I have recently gotten rid of my Ayre CD player because I finally found a music server and DAC that sound better IMO. I’ve gone with the dcs Bartók, along with Roon on a Roon Nucleus.
The ripped CDs all sound better (again, to my ear) than they did on the Ayre CD player, plus convenience factor is great. I use Qobuz as a streaming service because to my ear their hi-res FLAC files sound distinctly better than the Tidal MQA files - not quite as good as the ripped CDs, but quite good enough.
I’m really happy with the changeover, and the simplicity of one digital source and one analog source.
The ripped CDs all sound better (again, to my ear) than they did on the Ayre CD player, plus convenience factor is great. I use Qobuz as a streaming service because to my ear their hi-res FLAC files sound distinctly better than the Tidal MQA files - not quite as good as the ripped CDs, but quite good enough.
I’m really happy with the changeover, and the simplicity of one digital source and one analog source.