Did you compare the same records using the same output devices?I think that CDs usually sound much better than downloads. I have never streamed or downloaded music in my life, and never will, but I have heard downloaded music many times, and it usually sounds flat and tinny. I guess some may think that I am a technological luddite for staying so loyal to CDs, but I don't think that the format is as dead on its arse as some may think. While CDs are still available, I'll still buy them. Vinyl belongs in the past, as far as I am concerned.
I had a free 3 month Spotify trial and would have loved to keep using it but the monthly cost is too high.I stream radio from phone in digital stereo as DAB sound quality is terrible. Use radio app.
I have several DAB radios but Ive given up on them.
As for CDs I have maybe 300 in loft and several 1000 in other formats. Don't bother with any of it now. I stream.
As for streaming is there not Spotify or YouTube groups here sharing cost? That's the way to do it if you can get 5 people.
Re old formats, we got rid of video tapes some of which were only watched once. Terrible waste
If you want cd player they are piled up in cash converters cheap
(I do have backups though - ironically on CD!)
I watch far too much Youtube & also have Youtube Premium. I find Youtube music really good. I get that their bitrate is pretty low. Plus I use Bluetooth to stream which is lossy.I don't own a CD player but I have a few CDs in a box under the bed. Most got ripped to FLAC or 320kbps MP3 years ago. Wonderful till the hard drive they were on died (I do have backups though - ironically on CD!)
I watch a lot of Youtube these days as opposed to mass-market over-the-air TV and with my Youtube Premium subscription I get Youtube Music, so I stream stuff over that. Even the most obscure 1970s prog rock is on there, and listen through a Chromecast Audio (now discontinued sadly) via my 1980s amp.
I grew up with compact cassette and made a lot of compilations and silly voice recordings as a kid.
Always wanted a minidisc but could never afford one as a teenager and ended up getting into it during lockdown.
I used to listent to my dad's vinyl but neve had my own so got into that for a while and bought my first bit of half-decent kit - a Rega Planar 1 turntable, mated with my family's hand-me-down Mission speakers and Kenwood amp.
Moved over to an Arcam Alpha 2 amp which is what I have now and run the TV through it as well (obviously an analogue connection).
Last thing I acquired was a nice Aiwa tape deck to play those silly voice recordings on. I kind of wish I hadn't bothered as it's mainly me doing impressions of Vyvyan from the Young Ones
I watch far too much Youtube & also have Youtube Premium. I find Youtube music really good. I get that their bitrate is pretty low. Plus I use Bluetooth to stream which is lossy.
Out of curiosity I just took two separate online tests to determine whether I can pick out higher resolution streams - failed spectacularly on both. I blame Leftfield for the loudest gig I experienced at the Leeds T&C in 1997 for the state of my hearing
Hear it - I could feel it!I have Leftfield hearing too from that gigit was insane.
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