Best Direction/Product Combo DAC/Streamer

Hello, I am wondering if anyone would recommend a combination DAC/Streamer that will also be able to accommodate or allow me to connect my CD Transport? I often stream music when I am playing background music and as of now have a Schiit Audio Modi as my Dac and an original Bluesound Node as my streamer. I also run a Cambridge Audio CD transport connected to the Modi. I would like to puchase a combination product to minimize the number of boxes. Does anyone have a recommendation? Thank you in advance.

muaythai03-08-2023 2:23pm

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woots Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 295 posts 03-09-2023 at 11:12am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Check out the Lumin line up.
dinov Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 845 posts 03-09-2023 at 01:00pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Lumin, Esoteric, Innuous. These are the ones I considered when I was looking.
carlsbad Details Discussions Posts This discussion 1,551 posts 03-09-2023 at 01:17pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I like them seperate. Do people ask for them combined because they only have one spot on their rack? Jerry
kairosman Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 292 posts 03-09-2023 at 01:42pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Gustard R26 for $1.5K is so good you need to spend WAY more to get better sound, something like a Lumin T3 for $6K (and even then I'd say it's not "better" sounding just different). The only downside to the Gustard is you need to use ROON (or a DLNA), and ROON will require a host computer like a NUC.
maxwave Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 984 posts 03-09-2023 at 01:47pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete On the LuminX1 the digital is an output only. you can’t connect a CD transport USB can be an input or an output .