Better CDP or network player?

In the same boat a couple of years ago, although I didn't have more than a handful of SACDs. I am still very happy with the decision I made to go to a server. computeraudiophile had much helpful info from those who seem most informed on the topic. I went with a Synology NAS, while a number of others are also happy with QNAP servers. Err on the high side as far as #bays and overall size. Be sure to research backup options and my sure what you want to do before you chose RAID option during initial setup because it's a huge hassle or impossible to change it later. 
For hard disks I went with the WD Red drives which seem to be the far most popular and reliable at a reasonable cost. 
For network player I got a Sonore microRendu which presents a tremendous value and offers very high flexibility to use it with streaming apps like Tidal, and a variety of control apps. I use Lumin player app on my iPad to select my music. I suggest reading Chris Connaker's two part review on the microRendu to get the whole story enthusiastically, but accurately reviewed. There are many posts on this product here and elsewhere. FWIW, the Sonore guys are amazingly quick with inquiries about setup options and support. 
I've been told by many who regularly listen to much more expensive setups that mine is right up there in sound quality and user experience. Pretty affordable and well within your budget, even if you need to buy an iPad. 
Ripping CDs to store them is a tedious one time process, but well worth it. Ripping SACDs is another story and only a few ways to do it. There's much already written on it, I'd spend plenty of time ready what's already here and on computeraudiophile if you need to do that.

Listening to Beck's Morning Phase on it as I type :-) Cheers,
Spencer

@shadowcat At that budget, you can do both.  My suggestion would be the Bluesound Node2 as a Network Player, and then I would look for a SACD/CD player that has a DAC (I don’t think you mentioned a DAC in your setup) which can be accessed by other digital sources.  Until a few months ago the latter would have meant Oppo, but they have ceased making players.  I believe that  Marantz still makes good CD/SACD players in the $1000 range, but I’m not sure if their DACs can be accessed.  Also, you didn’t mention if Multichannel is a consideration.
  Another way to go would be to get the Sony Universal Player for around $400, the Node2 (also $400) and spend the remainder on a DAC.  There are some very good DACs in the $1000 range.  Both the Node2 and the Sony have DACs but they are nothing special and at your budget you can really improve things with a good DAC.

Thanks for the advice folks. 

I do not currently have a stand alone DAC. The units I'm initially considering would be the Marantz  S14s1 CDP or the Marantz NA11s1 network player. The S14s1 does allow stand alone DAC usuage. Both can currently be had within my budget................I'm not a gear junkie..can't afford to be, so I like to get the best I can and keep it for as long as I can..............I'll do some research on your recommendations and any others that come in before I pull the trigger............Thanks much!!