Bluesound Vault 2i, with external DAC and hi-end CD player

llarry, You should delete this thread and repost it under the Digital topic. You don't want to start a turf war.  You can do this in your account. Click on the topic and to the right click on the gear symbol and your options will drop down. 

A quick answer to your question is that the Bluesound is probably a good enough streamer but its DAC is not that good. A standalone DAC might match your CD player. There are many threads about DACs and which ones to pair with the Bluesound.

I own the Bluesound Vault 2, connected to the DAC of an Audio Aero Capitol Reference CDP.  While I've found the Bluesound definitely benefits from an external DAC, the cd's ripped to the Vault don't sound as good as cd's played direct from my CDP.

Very sorry to have posted this in the wrong section. I am a newbie I didn’t know. I will take Tomcy6’s advice and move it. 

Tomcy6... sorry but I could not figure out your instructions.I Open my profile but could not find any thing about “topics“. A little more help would be much appreciated.

a better DAC will help the vault, but only so far