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CD Player vs. music streaming

Dear audiophiles:

I am in the cross road for the media choice.  My CD player suffered from abnormal tray movement and consider to replace a new one (maybe the 2nd hand one).  But on last Sunday, I paid a visit to the audio show and find out there are showing many streaming player of the famous brands with  the price range of US$ 5000~20,000.  I feel the sound is not bad with short listening. 

I am thinking about my situation once more, if I buy a HI-Fi CD player, the price might equal to the audio streamer.  Then, if I choose the CD player, I would keep on buying CD. But if I give up CD player and replace it with a audio streamer, my expense might be the monthly subscription expense which cost a CD or so.  Besides,
my kids have no interest in classical music appreciation. There is no meaning for me to keep on buying CD. When I  am passed away, the CD are useless...without not penny. 

Under such kind of   consideration, should I stay in CD player or should I switch to music streamer. 
Any good opinion?
faust168
fleschler
2,046 posts
 
audiotroy Are you indicating that running an SPDIF from an Esoteric P-05X to a COS Engineering D2 DAC is inferior sounding due to jitter problems? I thought this was a rather high end quality musical sound despite not being SOTA. I am using a near SOTA balanced cable. I thoroughly dislike HDMI for audio and am not too keen on USB. I like lots of connectivity with low resistance in a cable. Should I dump my digital system and get a cheap streamer DAC instead to play my CDs through another transport and USB only cable or some other cable you prefer?
big_greg
6,726 posts
 
I went to one of my favorite dealers yesterday (Gig Harbor Audio) and they just happened to have a Lumin T2 set up in their main demo system.  It sounded fantastic.  I'd probably go for the D2.  I have some other priorities ahead of that, but a new streamer may be in my future.
jetter
3,118 posts
 
I think of streamers in the same light as Class D amplifiers.  IMO they are a developing technology and the $thousands you spend today will be worth a fraction of that in the near future.  JMHO


big_greg
6,726 posts
 
@jetter That is one reason why I've held back on spending more than I have on streaming.  Not all that long ago I bought a Marantz NA6005 as my first streaming device.  Sonically and functionally, it was a nice piece, but it doesn't support most of the newer streaming services and its app is pretty bad.  The cheaper BlueSound Node 2 is a much better device in every way.  I consider myself lucky to have gotten rid of the Marantz when I did, it's a boat anchor now.

Ideally, I'd like to get a decent streamer with a good app interface that can be updated as new services become available with no DAC included.
jetter
3,118 posts
 
big_greg, I just purchased a Bluesound node 2i last month and have to confess I am having a blast with all the available music.  I live in a fairly rural area in Vermont so there are just a few broadcasting radio stations.  I haven't experimented with high rez paid subscriptions yet, but have it on one of the 60s & 70s stations (after a week listening to Music Paradise) and it plays all day, I love music selections on this particular station.  Whatever resolution my system is the Node 2i seems to fit right in.  I have a modded Musetex Meitner DAC I may hook up in a while.  One thing, which may be my imagination, but I found the bass a little leaner through the Node 2i and turning up my two SVS subs a touch took care of that.  I did just order a Pangea C7 power cord yesterday and am looking forward to any positive change that may bring.
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