Why Purchase A CD Player or Transport ?

@jafant - In my main system my previous sources were a Mojo Audio EVO DAC and Simaudio 260D CD Transport. I enjoyed listening with them and have moved them into my 2nd system. I don’t stream but if I decide to and want to use my main system the Neodio also has SPDIF and USB digital inputs for that purpose.

Nice second system digital front end! @facten I would love to hear your system someday. Your Daedalus Argos V2s are also most interesting. The Neodio sounded wonderful streaming, but CDs played through this unit were extraordinary.   
Some of the very best digital I have ever heard.  

As always, the forum community is like the "Eye of Sauron" or if there was such a thing, the "Ear of Sauron": omniscient and never wrong in their opinions. Some comments are helpful and kind but it can be interesting. Discussions re. vinyl v. CD v. streaming are endless. Some obvious points re. CDs, less prone to damage, more affordable (than vinyl), easier to store if that's important, essentially zero surface noise, the bit rate and gapless playback are great. And if you want, you can rip to a hard drive/NAS and then "stream".

Can we agree, vinyl, streaming, and CDs each have pros and cons? Beyond endless debate, what do you enjoy? I oft repeat Hans Beekhuyzen when he concludes his YouTube posts, and whatever you do... enjoy the music. 

Streaming. I use TIDAL primarily 75% of my listening time, and 5% or so Spotify. (I tried Qobuz and Amazon HD but preferred TIDAL.) Can we acknowledge that streaming services have pros and cons? What matters is which one(s) do you like and enjoy?

Short Answer, I love my CD player and the resulting sound.

Long Answer, I have a large CD collection. Not all are available via streaming. After almost 1 year of research, I bought the QUAD Artera Play+ for about $2000. In that price range, you'll find about 3-4 comparable brands. (If you are interested, search reviews. Most are are high.)  I have a McIntosh amp, Revel F328Be speakers, et. al. components. I use XLR connections (another debated point) from the QUAD and my DAC to the McIntosh (early on I decide for all XLR balanced connections on my equipment. My room, while not perfect, is well treated with diffusers and many panels, etc.)

When I "A-B" CDs with a variety of streaming tracks (including the hotly debated "love it or hate it" MQA and other files), generally the CD sounds better. I have a few audiophile friends who are far more knowledgeable than me and they agree, the CD often sounds better, sometimes significantly. John Darko has several interesting YouTube posts on CDs that would be worth your time. 

Many great CD transports/players are available. The QUAD's UI is a bit clunky but feature rich, including the ability to program tracks you may not want to hear on a particular CD. (I find this feature wonderful with film score/soundtracks when there's an occasional track that's not a piece of music I enjoy. Additionally, and I may be labeled a heretic, but in some classical pieces, the length, repetition, or sometimes bombastic and high tension pieces get on my nerves, you can tell the player once and it remembers to skip those tracks. Not the reason to buy the unit obviously, but a nice feature. The DAC in the QUAD is imo amazing. I was more than amazed at the QUAD's performance. It's built like a truck. I literally cannot hear the CD disc spinning once in the player. That's impressive. 

Last, and very surprisingly, when I can't figure out a feature or function on the QUAD their customer service actually responds quickly via email!

I hope you find a solution that's great for you! 

The best reason to purchase a CD player/transport is, there are 6  trillion CD in the world.

Novel idea, have both cd transport AND streaming setup, one doesn't have to preclude the other.