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An upgrade a long time overdue
uncoupling the notion of having a player as part of the system altogether is something of a radical idea for me ..... but it appears the DAC technology (whether Ayre or anyone else) is optimized by ripping a cd to storage ....and to that end I can... 
An upgrade a long time overdue
I see that - dedicated streaming.  Do you have a cd source?  Looking at DAC players from the suggestions here (and elsewhere) the trickiness associated with jitter - and where the clock impacts the process - etc - is all very complex and not neces... 
An upgrade a long time overdue
apologies btw...all along I've been referring to the Bryston as the 2B....I'm own the B60R....but demoing a friends 2B....well you get the idea...anyway its embarrassing ....  
An upgrade a long time overdue
I dont think I want to introduce a computer and computer based feeds to this.  Looking forward arent we headed more to a wireless and cloud based environment?  Streaming (a la Pandora or Spotify, currently sourced through the android phone) or the... 
An upgrade a long time overdue
lets say $5k or less.  Sweet spot is likely in the $2 - 3k range (guessing).  I mean the Oppo is only $1500 I think.. 
An upgrade a long time overdue
j - thanks and I appreciate your words of caution.  Since you know what I'm starting from, and potentially what I may be interested in going forward, what other sources would you suggest I consider anyone else care to dare venture forward and comm... 
An upgrade a long time overdue
perhaps a gentle push-back....its not completely subjective.....going back to the OP....i have Bryston 2B ss integrated now, with Dynaudio Contour 1.8  - i spent a lot of time picking the dynaudio over the likes of spendor, totel, thiel, klipsch, ... 
An upgrade a long time overdue
Thanks for all your comments guys - really appreciate it.  I did some more digging around, sticking with the premise that I was going to upgrade (generally speaking)...Reading up on the research Sfall provided has been very interesting, but is tak... 
An upgrade a long time overdue
thanks sfall - and yes i readily admit the pairing is vexing me....a couple of threads I read through noted good success pairing CJ tubed pre-amps with Ayre amplifiers.  what about the CJ ET3se with the Ayre V5xe?  do you think the Vandy's are an ... 
An upgrade a long time overdue
Steakster - great list of resources and such an interesting "sonic" development.  I am used to live music so the "conditioning" described sounds fantastic.  I am intrigued.  will add this to the listString - timing is not set....I just got the itc...