Just read Fremer's latest Analog Corner and what a joke. He states that listening to Tidal and Qobuz sounded like cardboard. Before I say something that I shouldn't, let me state a couple of things:
1) Fremer is biased toward vinyl which is no secret
2) Fremer compares everything digital to his $300,000 analog rig
3) He goes cheap on anything digital and then complains why it sounds so bad.
Awhile back, Fremer was reviewing a Moon Dac (maybe a dac/streamer), but he refused to spend $100 for an external disk drive to review certain functions of the unit, but he will spend $100 for the 2 lots that hold his cartridge to the tonearm.
I'm guessing, that Fremer has a cheap dac and uses a cheaper copper internet pop which would make anything coming off the internet sound like crap.
Before Fremer opens his mouth bad mouthing digital, I want him to purchase a $300,000 digital setup that equals what he spent on his analog setup and get a fiber 1G network coming into his house. If he does this, he will sell all his vinyl or at least lower his bias.
FWIW: I have a dac that is on the Stereophile A+ list of dacs (which cost less that 5% of the cost of Fremer's analog setup) and I sold my 5-digit turntable and everything analog because digital sounded so much better.