Big source improvement using CD player

I saw CD transport is coming from Denafrips.  I am very interested in seeing how the reviews are for this knowing how well-liked their dacs are.  

I also appreciate the top-loading!

https://www.vinshineaudio.com/product-page/denafrips-avatar?utm_campaign=0d0cb752-661a-4ac9-9a1b-af4f59d2534f&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&cid=6f5446d7-8310-4348-b18f-5a0bd9983e46

My two cents, you learned the wrong conclusion.  You are using a compressed streaming source, and who-knows-what DAC (you didn't say). Compared it to a high end CD player.
In general, all else equal,i prefer playing FLAC/ALAC files or streaming them (or HD of course) to playing plastic CDs.  And there are reasons this might be true.
Slow down, experiment, learn.

@itsjustme
I’m using a NAD C658 Steamer / DAC combo ^^

How do you get the Oppo BD 105 to stream Tidal?

You can use a Upnp control point that has access to Tidal (I use the Bubbleupnp app for that, select Tidal as library). The Oppo 105 acts as a Upnp renderer, that you can select in Bubbleupnp and stream music to it.

You might want to look at the Oppo products. The udp 205 has a high quality Sabre dac.