Thanks for the replies!
I am very happy with my Audio Mirror Tubadour III SE DAC and have no interest in making a change. It’s not inconvenient for me to put a CD on a tray and press play :-). I’m into vinyl and it’s worth all the effort for the musical experience.
I just want to maximize my current CD collection and an upgrade to my CD transport I am sure will provide improvements. I have modified my Cambridge Audio CXC and it brought improvements. The CXC is very good, it frames the musical picture very well and it presents the full spectrum of sound. I suspect a better transport will bring more body to the sound and better contrast. My TT setup is really good and that is my reference point, I assume I can narrow the gap between my TT and digital.
I don’t mind going the direction of a streamer as long it can deliver the same end result as a quality CD transport. What streamers should I look at? should I look at one that has an internal hard drive? or one that I can plug a hard drive into? I assume this is the way to store the files. I am not excited about ripping all my CDs but if the same result can be achieved with added network streaming like Spotify it might be worth it. The complication with digital is always noise, do streamers have issues because how they are designed? I see some have very serious power supplies to deal with noise.
I am very happy with my Audio Mirror Tubadour III SE DAC and have no interest in making a change. It’s not inconvenient for me to put a CD on a tray and press play :-). I’m into vinyl and it’s worth all the effort for the musical experience.
I just want to maximize my current CD collection and an upgrade to my CD transport I am sure will provide improvements. I have modified my Cambridge Audio CXC and it brought improvements. The CXC is very good, it frames the musical picture very well and it presents the full spectrum of sound. I suspect a better transport will bring more body to the sound and better contrast. My TT setup is really good and that is my reference point, I assume I can narrow the gap between my TT and digital.
I don’t mind going the direction of a streamer as long it can deliver the same end result as a quality CD transport. What streamers should I look at? should I look at one that has an internal hard drive? or one that I can plug a hard drive into? I assume this is the way to store the files. I am not excited about ripping all my CDs but if the same result can be achieved with added network streaming like Spotify it might be worth it. The complication with digital is always noise, do streamers have issues because how they are designed? I see some have very serious power supplies to deal with noise.