Sound Quality

@navyachts are you referring to SSD drive mounted inside your N200 that contains that music library?
Few things based on my experience…it depends on the recording. Not all DSD files are by default better sounding than redbook or hi-res streaming. It also depends on the DAC. You will be able to feed the M1S2 a native DSD signal and take full advantage of the Bricasti DSD DAC.
In addition, the N200 sound quality streaming Qobuz is slightly better than Tidal (at least to my ears in my system) but in general it is on a high enough level to not have to bother with ripping CDs. I’ve tested it against CDs and most of the time preferred hi-res streaming.

To answer your question on what to use to rip 💿 - I use dbpoweramp and rip to uncompressed FLAC.

@navyachts I thought there were some DSD albums on the SSD, no? That is where you would get native DSD over to M1S2. 

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@navyachts dsf are dsd files. 
I see you’re having a 💩 ton of fun. Lol. 
Just take a deep breath you’ll get there. 

@navyachts if storage space is a concern you can rip in compressed FLAC. I have plenty of storage and not too many CDs left to rip so I do it in uncompressed FLAC using dbpoweramp. I haven’t compared compressed vs uncompressed but am assuming the quality won’t suffer as long as the device rendering it has capacity to do it. In your case it’s the N200 with plenty of compute so I wouldn’t anticipate any issues at all.

let’s see what @erik_squires says as well

@navyachts I use a $39 LG external cd-rom drive. It’s not super fast though. The dbppweramp has validation built in and will display the results if any issues. So far I ran it without any problems. 

@navyachts so what’s the ETA on the DAC?

@navyachts Bricasti had two modes to play DSD - NDSD (native dsd) and PCM. Use NDSD and feed it Native DSD from N200. 
Whether DSD sounds better than hi-res it’s for you to decide. It will sound different. To me DSD typically sounds softer than the redbook or hi-res files. The sound is more analog like but to me it lacks bite with usually smoothed over transients. It totally depends on your preference and the master you’re listening to. Don’t assume by default that DSD is better sounding. My experience with 4 different DACs is that it sounds different. You will hear it. 

@navyachts when you buy a hi-res album compare the sound of purchased file vs streaming of the same album. Just curious. I just don’t think purchasing downloads is necessary but hey…you can try and see if it’s worth it for you