Thanks, dpstjp.

I will eventually get around to ripping all of my CDs in a lossless format, but that task is daunting. I'm guesstimating that it will take me around 500 hours.

That Meridian dealer that I met with last week made it seem like any album I might want to listen to is already available through Tidal (via Roon) so I wouldn't need to rip my CDs. A subscription to Tidal would give me access to just about all of the albums in my CD collection, plus a whole lot more.

Is the Tidal library really as extensive as the Meridian dealer made it sound?

2-Channel System: Marantz SA-15S1, Classé DR-4 pre, Classé CAM-400 monoblocks, SoundLAB Millennium 2 speakers.

5-Channel System: Oppo BDP-103, SimAudio Moon Orbiter, Classé SSP-75 pre/pro, Classé CA-101 amps (bi-amping), Classé CAV-75, B&W Matrix 804, B&W Matrix HTM center, B&W Matrix 805.

Soon to be adding an 8-channel Merging NADAC Player.