Let me first disqualify myself; I am not trying to save you money.
I have a Meridian 508.24 and I have occasionally pondered a similar question. The thing is, after listening to other CDPs in various listening rooms (Wadia, Ayre, Krell, ML, Classe), I concluded that I could spend more money, but that the return on listening pleasure would not be equivalently increased. So I remain very happy with my CDP and don't perceive a need to change what "ain't broken." Plus, when I close my eyes and just listen, I don't feel that there is anything missing musically that I would want to be able to "pull off the sonic shelf" that isn't readily apparent.
Those ML components you own were and still are state of the art in design and execution in many ways. They also provided the reference hoops for countless other to try and jump through. And they are future classics. My guess is that you could change over to an even higher price/performance point and still end up missing your ML gear on a purely emotive level. Unless you have auditioned something that has really gotten under your skin, and you are absolutely certain it provides greater listening enjoyment, I would keep what you have.
I have a Meridian 508.24 and I have occasionally pondered a similar question. The thing is, after listening to other CDPs in various listening rooms (Wadia, Ayre, Krell, ML, Classe), I concluded that I could spend more money, but that the return on listening pleasure would not be equivalently increased. So I remain very happy with my CDP and don't perceive a need to change what "ain't broken." Plus, when I close my eyes and just listen, I don't feel that there is anything missing musically that I would want to be able to "pull off the sonic shelf" that isn't readily apparent.
Those ML components you own were and still are state of the art in design and execution in many ways. They also provided the reference hoops for countless other to try and jump through. And they are future classics. My guess is that you could change over to an even higher price/performance point and still end up missing your ML gear on a purely emotive level. Unless you have auditioned something that has really gotten under your skin, and you are absolutely certain it provides greater listening enjoyment, I would keep what you have.