What could be a good next step for a source upgrade on the system in my sig?
The XS2 is a few months old and sounding very good. It replaced a Cyrus 6, and now I feel it is time to upgrade the CD Player.
My budget is around £2K, and I am mainly interested in playing CD's, although opening the door to streaming is good too. I currently use the analogue output on an airport express for background listening, and I have an apple TV too.
My thoughts are
1) A Naim CD5XS although this does not open me to streaming any more than today
2) NDac, this would mean I keep the CD player and use the optical out, and also use the Apple TV optical out for streaming AIFF files from a NAS (which I'd have to buy)
3) Rega Saturn-R, CD's and then streaming using the same architecture as before but this reduces the box count by one
I think 1) and 3) work out the same price and 2) is the most expensive.
Any thoughts on the above and alternatives I could consider?
The XS2 is a few months old and sounding very good. It replaced a Cyrus 6, and now I feel it is time to upgrade the CD Player.
My budget is around £2K, and I am mainly interested in playing CD's, although opening the door to streaming is good too. I currently use the analogue output on an airport express for background listening, and I have an apple TV too.
My thoughts are
1) A Naim CD5XS although this does not open me to streaming any more than today
2) NDac, this would mean I keep the CD player and use the optical out, and also use the Apple TV optical out for streaming AIFF files from a NAS (which I'd have to buy)
3) Rega Saturn-R, CD's and then streaming using the same architecture as before but this reduces the box count by one
I think 1) and 3) work out the same price and 2) is the most expensive.
Any thoughts on the above and alternatives I could consider?