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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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Sounds like you upgraded your system and can hear the difference.  CD? Haven't played one in years.

Look at what CD players are trying to do.  Upsample, refilter, balanced DACs.  Everything to get over the shortcomings of the media. 

If you rip your LPs to 192/24+ your bit perfect jitter free hard drive will make you much happier. 
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