Since my sabbatical


For family reasons - I have been away from audiophile interests for over 15 years. I now have the ability to again restart.

My last real reference for published reviews / opinions that my hands on experiences matched was The Audio Critic (a long time ago). I have a stack of previously SOTA components that need professional restoration as well.

My current attempts at re-entry into reading Audiophile-ism related pubs has left me flabbergasted and confused.

Am I in the right Forum to start a dialog on connecting my real world experiences with the market pubs / beliefs / etc. now?

Questions abound!

PWK maven

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I would look for seperates (transport + DAC) instead of the Yamaha. Only because the DAC technology is evolving & improving. You can pick up a Cambridge transport pretty cheap which will give you the funds to buy a new or newer DAC. I've used the cambridge with a new (as of a couple years ago) Audio Alchemy DAC & it was very good. 
Thx Boxer.
Makes sense.
Any ideas on where to look for a transport that is bullet proof too?
... also have a great Questyle QP1R for travel but even pro style headphones don't isolate enough to kill the plane noise. Newest Sony and Bose noise cancelling phones kill the outside noise well except with my QP1R blue tooth is N/A to use a wireless option.

Does the TaoTronics Bluetooth 5.0 Transmitter do what I need for wireless that the Questyle doesn't have or should I stay wired?

My initial guess is stay wired  sticking with physics and the QP1R  Class A current mode amplifier.

If so - THEN which headphones would do the trick and isolate a lot better than my Sennheiser HD 300 PROs on a loud plane for 8 hours?