CD Player: Vintage or modern ones?

In my system I haven’t tried Taiko Audio SGM Extreme Network Music Server but I have spent extensive time with it in my friends system.  I would say this is elite status for streaming but it is best performed storing and playing back your music.  That may be next on my list but I’m trying to justify + $40K for this unit or any feature unit this company may produce in the near future.

As incredible this unit is, CD’s (Redbook, DVD Audio, SACD with Multi or two channels) still outperforms streaming at its best.

I have only had my Cambridge CXN100 streamer for 3 weeks but my CD playback is well sorted. So far my CD playback is better.

No, not worth it. With CD players, vintage vs modern is not the right question. Some are good, some aren't as good. Nothing to do with age when it comes to those. 

After some serious consideration, and listen what a good CD player can do with my speakers and amp, and also embracing how comfy had been streaming for my wife and me over the last two years, and more recently using our Voxativ Zeth Absolut system, I gave to my dealer a good bunch of stuff including the TT, to trade it for a metronome aqwo 2+ with tube module. I’m done with this, now I have a nice collection of Vinyls to sell and put the money into our savings for our new home.

Thank You all, I’m seriously done with gear at least for the next decade.

PS: Cannot still believe how close in emotion and warm is the Metronome to my old Kuzma Stabi R.

CD3 MKII ARC.