Bluesound Vault 2i, Cocktail Audio X40 or ??????????

Congrats. I have been a fan of Bluesound for some time now, since I bought a Node 2. The customer service is top notch and the NAD family helps with tech excellence.

I am the original poster. Thank you all for your input. I did wind up with the Vault 2i and am really happy with my choice. Yes, ripping all those CDs is a bit of a pain, but I just leave a pile next to the Vault and whenever I pass by, I insert one. Also very surprised to hear that several of you find the sound to be better than Sonos. Nice bonus for me.

Once again, thank you all. My best wishes for a super 2019.

Alan

Enjoy!!!   I'm still ripping....  great to know you can add and remove music through the the network too... there is so much documention and support out there I'm glad I went with the Vault.

Why bother with all this ripping of CDs? ??  I have never seen the point in that.
So you spend days copying your pile of CDs, most you have not played in years,  are you really going to be playing most of the copies anytime soon.
So now what are you going to do with the CDs? Sell them, give them away, dump them?
Besides, all those tunes are now easily streamable from many sources,  that will sound just as good or better.
Just like all that music you put on tape years ago, how much have anyone gone back and played?