Is it worth upgrading a CD player?

@vthokie83 thanks, it would be under £1k and I’ve read a few good reviews of the Audiolab 6000CDT.

@grislybutter I auditioned Sonetto III, B&W704 and AE520s and went with the latter, should be here within a week or so. Looking forward to it!

Thanks for all your responses! I have around 1,000 CD’s boxed up (after switching back to vinyl 7 years ago, oh the irony) and I just did a trial on Qobuz which was great but I’m looking interested in playing the CD boxsets I have where the bonus discs weren’t ever released on vinyl so it’s my only way to hear alternate takes, unreleased tracks, etc.). At this stage my CD player is basically a transporter as it feeds into the Audiolab M-DAC+. From the comments above, as I’m happy with my DAC I should stick with what I have. Thanks again.

I forgot to mention my cd collection is ripped to an external drive and then either streamed through the house via Sonos or played directly to the DAC via a USB cable from a Mac. I still manage the music library using iTunes.

Thanks again for the comments. I’ll look into which transports pair well with the Audiolab M-DAC+.
 

@grislybutter thanks, they were definitely the best and perform well above the price grade.

I’ve ripped my CDs to Apple Lossless.

I’m getting a lot of comments re. streaming, which I already do, and about getting a DAC, which I already have, but for clarification, my question is whether an upgraded CD player/transport is worth the investment when I want to physically play a CD and sit and listen to it. I think from all the comments it’s clear that it won’t be a night and day difference so I’ll stick with what I have and if it ever packs in, I’ll look at getting a dedicated CD transport. Thanks again for all the comments and feedback!