I ended up getting a Project CD Box RS2 T. It's a nice upgrade over the audiolab. I'm really enjoying the tunes and having been adding to my CD collection daily. Now I need to build some shelves to hold them all. I know this is somehow a touchy subject but for me I far prefer playing the CD vs streaming in Roon via tidal. It's just a lot fuller sound, more engaging.
older CD transport vs newer ones.
I added a fairly inexpensive CD transport to my DCS Rossini DAC/Clock and am shocked how much better it sounds spinning a disc vs streaming it. It's not even a close call. I was thinking of bettering my CD transport and was looking at options such at the Jay's CD transport. There are also options such as Mark Levinson 31.5 which was a 10K unit in it's day. Any thoughts on the best way to go? I get a little worried about one of these older units breaking and not being able to get it fixed.