In Reply to: RE: The joy of TV can happen on analog interlaced CRT's. But.... posted by BigguyinATL on February 10, 2017 at 11:48:42:
I -think- we're on about the same page.
I can and do enjoy 320kbps streaming. I'm not one of those whiner 'audiophools' who call it unlistenable, fatiguing, or "it hurts my ears". Whah! I enjoy the music.
But even w/o doing a side-by-side AB test, I am familiar enough with my lossless or uncompressed CD tracks that I can tell when I'm hearing a 320kbps stream.
I do this mostly in the car. The iPhone has a handful of streaming apps for Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, and Apple Music. I'll launch one for the music variety on a long drive but when I hear a track that I have ripped from a CD, I'll switch to my CD rip and it is plainly clear that the rip is superior to the stream. In this setup, the iPhone in my car is acting as a transport only with it's internal DAC and analog stage are completely bypassed as the signal is sent digitally via the Lightning connector into the car's DAC.
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- RE: The joy of TV can happen on analog interlaced CRT's. But.... - AbeCollins 12:55:10 02/10/17 (0)