If I rip all my CD's to flac files do I still need a CD transport?

@mahler123 

well said! We can debate the sonic differences between digital and analog all day long but the truth of the matter is, both are capable of visceral experience. I have recordings that sounds superb on both formats. I often see folks praising or preferring one format over another don’t quite have the same level of commitment in their respective setups. 

I am in a good spot with my system which allows me to spend time enjoying music and chasing elusive and rare recordings on Vinyl and CD’s that are painstakingly transferred from analog tapes. 
 

I listen classical , indian and persian etc , half the times, and the other half is less known jazz...

I am not interested in streaming...

Streaming choices is made for occidental masses...

go and look for choices in pygmies chorals choices or gamelan or koto or erhu or sarangi ...

There is more in youtube...

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Music first, sound is in second....

And i look more for musicians in any styles more than to a style even in classical; for me all is about interpretation and playing...I listen Furtwangler not classical "per se" ... I listen Mauesberger Schtuz, not Schutz; i listen the children chorus directed by Mauesberger to be precise...

I dont listen folk music more of the time it is boring for me  , i listen Bob Dylan and some others ..

It is why i appreciate many unknowns artists from not well known styles...

Forget styles, listen the playing musician....

Streaming is for genres more than made for music player discoveries...it is my perception ... I never used streaming  and never feel the necessity though then i can be wrong ... Correct me...

All my CDs are in FLAC on a server. The PC drive is sufficient for ripping with 100% integrity.  ( something no transport is capable of as it does not re-read, buffer and use error correction or compare to well known checksums.)   So, not for quality. Now, if you have CDs lying around, friends bring them over etc, then a transport can be handy.   Use case, not quality. 

tvrgeek

The PC drive is sufficient for ripping with 100% integrity.  ( something no transport is capable of as it does not re-read, buffer and use error correction or compare to well known checksums.)

You are mistaken. The compact disc standard includes two levels of error correction using Reed-Solomon code. Some transports (such as PSAudio) have extensive buffering and re-read capabilities.

Would I be better investing is a quality streamer and DAC?

I say yes; however, YMMV. I ripped my high quality CDs into my server/streamer and have never looked back at a CD player again, considering I had owned fairly alright CD players like McIntosh MCD 1100, Audio Research CD9, and Meitner MA-2. No regret.