Where does music come from that streams?

I am sorry I came to this topic late. Minorl, I hope you picked up the Boss Tenors disc, it is one of the better recordings in my collection.

Now about streaming, is this now the highest hi-fi method to hear music? A friend invited me over to his place to hear his system. The only thing is he told me not to bring any software, but a list of anything I want to hear and he will stream it for me.

How do I know his choices are as good as mine? Is there a new hierarchy in hi-fi now? Is streaming as a method reproduces the cleanest sound, as opposed to playing a CD, SACD, LP, tape through your own equipment?

Who cares, as long as the artist gets screwed?

Are you responding to mine or some other response?

How do I know his choices are as good as mine? Is there a new hierarchy in hi-fi now? Is streaming as a method reproduces the cleanest sound, as opposed to playing a CD, SACD, LP, tape through your own equipment?

@drjjpdc There's really no good way to actually know.

My concern about streaming is the server farm that stores the music can never be turned off and you could lose your music library if your account gets messed with. A server farm can use as much energy as a small city.

Bottom line for me, provenance doesn't matter much. Sound quality tells me everything I need to know about provenance.