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Who is ditching their shiny disc spinners?

I want to upgrade my digital side … (currently Bluesound Vault 2i feeding the DAC of Oppo 105) … plan to spend around $2k … since I’ve ripped all my CDs to the Vault, thinking of spending it all on a DAC, and retire/sell the Oppo while it still has some value. I do have a few older CDPs I could retain as backup, but not sure why I would ever need.

Alternatively, was considering a better combined CDP/DAC like a newer Marantz or Yamaha … upgrades DAC performance some, and a reliable spinner for quite a few more years … but I have very few SACDs, so feeling like this would be the tail wagging the dog.

In what direction have you been migrating?
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cleeds
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artemus_5
If you are renting your music from Qubuz, etc @ $20 mo.(for now) then streaming MAY be the better route with a good dac ...
In the US, I'm paying just $12.49 month with a one-year deal. Otherwise, it's $14.99/monthly if all you want is streaming.
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patrickdowns
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I have ripped my >600 CDs to my music server (Small Green Computer), and my Rega Apollo II CD player sits idle most of the time. It's a great player for the money, and will remain in the rack as a backup in case the server goes down, and to play new CDs I get before I rip them.
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artemus_5
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Thanks @cleeds 
I assume this is HD FLAC streaming?
Still I have plenty of music on the HD. I'll get the streamer working but its frustrated me to the point that I had to walk away for a while.
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ozzy
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I copied all of my Cd's (6000+), Hi-Rez SACD's DVD-A's to my hard drive. Today, I play those files and others from Qobuz through my Lumin X1.

The only spinner left is my Oppo 205.

ozzy
cleeds
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artemus_5
Thanks @cleeds 
I assume this is HD FLAC streaming?
Yes, it works out to $12.49/month if you choose to pay annually. ($149.95), @artemus_5 . I'm in the US. Details here.
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