Article: UPDATE: Amazon Music HD Is Still Lossy*

[PeterG]

I bought a Node 2i, and it's terrific for Qobuz when played through a good but modest system (Bifrost, NAD, B&W CM-1), but could not come close to matching local files on my primary system (Yggy, McIntosh, B&W 805).  When everything needs to be perfect, streaming is not (yet...)

[PeterG]

1 hour ago, MWDeBoard said:

Wouldn’t it be nice if we could tell the difference by just listening and didn’t need some sort of visual confirmation?

Of course one can tell the difference between good sound, great sound, and lousy sound.  No visual confirmation required.  But if you want to know if you are getting the best sound for a particular piece of music, you do need something more.  Chris's piece here is one aspect.  The Dynamic Range Database is another.  AS's ongoing Best Version Of series is a third.