Why Purchase A CD Player or Transport ?

Understanding that sometimes price may not be an issue, $4,000 seems like a lot of money.

I get these insane expenditures on analog gear because it’s the nature of the beast.

A $1,000 cable.  Hmmmm….

Others may be able to provide cogent arguments to the contrary, but I have a hard time seeing a commensurate increase in sound quality from a good DAC/streaming setup to a $5k CD setup.  

Seems like, as you noted, ripping your CDs and rockin’ the DAC/streaming setup would be totally fair.

Cdt600 is a fine transport.

but I have a hard time seeing a commensurate increase in sound quality from a good DAC/streaming setup to a $5k CD setup.  

@tylermunns I did too until I actually got my dedicated streamer up and running.  My streaming quality now far surpasses that of playing CDs.  Not even close. 

+1 soix

SQ better than CD in high res flac files. ‘Or the same if in the same resolution.”per @ghdprentice Some refute this. Each to their own.

And there’s the equivalent of surfing the web but with music on steroids.

As an audiophile I have a PS audio PST and can tell you that it sounds fantastic.

Everybody says : " Is that a CD playing ? Whow" 

All you need is cd-quality and a good system