Why does my old CD player sound so much better than my new streamer?


Earlier this year I upgraded my system. Briefly, new Prima Luna Dialogue Premium HP integrated, new Lumin D2 streamer/DAC, kept my Tekton speakers, bought a 10 year old Muse Erato CD player, new Nordost Red Dawn cables all around.  After plenty of break in, the Lumin D2 streaming Tidal, even 24/96, does not sound close to as good as the Muse Erato.  I understand the Muse was about $10k new years ago, I paid $650 for it on Audiogon, is that the difference? It replaced my Naim I had for 20+ years and I bought it on the chance I want to listen to something not on Tidal, but now I'm going to CDs when I want to sit and listen instead of streaming. I considered upgrading to the Lumin T2, but will that be more of the same Lumin sound, which is accurate but thin and a little cold compared to the Muse.  I like the Lumin when just letting Tidal shuffle music as I move around the house, but from the opening note in an A/B test the Muse just sounds so much warmer, live and simply more enjoyable. Any thoughts or suggestions?
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@ bo1972

I am thinking about upgrading my D2 and I like the idea of the L1 especially if the sound quality is better than streaming from a NAS.Do you connect the L1 directly to a Lumin streamer via usb, or with ethernet to the network?And is there any trick to use it as a Roon storage somehow?My Roon core is on the NAS, and as far as I know the only way is to connect the L1 directly to the core computer via usb, but that does not seem the best option considering the sound quality...?

Introducing a good switch between the router and the streamer was the most significant upgrade.  
Which switch did you choose?I am looking at the SOtM  sNH-10G switch but have not found many reviews yet...