I’ve been streaming for almost 20 years, using Apple iTunes, amarra, pure music, audirvana, lightning DS, Lumin, and now Roon. 5 years ago when I upgraded my dac that uses i2s and Ethernet, running dsd and MQA, I sold all my vinyl and all my analog gear that cost me $20k, and haven’t regretted it 1 bit. Running pure music and audirvana back in the middle 2000’s, I sold my $3500 Classe cd player. Still have my Sony few thousand $$$ sacd player but haven’t turned it on for over a decade if not longer
I Sold my CD Player!!! Streaming sounds so incredible!!!
Several years ago, was the very first time I had the opportunity to hear a very high end, high quality, streaming audio system. Once I heard it, I was smitten, and I knew right then and there that this was me all the way!!! I was absolutely blown away by the handy convenience of the little iPad (or cell phone) used as remotes to control the otherworldly access to a virtual ocean of music via Tidal, Qobuz or downloads. I immediately recognized this new technology as the future of my own audio system, especially with all the new hi rez stuff out there that was now made available. I gave up vinyl when CD came on the scene (yes, I'm an old guy), and, now, perhaps, it would be finally time to retire my beloved CD player. Long story short: What put my streaming audio system over the top, as far as sound quality is concerned, was the assemblage of these core streaming devices-----( #1) A superb DAC, by Ayre Acoustics QX-5 Twenty streaming DAC (#2) An outstanding music server, by Roon Nucleus Plus (#3) An outstanding Audio Switch, by Pakedge Devices (#4) Excellent Ethernet Cables, by Shunyata Sigma. I also utilize numerous other tweaks and filters that further purify the streaming audio signal within my room and audio system. At this juncture in life, I am just mesmerized by the combination of sound quality and convenience that I get through my streaming audio system. I'm also happy and pleased to report that, I don't miss my old beloved CD player one bit. Happy listening.
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My last computer died. When trying to have it repaired, I was informed it was not repairable! I lost so much data, I was close to tears. Now every 3 months I download all new files to my collection of USB's. Which is in a dedicated draw. Are your music files securely backed up against such a failure? Or am I living in the past? Or do you believe that the new technology is (perhaps) fail proof? I am close to buying a new SACD player. If it dies, I still have my CD collection. And by the way, I don't have a TT, and never will. Thanks for reading this, I'm new. IAN. |
@irjones I run NAS in RAID configuration, so 2 HD with identical data, I have backup of these with USB external drive. Chances of three HD failures is virtually nill. And I still have my 3k plus cd's, not worth the hassle of selling and cd's don't take up that much room in any case.
And how come you couldn't transfer the HD in dead computer to new computer or at least to an external drive then to new computer? Unless it was infected with virus of OS in old HD corrupted this could work. Still, best to backup to external HD, I always go for at least 2 backups for the music files, ripping 3k plus cd's is time consuming! |
Part of the value of using physical media is the rediscovery process. If one has a larger collection (2k+ titles) and spends the time (10 plus hours a week) listening, at least for me part of the enjoyment is combing through and rediscovering titles. That's not easy to do (for me) with streaming.... |
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