Who is ditching their shiny disc spinners?

“Who is ditching their shiny disc spinners?”

Not a chance. 

I’ve got 2 Marantz sacd 30n’s that can also be used for streaming that I purchased within the last year. I love having physical media and have collected a lot of cds over the years. Before that, it was cassettes and before that was vinyl. The cds have survived my youth and subsequent moves much better than either (though I am discovering the joys of vinyl again).
Who, knows perhaps I’ll refurbish my old Nakamichi cr-2a and revisit cassettes? My old Nakamichi om-s1 is still kicking, though the new Marantz units sound much better to me.
I realize that there are superior options for streaming and the convenience of having a digital juke box has its appeal.
Though I’m too set I’m my ways and quite satisfied with my gear.

I like the streaming aspect of the sacd 30n best for sampling new music before making a purchase.

Thrive

 
troutki5040, please let us know how it sounds.
I've got the 1st pressing, 2 different mofi LPs and a mofi CD, so I tried to resist buying the new DSOTM SACD.... but I'm sure I only succeeded in putting it off for a day or two.

Many are migrating to all digital streaming and hard drive, and there is no doubt a good DAC can extract a lot of detail and make a great system. But the problem I see is that, because everything is at hand, your listening changes too and you just jump around rather than listening to a CD/LP that often the artist put a ton of time into to create a musical arc. It’s instant gratification time. So I still prefer to keep my CDs and Vinyl as physical music I put on and play through. 
So, like some other posts have mentioned I’d keep both the ‘shiny spinner’ and digital hard drive. Like you too I have a few SACDs but given there all but one playable as CDs too, opting for a new SACD is probably not the ‘best’ option. So it all comes down how you listen and interact with your music collection, but I’d buy the DAC and see how it all sounds before ditching anything!

I have ripped more than 1100 CDs with my Cocktailaudio X45Pro.  Just stick the CD into the slot and it rip's away to the HD.  The X45 automatically downloads meta data from web.  I have ripped to FLAC with no issues.  Occasionally the X45 finds the wrong meta data.  This can be easily corrected manually from several sources on the web.

I no longer use a preamp.  The X45 has all the features needed included digital balance, a feature that I find useful.  I just connect it to my Classe amp with balanced cables and my audiophile friends are amazed.