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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plan to spend around $2k … since I’ve ripped all my CDs to the Vault, thinking of spending it all on a DAC
Excellent idea.  Ditch the spinner/buggy whip.  There are a bunch of great DACs in the $2k range that’ll dramatically improve your overall sound quality from the likes of Denafrips, Soekris, Gustard, Audio gd, Musician, etc.  Best of luck. 

maybe I'll bite the proverbial bullet and cruise Qobuz or Primephonic for something I've never heard before.
Finding new music, a lot of which I’d never have found otherwise, is the best thing about streaming IME.  In fact, I find myself listening more to new music than my own stuff, and frankly I’m enjoying and have more fun listening to music than ever before.  Beats the crap outta wandering over to my CD rack for more of the same old stuff, but that’s me.