CD transport vs.streaming

I always imagine others following a discussion, and what relates to the subject that might be relevant to someone, that's why I shared my recent quest here, and this and that elsewhere.

If its the same source material and resolution and things are done right it doesn’t matter. Streaming has all the +’s though on overall utility so work on that if needed. The right DAC is a must. Most any good quality streamer will do. THat’s to do it right. What sounds good is largely subjective, so you may have to tweak anywhere to get the sound to your liking once the digital is good, especially if you are a 20th century tube/phono kind of guy historically. I recommend a good quality Class D amp in lieu of tubes these days.

I agree with Charles1dad.  We don't need another fight over which is better--there are great examples of both CD players/transports and servers.  I have all of my CDs burned to a NAS, because of the extremely convenient access this affords to the nearly 5,000 CDs I have (I still keep the CDs).  My server sounds as good as the terrific CD player I use to own (Naim 555).  

What is surprising to me is that the sound can be quite different between two servers feeding the same DAC.  I heard a shootout between a Sonos server and a slightly more expensive Italian model (I cannot remember the name) and I peferred the sound of the Italian model with both Qobuz and Spotify.  

@larryi Your experience between the two servers not surprising. Hearing a single or multiple streaming setups doesn't give one much insight into how another streaming setup may sound.

Streaming setups are at least as unique as vinyl setups, probably more. There are so many options available, optimizing any particular setup requires much effort.

I think hshifi has it right. 
Both sources are going through my Benchmark DAC. 

This may be the determining factor.