OK, now that you have calmed down, do you see that your correction is not correct English? Look at the context, "Is there a point?'..."Streaming limited, when all that gear is no longer relevant? Again, your correction is silly!
In your first post I had no clue what you were asking.
Yes, it is worth having the best equipment for streaming, at least in the classical real. There are streams that deliver lossless FLAC and very high quality Atmos streams.
One of the issues with streams and digital audio in general is that the dynamic range is actually not as good as it seem, because of exceeding limits with the average level being too high.
So there is now a new European normalization standard: - The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) R 128 standard is used to normalize digital audio in Europe. It recommends setting the target loudness level to −23 LUFS (Loudness Units Full Scale). AES have recommended adoption. Dolby are enforcing EBU 128 for all Atmos streams. After intense investigation on my part with my digital audio workstation, I have come to the conclusion that EBU 128 is the way to go.
There is significant consumer resistance as the average level is much lower than what we are used to. It is lower than 10 to 12 db from a lot of current streams. If you have listened to any Atmos streams then you know what EBU 128 sounds like in terms of volume.
I have concluded that EBU 128 does allow for wider and cleaner dynamic range, and I now normalize my Wav.files to EBU 128.
The downside, is that it requires equipment have very superior signal to noise ratio. So that means careful attention to installation and ground planes.
In the classical arena there are many streams that are the equal of any digital disc and better than a lot. The only exception is Atmos streams as it is not possible currently to stream them lossless but still with very acceptable degree of lossy compression. Currently the only way to experience loss less Atmos is on disc.
