The difference between Qoboz stream vs purchased songs

I'm not on a fixed income (yet) but I'm frugal, and stream Hi-Res music most of the time. The important detail is that most of the services offer different levels of quality and with actual Hi-Res audio (CD quality or better roughly) you have no need to spend money buying music or managing files. Get a decent player in your budget and enjoy. I only subscribe to Amazon Music Unlimited as it's a bargain and simple with our Prime membership. I was also being frugal and streaming from my iPad as I already had it, but then bought a Bluesound Node for its software and feed it into a DAC. Simple and fairly inexpensive and perfect sound. The Node and other players can also pull music from a computer or NAS for that music you may have ripped from your CD collection.

@fredrik222

Perhaps, from a technical perspective we want to know if error checking of the transported digital file is different from error checking with live streams.

@vonhelmholtz  It's not. 

@cleeds  No, what was proven is that you don't understand how Ethernet and streaming services work. We went over that. That thread didn't debunk it at all, in fact, I showed how Qobuz works in detail, with packet captures. And it is one quick download per max speed when you "stream", then the next download for the next track. Why? Simply because that is the best user experience. 

@carlsbad2 You are again wrong. That is not how streaming works, and it is the opposite of how Ethernet and TCP/IP is designed to work. A TCP session cannot move on when there are missing packets. It will pause and request resends. That's how it works.

Like the other thread showed, there is not a continuous stream when you stream songs from Qobuz. That is simply false and just shows how little people understand.

@gkelly I'm on a fixed income as well in that I have to strategically make hi-fi purchases relating to substantial upgrades. I have a family to raise and the kids and wife seem to vacuum up my $ and time. But that's life right?

I have a modest mid-Fi system that consists of a Cambridge CD player, the CXN-V2 streamer/DAC, Marantz AVR (used primarily as a preamp for 2-channel listening), a vintage Adcom GFA-2 amp, Rega Planar 3 and mid-tier Polk Audio monitor speakers. AQ Evergreen connects. I plan to make some tweaks by upgrading my speakers and maybe swapping out the Marantz and Adcom combo for a better integrated amp w/ a phono stage. I can't justify buying nor do I want to have tons of separates. 

I stream via Spotify and Radio Paradise for general streaming and previewing music. I have a mix of vinyl, digital files and CDs. I've been ripping older CDs I don't want to keep or listen to that much as FLAC files and purging. I only really buy specific artists that I like and want to enjoy higher quality/better listening experience. I get not wanting to have a ton of physical media. It takes up space and with streaming you can enjoy an infinite amount of great albums with little investment. My recommendation is purchasing only the music that means the most to you or gives you the greatest listening satisfaction or if you're a completist for certain artists. I'm one album away from having all of the New Pornographers on vinyl, ditto w/ Calexico and some other favorites of mine. I'm limited on space and my wife already things I'm too high maintenance w/ my space requirements for my music and book collections.