Do I actually need a dedicated amp/DAC for my setup?

Hello World!

The obvious answer to the question is "Duh!*" with the asterisk being a caveat for like 0.5% of the time.

Well, I might be in that 0.5% of the time and, being right brain not left brain, I might be in a situation where my lust for the Ferrum Erco Gen2 is really unwarranted.

Current setup:

• Monitor / Destinations:
  • Miniot Black turntable for vinyl (yeah, yeah, jokes aside) which has an admirable internal pre-amp
  • Naim Atom HD for streaming
  • Audiolab 6000 for CDs (for which obviously I’d need a dac/amp)
• Setups:
  • A) home hifi station: Phonitor XE / Bifrost 2 / Lokius
  • B) at-home work station: JDS Labs Element 3
  • C) home personal computer: SMSL M500 Mk3
  • D) Remote office work station: Atom stack

So the question: do I really need a better amp/dac in my hifi station if I’m only using it for the CD transport & the Phonitor isn't up to par for my flagship headphones? Is using the turntable pre-amp straight to headphones good enough given that it pumps out great volume?

I’m lusting after the Ferrum Erco G2 DAC/amp, thinking of selling the Phonitor/Bifrost/Lokius --- but really, do I really need it? I can take the cd transport through the SMSL MK3 just fine. If I can just sell the Phonitor-trio setup, I can use that $ to put towards the scholarship I set up for kids at my old high school, which would be nice.

Anyways, would appreciate your insight.