Enjoy, what you have. There are plenty good suggestions on this thread for you to try it out at your own pace. I do own this album in Pure DSD and it’s spectacular!
Downloads Versus Streaming
Hi Again,
I’ve been streaming Qobuz through my Bryston Pi to my Ayre QB9 Twenty. Despite being told that streaming quality is every bit as good sounding as my local library on an external SSD, my ears tell me otherwise. Even at higher bit rates and resolutions. Yes, a better streamer and/or tweaks and upgrades would have effective results, at this stage I believe I’m better off with downloads. I’m just wondering what you folks out there have experienced regarding this matter and what you’ve done to make improvements.
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Streaming is very convenient and the quality is obviously precarious based on equipment, cables, etc… If I were to continue buying downloads and CD’s, I wouldn’t be depriving myself. I’m really curious however about the future of streaming and whether the file options would include DSD, labels like the now defunct Andante, or remastered audiophile labels like Analogue productions and whatever else. Hopefully there will be an abundant source of whatever anybody wants. |
lots of variables here but there is no reason for streamed music to sound worse than files that are downloaded, all else being equal but all else is never equal... personally, i have worked hard, learned alot, and implemented a very high quality streamed music front end... it is every bit as good sonically as cd’s played on my cdp (which is also of top quality, one could say that they may sound a little different -- but not clearly better or worse... this due primarily to the output stage differences of the my cdp’s and my dac that plays streamed music) |
@jjss49 Will you tell us what you did to reach this level of streaming quality? |
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