Big source improvement using CD player

I never stream.  I have an Esoteric SACD player which I love dearly.

My Esoteric SACD player with the VRDS NEO transport is one of the best transports out there used with the BB pcm1704 R to R ladder DAC gives me far better sound than streaming from any source.  If I am feeling lazy, then I use the music server, if I want to listen to my system at its best, I use the Esoteric player.  
George, am I on the right track?

@roberttdid,

My Esoteric player is dated 2008.  Ralph at Spearit Sound told me it was the third best player he ever heard, the other two were made by DCS.  I really didn’t believe it at the time but this player sounds so right.  The music server is a Sony HAP-Z1ES which Stereophile rated an A+ and it received a very high rating from TAS.  The Esoteric player is better, not by that much but it is more enjoyable sound.  

I find if I use the Sony server, I don't listen to the entire album.  I am always skipping around.  With the CD player, I listen to the entire disk.  That in itself is much more relaxing to me.