I hope I made good choices with new gear. Comments?

Thanks for the input guys. 

@sls883  Maybe when I retire in 10 years I’ll check out streaming. I’ll have a lot more time then.

@buellrider97  Thanks for the congrats. I did my research once again. It looks like a nice durable DAC and it’s locally made. VERY transparent. My Parasound preamp and JBLs should add just enough warmth for my tastes. After a lot of reading, I bought a couple "Pangea Audio Premier SE Coaxial Digital Cables". My Benchmark Media DAC has two inputs for those and two more inputs using Toslink cables so I bought a "Pangea Audio Premier Optical Cable" also. Now I can run three (or 4) CD players/transports into my DAC. So...

I also ordered a "Shanling CT90 Premium CD Transport". That was another tough decision to research. Just about everything I looked at had one issue or another.

The Cambridge Audio CXC V2 may have trouble with older discs.

Jays Audio players can be noisy, even with a grinding sound and problems with the Pause going back to the beginning of a track instead of just resuming play.

Audiolabs tend to scratch CD’s, have problems with some discs, remote control issues etc.

I looked at many others too but you get the idea. 

"Maybe when I retire in 10 years I’ll check out streaming. I’ll have a lot more time then."

Many have suggested you upgrade your digital system to a DAC. Well if you look at streamers, most of them have excellent DACs incorporated into their design. For instance Cambridge has three price levels of streamer/DACs that are highly rated. The most expensive is $1,800 and has balanced outputs. you can use it as a DAC and then play around with streaming services to see what is out there. Many, such as Spotify, have a free service with commercials that you can try before subscribing to a lossless, commercial free service. I'm 66 and was skeptical at first, but have discovered much more music and artists that I wouldn't have listened to from my own collection of CDs and LPs. 

@cooperdude6  I appreciate your input but I already ordered the Benchmark Media DAC. It will do everything I want it to and last for decades. 

I do already have Sirius XM for something different but it's very rarely used. When I do have the time to listen to music, I generally already have a specific album I want to hear. It will also take me quite some time to amass all of the CDs I could ever want. Something will pop into my head that I haven't heard in forever and I'll buy it. Next up, Hot Tuna.

It will be interesting to see how it all comes together.  When does everything deliver? 

Over the past 3 to 4 years, I've replaced everything in my system.  I've been building my system for over 40 years.  I started young. 

The last piece to be replaced was my preamp. My new preamp is much better. 

I didn't think I'd ever upgrade my speakers. They were highly regarded Von Schweikert VR-4s.  Really good speakers (I saved them for my son), but their replacements are a lot better....  Unfortunately, the new speakers were a lot more expensive. 

@sls883 The Cambridge Audio monoblocks arrived a couple days ago.  They're heavy! Parasound preamplifier came yesterday. Benchmark Media DAC should be here Tuesday.  Shanling CD transport by end of next week. 77 inch LG OLED TV has been here for a few weeks. Morrow Audio speaker cables on the 14th or 15th. Other assorted interconnects, cables etc. Some are here, rest by end of next week.  Downstairs room where everything is going should be all set early next week. I am learning to be patient! 

New speakers? Let's see how all this comes together.  Yes, that would be a major expense!