Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs?

CDs coupled with a decent transport and DAC will sound infinitely better than any streaming version. This is a fact, not a subjective response. And yes, to all the above regarding a physical tactile experience, with vinyl the same plus the aesthetic experience.

I'd love to hear the basis for these "facts".  There's no reason streaming can't, and doesn't, sound great with a decent streamer and DAC.  Most of the magic happens in the DAC.  Are you feeding it a compressed CD signal or DSD or high res versions of the same recording?  Are they mastered the same?  All things being equal and if your system is up to it, they should sound equally good.

That would be an alternative fact. 

Lalitk let’s say your previous pricey 26 k streaming vs an esoteric 25ks sacd/cd player or DAc/ transport worth 25k  Of course without hooking them up it’s hard to compare. What will be your guess?

@lalitk I have downloaded files I mastered from QOBUZ etc. I have done the work. It’s my job

"high resolution" is a marketing myth

@soix There is nothing superior to the sample and bit rate from the mastering session. When we don’t know the source higher sample and bit rates trick us

It’s all about commerce Big dick syndrome lol

When I asked one of the owners of the company that makes my cables why he's getting into streaming he said he'd settle for 85% of what he can get out of his CDP and TT for casual listening. They have four completely different systems that they test their cables on before settling on a final version. Not as engaging but great for background music. It was for convenience.

By the way, I think Tony Manasian would agree with brianlucey about 16 bit done right sounds great. Though Tony's music taste is very eclectic, I've yet to hear any CD sound as realistic and 'in the room' as his works. 16 bit, straight in, no mixing, no tampering, and on one CD using a cheap mike that cut off at around 16Khz. It's almost funny.

All the best,
Nonoise