02-Sep-2014, 20:34
(02-Sep-2014, 19:55)f1eng Wrote: For whatever reason, it certainly isn't because I have noticed a night and day difference, I find myself mainly listening to CDs nowadays, with some LPs.
FWIW my CD transport is connected by AES/EBU.
I still prefer playing CDs not only sound quality wise but I find it more satisfying to find a physical object than scrolling on a screen.
My second best sounding option is presently what most favor: computer AIR/ethernet. But I recently struggle with the idea that digital downloads (or streaming) will be the future of high res music: Linn is shrinking its catalog, Qobuz is lacking investments, Pono music did not happen yet. There are a few audiophile sites with a very small catalog and not much music I am interested in. I very much hope that situation improves but the the mainstream music distribution apparently moves to streaming at low resolution.