Streaming vs Physical Media


I have a decent digital front end with a Lumin U1 Mini (w/ external power supply) and a Border Patrol SE dac.  Have some CDs, but no transport.  Would a CD transport sound better than a streamer of similar quality/price?  

mdonda

There's a good share of disagreement on this subject. I continue to often get my best fidelity via Qobuz,  even better than what I get from SACD, CD or LP. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't give it a shot.

I find them about equal.  I run the streamer (qobuz) and the transport (CDT6000) through the same DAC (DAVE).  I have a lot more music choices on qobuz.

 

Jerry

In my case, music ripped to a hard drive sounds equal or better than when using a transport. Qobuz can sound as good, depending on the release. I have the same streamer as you.

Yep, ripped better than my last cd transport. Access to so much more music via streaming vs. cd makes streaming a no brainer to me, and I have at least 2500 cd's. Streams  Qobuz and Tidal via Roon also pretty much on par with rips, so sound quality should be of no concern.