I purchased the Audiolab CDT 6000 also.
No regrets. Sounds great. Not going to start down the streaming hole at the moment. Lots of good music in house. CDs and vinyl. Less wear and tear on cartridge too.
Understanding that sometimes price may not be an issue, $4,000 seems like a lot of money. I get these insane expenditures on analog gear because it’s the nature of the beast. A $1,000 cable. Hmmmm…. Others may be able to provide cogent arguments to the contrary, but I have a hard time seeing a commensurate increase in sound quality from a good DAC/streaming setup to a $5k CD setup. Seems like, as you noted, ripping your CDs and rockin’ the DAC/streaming setup would be totally fair. |
@tylermunns I did too until I actually got my dedicated streamer up and running. My streaming quality now far surpasses that of playing CDs. Not even close. |
+1 soix SQ better than CD in high res flac files. ‘Or the same if in the same resolution.”per @ghdprentice Some refute this. Each to their own. And there’s the equivalent of surfing the web but with music on steroids. |