I Sold my CD Player!!! Streaming sounds so incredible!!!

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The other day I visited my local hifi shop as I often do when passing by.

I was able to connect my iPhone to their network and stream any of “my” music on any of the systems they had set up, At least several dozen different choices there including their reference system running top of the line Mac amplification and Sonus Faber Cremonese ( I think) speakers.

I used Roon Arc to connect remotely to my Roon server at home and streamed to the vendor’s systems using airplay.

Welcome to hifi in the 21st century, year 2024.

With that experience fresh in my mind, I was able to come home and tweak my sound just a tad for the better streaming the same tracks as  at the store  and  using Roon and it’s built-in DSP and a few minor placement adjustments.

My recommendation is to do anything possible to keep up with what modern technology has to offer and avoid merely living in the past and only doing the same things done 40 years ago on the quest for good sound.

Happy listening!

@classicrockfan High end audio is all about musical listening pleasure, so there’s no such thing as a "bad investment." This is fun stuff and should not to be taken so seriously. If whatever audio item you purchase, cables, amps, speakers, etc., regardless of cost, brings you that much closer to audio nirvana, then the purchase was worth every penny, and more. Happy listening

I think a lot has to do with the source of the recording.  When it was mastered , who mastered it…. Etc.   There are many copies of the “same” album when you search. Some are phenomenal, some are pretty bad.  
 

I have a lot of CDs that were AAD recordings and they don’t have compression like many recording today.  Some sound really good .  
 

I love streaming , don’t get me wrong , it totally changed the was I consume new music.  But I like the ritual of CDs and records.   

Just imagine if you go up to the next level say $12k+ on digital 

This is roughly the sweet spot  in price thsts a Big jump up in sound quality one thing not mentioned much ,your network switch using a upgraded power cord 

and from your Router- modem  get rid of all wall warts from router or anywhere else 

they are $5  and just add to the noise floor ,on your router it tells the voltage ,modt are about 12v around 4 amps . I use the Linear Tube Audio LPS it can be bought for $50 off on Audiogon  for $700.

the best under $1200 LPS I have found and has a very well made DC cable to the router ,I use this with a decent Pangea sig mk2 Thst  is plenty good for That

this makes a nice increase in fidelity ,for digital streaming is not grounded and noise travels house to house a LPS at your router eliminate the noise from the start

pin the audio chain. 

Hello all.  Thanks for all your insightful responses to my post.  I just want to emphasize the fact that, I didn't sell my CD player because I didn't think it sounded excellent, I sold it because I found something else I liked better.  Happy listening.