Going back to whence I came...

Hello All,

So I have struggled for the last few years. Let me give some history...20 years ago I had finally achieved the "perfect sound system" for me. It was a wild and crazy (and expensive) journey. But I finally got there. Unfortunately it didn't last very long as a divorce kind of forced me to sell off all of my gear (Dynaudio Audience 82's, 122C, 52's, driven by Rotel RMB1095, Transparent cabling throughout). I was probably 65-35 music/ht, for music playback I used my Pioneer PD-F908 101 disc carousel. For music listening through this system it truly couldn't get any better...Well now fast forward 20 years (I had been out of this hobby the entire 20 years) and have bought a house and put together a new 5.1 system. This time I started with Dynaudio Excite and have since moved to Evoke (the Dynaudio sound just completely hooked me back then as soon as I heard them - and now) driven by a Rotel RSP-1582 processor with a Simaudio Titan HT200 5 channel amp supplying the thunder. However I still had no way to listen to music (I'm just not into exploring the streaming thing and have hundreds of cd's). Since they no longer make carousel changers (this is a must for me to be able to load multiple discs), I wondered how the hell am I going to get anywhere near the sound I remember from cd's back in the day???? So I initially bought the Audioengine B1 wireless adapter as this offered "cd quality" wireless sound and listened to my music through my iPhone. This was great but yet I still couldn't help but feel something was still missing. Then someone said hard wired is always better, so someone pointed me toward the Dragonfly Cobalt connected to the camera adapter to my phone via a 3.5 to RCA connection. This actually did seem to gain me a little more as far as sound quality. But that has its own quirks with pausing and hiccupping here and there. So then I looked into the Bluesound Vault 2i to rip my cd collection and basically use that like a carousel cd player. However this was not an option as I found out it still had to be hard wired to my router (not optional my router is on a different floor and can't be moved). So after all this and all the while eyeing the exact same Pioneer unit used and mostly in true "used" condition (Ebay, Amazon) going for anywhere from 100 dollars (without remote) to like 600 dollars (to spend that kind of money on something that may last a week-these units are roughly 15-20 years old now is why I kept hesitating). So to make this already long story short, I finally found what looked like a great unit in very good condition and pulled the trigger on the Pioneer PD-F908 (with remote:)) for $189 on Ebay. Just got it yesterday. I haven't connected and tried it out yet, but right now I am just overridden with excitement and angst and cannot wait to get home, connect it, and see if I hear a difference between what I have been listening to and going back in time to where I was most content...Not really a point to this story, just wanted to share. For me, sometimes the only way to get back what you lost is to go back where you were :) (of course providing it's still possible:)...