I ripped a similar sized CD collection to a SSD, which is plugged into my Lumin T2 streamer dac. I found that sometimes my ripped CD collection has selections my current Qobuz service does not. However, the streaming library is so broad and getting bigger, I could live without my ripped CD's if I had to.
Question on streaming, ripping etal......
Greetings all. Let me preface my commentary by saying I'm still a 2 channel old school, need to own my music type of guy. Since recently turning 60 under lockdown I've been pondering adding a streamer. My dilemma (partly) has been do I rip my current cd collection (1000) or just go to streaming 100%. I have a friend who had a Bluesound Vault and ripped his cd collection only to feel he wasted a lot of time. He has since moved to a Bluesound node and streams only and says he's perfectly happy. So, I'm interested in the thoughts of others who have traveled this path. I'm currently using an Oppo universal player feeding the dac of my Yamaha A-S801 integrated. Seemed to sound a tad cleaner than the Oppo analog into the Yamaha. Comments and inputs appreciated....