DAC / Network streamer on par or better than Exposure XXII CD player

[macs4all]

Hello, I would be pleased to receive your advices, badly exploiting your experience http://www.hifiwigwam.com/images/smilies/big_grin.gif, on which Network streamer / DAC would allow me to replace my actual CD player (Exposure XXII CD player) bettering it on all or most aspects, mainly sound quality wise...erm within a budget of 1500/1800 £. BTW: I am not stating the XXII is an absolute landmark, rather it is the highest quality digital source I personally own.
I fancy the network streamer (stand-alone or linked to a DAC) + NAS approach rather than the PC front-end (well, I use PCs at work all the day so I prefer to leave the bloody things switched off for a while http://www.hifiwigwam.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif ).

[Peter Stockwell]

I fancy the network streamer (stand-alone or linked to a DAC) + NAS approach rather than the PC front-end (well, I use PCs at work all the day so I prefer to leave the bloody things switched off for a while http://www.hifiwigwam.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif ).

Hearsay, but there's a Yamaha CD-N500 CD player/network Player that was considered very good value for money over on the Pie Fight Media, you might want to look over the thread(s) related to that.

[Ali Tait]

Buy this, I've heard one and it's excellent-

http://www.mains-cables-r-us.co.uk/music-servers/520-the-mcru-music-server.html#

[brian2957]

Buy this, I've heard one and it's excellent-

http://www.mains-cables-r-us.co.uk/music-servers/520-the-mcru-music-server.html#

Me too . Fantastic piece of kit :)

[wee tee cee]

Best I have heard.....the TFS wasnt too shabby either.

[Ali Tait]

Aye it's good. Don't make them any more though.