CD Sound vs Streaming

[Puffin]

I have not played a CD for about 18 months as I have found streaming far more convenient with so much content available. My much modded Marantz 63 has a drawer problem and my old Cambridge Discmagic takes a bout a week to load a CD.

Trying to avoid Christmas and needing to tidy my man cave I saw my Pioneer DV717 (of which I have 2 - on one the SMPS PS has gone) and decided to plumb it in. Left on for about 5 hours to warm up. Dig Out to CA Dacmagic Upsampling Dac (same as from PC) The first thing that hit me was that I needed to turn my pre-amp down as it blasted out as it started to play. Second was that the bass was far far more pronounced than with streaming.

The Mids and HF were much as before. I didn't think that there would be such a difference.....any comments anyone?

[struth]

give it a few weeks and it will sound similaror it wont be good enough and youll be off buying a better spinner, then months down the line youll be back streaming

[Macca]

Same mastering?

[Puffin]

I suppose these are not really in the same field/category given that streaming is via the internet.

[ianlenco]

What streaming service do you use? Since using Qobuz I've not looked back. Like you I presumed listening to music via the internet couldn't be as good as CD but I think it is at least as good and of course the convenience and access to a huge selection of music is a big bonus. Still not quite as good as vinyl though

[ReggieB]

I stream (from local hard drives rather than the internet) and use CD. I like both of them. Both sound great. The main reason for choosing one option is the mood I'm in, whether I want to interact with a physical medium or just line up a playlist. Though sometimes I have a fancy to listen to a particular piece of music that I only have on one of the mediums.

I'm really glad I've kept my CD collection. They sound great via a decent system.

[Jimbo]

I did a comparison recently streaming vs CD vs FBA and I now feel CD is definitely the best option for digital music. My new DAC certainly made CD listening a much better listening experience.

FBA came second and Streaming last.

[hornucopia]

I’m hoping my new (and very expensive) dac will make lovely music. Visitor just impressed by my basement collection of CDs,so. It better had!
Now….is there any value in buying a pricy digital I/c?

[Lawrence001]

I’m hoping my new (and very expensive) dac will make lovely music. Visitor just impressed by my basement collection of CDs,so. It better had!
Now….is there any value in buying a pricy digital I/c?

Was it previously Oliver's dac perchance?

[hifinutt]

there is huge amounts of content not available on streaming platforms so cd`s are still very important . i enjoy qubuz and spotify and am trying to improve playback gradually as i grapple with the technology !!! mconnect, seek apps , roon , etc etc