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Upgrade from X-ACT to Schiit DAC

My ~18 year old Yamaha CD player is acting up. I have been using it for the last 16 years with a Musical Fidelity X-ACT and a MF X-10D. 
In order to listen to CDs I had to hook up the 2 MF units to an old Sony DVP -560D DVD player. Bear with me here as I'm an entry level audiophile.
The CDs sound just OK via the Sony DVD player thru the X-ACT but I find it lacking.
I'm torn between buying a new DAC like the Schiit Modi 2 Uber/Bifrost and continuing to use the DVD player as a transport OR buying a new CD player like a Yamaha CD-S300/Onkyo C7030.
So, what would you do?
Has the X-ACT been crucially surpassed by the newer CD players and the stand alone DACs from Schiit?
exiledviking

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Hadn't even thought of ripping the CDs. Perhaps some day in the future. I'm old school and like picking out a CD to listen to.
For now I think I'll try out a Schiit Bifrost and see how I like it. If it suits me I will see about repairing the Yamaha CD player or replacing it with a new decent inexpensive CD player as a CD transport from Onkyo, Marantz, or Yamaha.
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