good to burn to HD.
Good streamer very enjoyable . Dedicated Mac mini gives me a lot of leeway.
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duckworp
257 posts
 
It does not take 'big space and dollars' for a company to stream individual FLAC files.   Even streaming video, which requires much faster streaming rates, costs very little.  
edcyn
1,876 posts
 
For my ears and system, Qobuz/Primephonic streaming sounds better than my CD player a good 80 percent of the time.  The way I figure it, Q & P simply have better hardware than I've got -- a suitably vintage Sony 5400 ES.
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