Too many of my friends sold their CD collections and transports to go streaming/server way, and chopping and changing them and the software to get some satisfaction, and in the end have lost their passion for music and audio.I went the streaming way about a year ago and my passion for music and audio has if anything been boosted and re-energized by my exposure to worlds of awesome new music I would’ve otherwise never heard. I never sold my CDs, but I honestly haven’t even touched them since I started with Qobuz — and I don’t miss them in the least. Just my experience.
From Audio Research ref cd player to what ? (Cd Transport, streamer, Dac.....?)
I have sold my Ref cd7 as I was willing to upgrade. I thought buying a new dac with a new transport , giving more versatility would be better.
I realize now that lots of transport are available and that finally I just have 200 cd’s or so and the investment on a transport is maybe not that wise....
What quality of transport do I need to buy to be at least at the level of the cd7 ? Moving up the scale I have seen the nuprime cdt 10, simaudio 260d or t , a newly developed project rst2, or the jay’s cdt2 mk2.
What quality of DAC for not to be disappointed with my previous cd7 ? I have seen Ayre Codex or Yggdrasil or Bryston BDA3 or psaudio , or mytek....
Is it better to buy a streamer as I don’t have thousands of cd’s ? But what ?
All of this will be associated to an Audio Research Ref3 , 2x Audio Research Ref 250 , Magnepan 20.7.
I don’t like anemic sound and prefer full bodied, romantic, yet envelopping and textured sound.
I don’t need over transparency as my above rig is sufficiently transparent to let everything appear even in the smallest details.
What do you think ?
thank you
I realize now that lots of transport are available and that finally I just have 200 cd’s or so and the investment on a transport is maybe not that wise....
What quality of transport do I need to buy to be at least at the level of the cd7 ? Moving up the scale I have seen the nuprime cdt 10, simaudio 260d or t , a newly developed project rst2, or the jay’s cdt2 mk2.
What quality of DAC for not to be disappointed with my previous cd7 ? I have seen Ayre Codex or Yggdrasil or Bryston BDA3 or psaudio , or mytek....
Is it better to buy a streamer as I don’t have thousands of cd’s ? But what ?
All of this will be associated to an Audio Research Ref3 , 2x Audio Research Ref 250 , Magnepan 20.7.
I don’t like anemic sound and prefer full bodied, romantic, yet envelopping and textured sound.
I don’t need over transparency as my above rig is sufficiently transparent to let everything appear even in the smallest details.
What do you think ?
thank you