I dont think its far from the point....
I would think Schitt would look at the market place and ALL the numbers and make a decision on whether it makes some economical sense on their part to birth such a device.
Then Schitt has always been a "maverick" company to me, and like SOL, they have some neat ideas, but some stuff that was birthed and didnt sell well are now gone.
I would hate for a CD transport to be one of these....thats all.
I think awhile back, cant find it now, but Mike M stated somthing along these lines " PCM from a good transport is the way to go, vs ripping etc:...: and I have tried this many times with CD transports and compared the sound from a CD in a transport using the digital and optical outputs and comparing to my ripped stuff...and honestly I could not detect any real world differences.....that would really want me to go this route.
But if Schiit makes one I would be very tempted to try it. But just to get one for ripping?? Dont think I would be interested in that. I have several pcs with cd/dvd drives and a poprtable usb cd drive that I use for ripping my cds to digits....
So the real reason I would be interested is if honestly playing a CD directly to a dac/amp was indeed "better" than ripping...well I am there !!
Alex