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When to give up CDs and TT?

I purchased a Bricasti M21 DAC some time ago. Now I'm thinking about selling my SACD player (Marantz SA7 S1), Turntable (VPI Classic 3) and media (CDs and records) because I hardly use them.  It would free up a lot of space in my stereo room.  Any thoughts or experience with this?

 

My system is a Spectral DMC-30SV preamp, DMA-500 monoblocs, MIT Oracle cables and EgglestonWorks Rosa speakers.  The phono amp is a  Sutherland Engineering PhonoBlock. 

 

Streaming is by Qobuz using Audirvana on my SG20 smartphone.  The internet cable runs into the M21 for most listening or I use an IFI ZEN for DSD256.  My downloaded music is saved on my laptop.  I use the iFi SilentPower LAN iPurifier Pro and IFI Power Elite Power Supplies to reduce noise going into the system.  

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raysmtb1
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What is TT?

milpai's avatar
milpai
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You can get rid of the hardware if you like. But I would not get rid of the CDs/SACDs/LPs. If you have ripped them as FLAC/DSD, then you are supposed to own them. In any case if you lose your HDD (crash/malfunction), these would be your backups. 

soix
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Agree with @parkergetdean if you’re asking that question it’s already been answered. 

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2psyop
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The more formats the merrier. Remember in the 80’s when CDs were replacing albums forever? Well they didn’t for hundreds of thousands of music listeners.

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ghdprentice
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Good question. I seldom use mine, I should get rid of it. I had long ago ripped my CDs, so if the internet goes down I have  that. But my vinyl collection represents probably vast hours and resources to collect since the 1960's. So, it's hard to let go.

The right answer is now and use any proceeds to improve your streaming sound quality. 

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