Hello, I would be pleased to receive your advices, badly exploiting your experience , 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 ).