I use an Oppo 203 player as a transport only, with the HDMI audio out port going to a black box from China (HDMI/MHL to IIS I2S HDMI IIS I2S Separate Extract Audio I2S/DSD/Optical/Coaxial). From there it goes to the I2S input of my Holo May dac. The black box costs about $50 and change and works very well. My sacd's play as DSD64 files on the dac. This way you can use one dac for streaming, tv, and cds. I think there is a thread on the PS Audio web site that goes into more detail. The sound quality between using the Oppo internal dac and the Holo is very large.
My Last CD player
I like my vinyl but digital has its own set of benefits. When my last CD player fell of its perch, I move to streaming audio. Overall, I have been happy with this decision. I did notice that lately, a number of posters have been claiming that CD is “better” than streaming. I figured that most of these were flat earthers. I recently had the opportunity to listen to a “new generation” CD player on a friends system. I am not sure I would say it was better but it was different and in a very good way. As I have an extensive CD collection, this set me off to evaluate a new CD player for my system .... at my age presumably the last I will own. I have identified a few different used players that seem to check the short list boxes: Audio Research cd 7 SE, Ayon cd10 Signature II Ultimate, Ayon cd35 Signature I and Luxman
D-06u. I am auditioning the Ayon cd10 at home .... smooth, natural, musical, holographic image, but light on dynamics and soundstage. Anyone have experience with these players? Any other suggestions?