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Why do most digital recordings online sound bad?

Posted by ph5y on April 17, 2020 at 12:44:05:
Forgive my ignorance. I like being able to click on a link on my computer and hear a song, but I notice that most of my CDs and LPs sound better than what I hear on Apple Music, YouTube Red or Amazon. Maybe I just need to use a good DAC rather than feed from the computer but I suspect it's more than that. I did use the internal DAC when I was listening through a ProJect Maia but have gone to a different amp. Is it the MP3 format that's the problem? Is there a free streaming service that provides high res or good res versions of Boomer classics, jazz and classical?

Thank you for any comments and please forgive my ignorance!