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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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ja_kub_sz
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I just grabbed a Innuous Zenith, but haven't yet bought a HiFi CDP.

I honestly don't really desire getting one with the plan to used the 2TB hard drive of the Zenith.

Innuous Zenith --> Gustard X26 Pro --> Rotel 1590MK2 --> Monoblock Azure 851w --> JBL L100 75th Anniversary (w/dual Kef Kube 12b)

But 100% not giving up my 2,000+ CD's. It would make my wife happy though I'm sure.
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ja_kub_sz
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If one were to get a CD player, what would be recommended at the 1-2k price range?

I would prefer transport so I could use an external DAC, but what is everyone using to listen to their CD's now a days in the HiFi world? CDP's are the just one of many things I've yet to check out in HiFi, I did go all in on the streamer already with my Innuous Zenith MK3 (arriving this week).

Obviously I have tons to look into, but any suggestions would help.

My current DAC is the Gustard X26 Pro, which I do enjoy as a reference for sound.
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