Replacement of Cary CD player

I seen many friends/acquaintances that sell up on their huge CD collection to go to servers or streaming.
And they get on this never ending merry go round chopping and changing these servers/streamers and the way they connect up in a quest to get back to how their CD ’s used to sound when they spun them and to get back to their musical roots, they are almost suicidal to watch.

Most in the end are not satisfied, and now just play music as background noise and given up on audio and having "hifi nights with friends" and actually sitting in the sweet spot and reveling in their 3 dimensional sound stage like they used to when the were audiophiles with a massive cd collections and a real love of music and the equipment that played it.

Cheers George

Thanks georgehifi,
in your response you talked about different Cary player, my player is 308, tube version. This has only coax and toslink digital out.
This 308 plays much better with external DAC so my thinking is why to keep old CD player (I can still get decent money for it when sold) when I can get better transport (newer technology) to use with my DAC.
So only question would be which transport would be able to sound better than old tube Cary? I might end up keeping Cary as transport and play with different DACs.
I do not care about hi-res, streamers or servers. Good old CDs are for me, and rips.

rohlim OP
Thanks georgehifi,
in your response you talked about different Cary player, my player is 308, tube version. This has only coax and toslink digital out.

Still makes for a great transport, even with RCA spdif, and that great Philips CDM-12 laser.
Put it on a large floor tile, with a half inflated kids bike/scooter innertube under it, and it will serve you well (even pull the tubes) because they aren’t used.

Cheers George

PS Audio DMP.  Also plays SACD.  It's a transport, so you can keep your DAC.  You'll need to get a used one, as I believe PS Audio only sells a SACD only transport now.  

I seen many friends/acquaintances that sell up on their huge CD collection to go to servers or streaming.

^^^ 
This is the latest <<craze>> Not a  bandwagon I will ever jump on. My 20th C classical cd collection is complete, my  Cayin cd17 Mark 1,  just finished modding ///sounds ,,superr high fidelity>> just added a  Shanling 3000 and is being upgraded /new M caps + Sparksoslab descrete op amps, ..not sure which will beat out which in <,The Great tube cdp shootout>> 
My bet is on the Shanling once mods are completed in 3 weeks. 
anyway, my suggestion is geta  Cayin CD17 Mark2, which has a incredible INDESTRUCTIBLE trans(12 yrs use /zero issues) + tube DAC. Bal/unbalnced employs 6922 in both circuits. 
You will not regret it.