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Who is ditching their shiny disc spinners?

I want to upgrade my digital side … (currently Bluesound Vault 2i feeding the DAC of Oppo 105) … plan to spend around $2k … since I’ve ripped all my CDs to the Vault, thinking of spending it all on a DAC, and retire/sell the Oppo while it still has some value. I do have a few older CDPs I could retain as backup, but not sure why I would ever need.

Alternatively, was considering a better combined CDP/DAC like a newer Marantz or Yamaha … upgrades DAC performance some, and a reliable spinner for quite a few more years … but I have very few SACDs, so feeling like this would be the tail wagging the dog.

In what direction have you been migrating?
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I made the decision to go to streaming.  My CD player was broken.  I gave up records long ago.  It simply would cost too much to do all three media right.  I find streaming to sound good.  I spent about $1100 on a DAC and streamer.   Big debate about buying higher end streamers and DACs.
The Audio GD is all the rage lately.  Denafrips Pontus, Audio Mirror are also good examples.  So there are flavors AKA tubes. 
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