I also ripped all of my CD's with dbPoweramp after I started streaming. I held on to my CEC TL-5 transport for another 2 years, just looking at it sitting on the rack. I finally sold it and moved on. All of my CD's(about 400) are on a thumb drive inserted into the streamer. No regrets. I just haven't been able to just give away the CD's yet, but I'm almost there.
If I rip all my CD's to flac files do I still need a CD transport?
I'm in the process of ripping all my CDs to .flac files with Exact Audio Copy. If I see a verified rip with no errors, is there any point in considering upgrading my CD player? Would I be better investing is a quality streamer and DAC?