Does the streamer effect sound quality

@texbychoice 

Thank you for your comments. I understand what you are saying.

@ossicle2brain …”But CDs sound better than any high end streamer right?  Assuming the same DAC.”

Definitely not. While all is equipment dependent. My streaming sounds better than an exact same red book CD, while very slightly… and Qobuz has one half million high resolution albums… so those sound better.

I was pretty convinced that my streamer and CDs of the same recording sounded the same. Xfinity recently knocked out my internet during an upgrade and I listened to CDs for a little over a week. I did notice the background noise floor was higher on the CDs. My CD transport  / DAC is the same. The best I have heard, an Audio Research CD9SE… and the streamer a Aurrender W20SE. So, the streamer is providing a quieter signal than the internal CD player. 

This can be true at different levels of investment. But there is nothing inherent that makes spinning a local data source (CD) better sonically than the file coming in through the internet. 
 

I don't have high end streaming equipment but according to Paul who certainly does seems to think CDs sound better.

@ghdprentice if you don’t mind, how did the higher noise floor playing a CD manifest itself? What did you hear?

If you believe your streaming not to up to par with CD or Vinyl, then invest in a better streamer, DAC and optimization of your network.