To Stream or Not to Stream

Great advice here.  I had the same issue, and thought I really needed to rip my CDs.  So I bought an Innuos Zenith MK.3 ripper/streamer with 1tb of storage and subscribed to Qobuz.  I find that I listen to those albums on Qobuz that I discovered through  Roon much more often than the ripped CDs.  None of my CDs were rare or hard to come by, so all of them can be found on Qobuz.  Comparing the two in my system, I cannot hear a difference between a high resolution 96/24 Quobuz tune and my ripped CDs.  Often, the Quobuz HR tune sounds better.  I do, however, have quality cables, etc., but ripped the CDs a while ago on a Innuos Zen mini and stored them on an old Toshiba portable hard drive using a standard computer usb cord before transferring them to the Zenith with the same cord.  That process may account for the SQ difference == not sure, but I am enjoying Roon on my system.  I agree, if your CD collection is not particularly rare or otherwise unlikely to be found on Qobuz or Tidal, there is no need limit your search to those streamers that include rippers and storage.

If you are going into streaming, get a good quality dac, that's the most important piece. You don't need a dedicated streamer, been there. Get Roon, run it on a Linux or Mac and use any input on your dac as long it isn't usb or toslink or digital coax

I started a few years ago with an Aurender N100 and the internal Dac in my integrated.  I started with Tidal, and eventually added Qobuz to get an even wider variety of music.  The sound quality is excellent, and having access to such a range of music literally at your fingertips is wonderful. I have also started to accumulate digital downloads and ripped CDs and SACDs, which are stored on my Aurender, mostly of stuff that is not on the streaming services.  I am very happy with my choice.  Regarding your DAC, the Yggdrasil is a nice unit (a friend of mine has one, and it sounds quite nice).  The only thing you need to consider is whether either DSD or MQA is important to you.  If not, the Yggy is a good choice.

I have n Aurender paired with a Schiit Yggdrasil GS, and stream Quboz and Tidal. Highly recommend this combo!