Better CDP or network player?

@shadowcat At that budget, you can do both.  My suggestion would be the Bluesound Node2 as a Network Player, and then I would look for a SACD/CD player that has a DAC (I don’t think you mentioned a DAC in your setup) which can be accessed by other digital sources.  Until a few months ago the latter would have meant Oppo, but they have ceased making players.  I believe that  Marantz still makes good CD/SACD players in the $1000 range, but I’m not sure if their DACs can be accessed.  Also, you didn’t mention if Multichannel is a consideration.
  Another way to go would be to get the Sony Universal Player for around $400, the Node2 (also $400) and spend the remainder on a DAC.  There are some very good DACs in the $1000 range.  Both the Node2 and the Sony have DACs but they are nothing special and at your budget you can really improve things with a good DAC.

Was was looking at Music Direct catalogue.  Denon DCD 1600 NE SACD player $1100 and Marantz NA 6005 DAC streamer for $400 (demo, normally $600).
  I had the previous models of both of these.  The Denon was built like a tank and had a very smooth sound.  The Marantz was a fine DAC—I still use it in a bbedroom system for that—but a terrible streamer because it was buggy as hell with a terrible App.  However, that was about 3 years ago, which is a long time in Digital, and they may have improved it—read reviews if you are interested.

I see that Marantz still makes the 805 SACD/CD player and that it goes for under $1000.  I had an earlier iteration of this player, the 803, which would only play digital inputs as MP3, and wound up selling it for the Oppo 105, which also served as my DAC for a while.  The Marantz 805 can be used as a full DAC.  If I could spend the OPs money I would buy the Marantz 805 and the Bluesound Node2 or if the OP wanted to have the CD ripper and storage then the Bluesound Vault2 and still be within budget.
  It’s fun to spend other people’s money, isn’t it?  Now I understand the appeal of working in Government 

OP—reading your last post I see that you have a little confusion here and djones51 addressed it well.  At the risk of being pedantic, what you are seeking is:
1) A CD/SACD player that can also be used as a DAC.
2) a server, which takes files stored elsewhere and plays them back.
3) A CD ripper to creates these files from your CDs
4) a hard drive to store these files.

All of these can be purchased separately, but several of these features can be combined., potentially even in 1 box solution

It’s a pity about Oppo because they were essentially a one box solution, combining streaming, DAC and disc spinning in one great sounding piece of gear