USB CD Transports

Saw the Schiit Urd and looked very interesting, need to read up on it, but I too have a spot in my heart for my massive CD collection and have ripped them all onto my Innuos, so gonna do some serious A/B comparison once my Teac 701t 70th with clock comes end of the month.

I'll be honest I feel ripped CD's are ever so slightly better then what I find on Tidal through my Innuos Zenith with Phoenix USB, and I 100% now buy all digital albums through Bandcamp in Hi-Res (44.1/24 or higher). I feel it's a appreciable difference.

I think the Schiit was released just a few days ago, possibly no one has one yet, and the Shanling about a few weeks, so probably no direct comparisons yet...I also still like to use CD...the debate over CD, streaming, ripping etc is endless...

I read that the Schiit uses a StreamUnlimited CD drive as does the Pro-ject RS2 T transport.  Not sure if it is the same version of it or not.

I have been using DB Poweramp for years ,you do a slower rip ,and 

reread for accuracy ,it even allows you to change Flac,wav, DSD, even Apple from any format at a later date if you choose , and clean the cd first, most people don’t 

realize they stamp the CDs out ,not burn 🔥 thsts why burnt CDs sound better 

much more accurate , Thst being said they apply a powerder as a lubricant when pressing , the cable  co. Sel what’s called Art de son , it a clean liquid a couple sprays and it cleans all the crap out of the pits truly sounds better then you rip it.

once you get to a upper end system then everything  counts when streaming 

good Ethernet cables ,usb cable,linear power supply to router ,and good quality Ethernet switch , as well as dac innous great Ethernet switch very apparent streaming upgrade ,my brother has the best I have heard $3700 retail it better be good .and is !!And my highest recommendation fora Best Buy dac  I know 6 people now ,I myself am  saving for it it meets or beats anything $15k or under $7200 retail

T+A 200 dac   A bit pricy for many  but truly a  bargain by Audiophile standards .

I thank all of you that have responded. It was not my intent to start a discussion about the relative pros and cons of having ones CDs stored on a HDD/SSD versus streaming versus playback from a transport, that topic is like a black hole. I use ROON as my main playback tool running on a NUC/ROCK server, I have a library of 46,000++ albums, all redbook or hi-res, files are stored on a Synology NAS and I use Sonore products as ROON endpoints. I also subscribe to Qobuz for streaming. In my setups the sound of a particular Album is different depending upon whether I play the actual CD on a transport, play it from my library, or play it from Qobuz, (this is  even when I take care to play the same mix/version). I also enjoy playing CDs directly, it's good exercise. I'm interested in acquiring a CD transport with a  USB output and I would appreciate any feedback about the new Schiit and Shanling products.