IMO, I think you are going in the wrong direction if you go back to conventional cd replay.
I would contact someone like Steve Nugent at Empirical Audio, Stephen Balliet at Reflection Audio or Vincent Sanders at VRS (I'm sure there are many others) who seem to have a pretty good grip on how to do computer/server based digital properly.
After owning many very expensive digital set-ups (including AN cdt-2/Dac 3.1x balanced) I will never go back for a multitude of reasons...sonics being one.
I would contact someone like Steve Nugent at Empirical Audio, Stephen Balliet at Reflection Audio or Vincent Sanders at VRS (I'm sure there are many others) who seem to have a pretty good grip on how to do computer/server based digital properly.
After owning many very expensive digital set-ups (including AN cdt-2/Dac 3.1x balanced) I will never go back for a multitude of reasons...sonics being one.