Converting cd's to high resolution audio

OP
I read the same review where it seemed the reviewer was drawing his conclusions from the noise while ripping.
Well all I can say is approx 2500 cds later and 17 months and no issues.
I believe ripping cds direct with the vault is the only way to add to its hard drive but not 100% sure.
The vault is THE mainstay source in my stereo rig. It has RCA analog outputs and digital outputs so take your pick. I find the dig out on coax to be best but I am feeding it into a superior DAC. The RCA analog outputs will work just fine.
Control it with the Bluos app from your droid or iPhone or iPad. It really is easy

The only thing I would have liked the ability to do was to create a partition on the Vault hard drive.
So I could have my daughter's cds on a separate section entirely however it does not seem possible.

I do not remember when I last played a CD in,my rig...lol.
I either play vinyl, ripped CD from the Vault or streamed Tidal via the Vault.
So as you see the Vault is vital in my system

Another worthy alternative is the NAD M50.2. This has had good reviews too and has one advantage in that you can actually use it just to play cds if you wish.
The vault can only rip cds to playback from its hard drive. 

That being said its mrsp is $4000 although I did see a factory refurbished unit for $2500 on eBay.

Still a lot more cash than the Vault.

I am also in the market for a CD ripper. There is the Cocktail Audio X40 streamer/cd ripper/ cd player (and X30 that includes an amp) that interests me, but very few reviews out there. Compared to the other rippers on the market, this one uses a ESS Sabre DAC, one of the better DACs in the market. 

If you have an Oppo or similar player a simple method is to rip the CDs to a portable hard disk using a program like "Exact Audio Copy.". They can easily be played them through an Oppo via USB directly and controlled from your phone.

Or you can use a lap-top to play them through any DAC that has a USB input. If it doesn’t have USB you can use a USB to spdif converter. If you use a program like JRiver you can rip them even more conveniently and also control from your phone.