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Old 03-16-2022, 09:18 AM
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With Apple Music Lossless sound quality and Playlists convenience and selection it is 'full streaming ahead' with no more CD's.
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Old 03-16-2022, 11:51 AM
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... I've compared streaming on both Tidal and Qobuz to the same physical media (with the same mastering) and have found that physical media outshines the streaming ...
When comparing CD or SACD to streaming, how can you be sure they share the same mastering?

Consider that with many recordings released today, the LP has a wider dynamic range than the CD. Knowing the provenance of any commercial recording is tricky business.
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Old 03-16-2022, 12:29 PM
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When comparing CD or SACD to streaming, how can you be sure they share the same mastering?

Consider that with many recordings released today, the LP has a wider dynamic range than the CD. Knowing the provenance of any commercial recording is tricky business.
Streaming platforms usually provide fairly detailed information regarding the recording label, the year of release, the year of remastering when applicable... this can help matching vs. the equivalent CD or SACD and possibly allow for comparaisons
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When comparing CD or SACD to streaming, how can you be sure they share the same mastering?

Consider that with many recordings released today, the LP has a wider dynamic range than the CD. Knowing the provenance of any commercial recording is tricky business.
Well, most of the time you cannot, I’ve done it with albums where it has to be the same, i.e. when Discogs only has the same version, like with titles from specialty classical labels. I’ve compared several Telarc albums….I believe mastering by Michal Bishop was standard for almost all of their titles, things like that. But yeah, if I tried to compare versions of some classic rock titles or Miles Davis titles for instance, who knows if you’re comparing apples to apples.

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I also still buy CD’s, but not nearly as often as I used to. The CD’s I buy now never see a CD player because I immediately copy them onto my MacMini and play the stored files. In fact, I haven’t owned a CD player for years now because I’ve been using my Apple products to play them. When I’m not listening to my stored music files or vinyl, I’m streaming using Qobuz.
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