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CD vs.same CD ripped to HD

Hi all,

So I hope this seemingly simple question doesn't star a war.  

The background is that I have a ton of CDs and am considering getting a Bluesound Vault 2i so that I can rip them to the Vault's HD, and play them from there. 

The simple question is: how does the SQ compare between the two?  The CD player is a Marantz SA-8004 digital out to a Denefrips Ares II DAC.  I would also use the digital out of the Vault 2i through that DAC.  

FWIW, I prefer vinyl (though it is getting closer and closer).  But more than anything I'm a music fan, with a whole lot of great music on silver discs.

Opinions??

Richard


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Usually a ripped cd sounds better

Why is simple a stored data file has no read errors

Optical playback may  have read errors when playing 

So the ripped cd is presenting an error free data package to the dac

You may want to look at a higher end server the vault is a starter level server which doesn't offer usb which sounds better
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