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Looking to use the Bluesound Vault 2i High-Res 2TB Network Hard Drive CD Ripper/Streamer

Hello All,

I'm basically looking to use this as my "mega" disc cd player. Back in the day I had a Pioneer 101 disc cd player. I loved it. I'm kind of looking to go back as I miss listening to my cd's. So I'm looking to rip all my old cd's, connect this unit to my processor and use it as my cd player...I have no experience with this unit or "ripping" cd's. Will I get the same quality sound and can I use this unit as basically a mega disc cd player?

Thanks All!
kingbr
mahler123
3,081 posts
 
OP
lots of threads about Bluesound in the Digital and PC forums.
fwiw, I will disagree with djones and say that using my CD player as a transport into my DAC sounds slightly better than playing the ripped CD on the Vault2, but it isn’t a night and day difference.  Another factor is using the Bluesound app to find your music; as with all streaming apps you may love it or hate it, and it is a significant part of the experience.
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oddiofyl
3,476 posts
 
I have the Vault 2i and love it,  streaming has changed the way I listen to music.   Sure, I put all of my discs in it, but mainly use it to stream Qobuz.  Many times I will find myself playing the Hi Res version of CDs I already own
kingbr OP
270 posts
 
Hello,

Wanted to thank you all for your help. Unfortunately I was unaware that I needed to run an ethernet cable to my router which is not possible. So dead in the water on this one. I guess I will have to wait until a true wireless unit that can burn and play cd's comes along...Thank you all anyway!
joey54
432 posts
 
I had a similar issue when I got my Aurender N100. I ended up buying a Google Wifi Mesh system and connected my Aurender to one of my Google nodes via the ethernet port on the unit.I don't think the new Google wifi has ethernet ports but many mesh network nodes do.
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