Anthem or other to replace a Marantz 5009?

[curtis]

I could be wrong, but many players and certainly consoles allow the use of the Plex app to connect to a NAS. A lot of TV's have it now, too. Many of those expensive media servers and other ways of accessing a NAS are not necessary when something like Plex is around. Just my preference I guess.

I do own a bunch of 24/96 high resolution downloads, especially of anything Steven Wilson has put his hands on. I have a bunch of other stuff that I love as well. The thing is that I'm 90% a death metal fan, and there's very little of it in high res, and it's basically pointless to do it high res because of the way they record. You're not going to squeek out much more detail depending on the band and how they mix and master. It's just a reality of the music. There is positively zero DSD/SACD music out there that I want. None. It's all genres that I have zero interest in. George Benson's Breezin' is probably the only disc I'd even consider owning (I grew up with that album, it's my Dad's favorite).

Between my computer, turntable, PS4, Xbox one, and Nvidia Shield, I can play every single format there is except SACD/DSD.

That's just it...why use something like Plex/JRiver, if you didn't have to? One high quality device to play all media...the Oppo! BTW...JRiver software is pretty cheap. I have a JRiver iD...a Linux box specific for JRiver, it was around $250 total, and the user interface on the iPhone/iPad is very nice, almost Roon like.

Everything piece of music media you use the computer, XBox, PS4, NVidia Shield for...can be handled by the Oppo and more. No vinyl for me.

My AV sources are a TiVo Bolt, Apple TV4, Oppo BDP-83, and the JRiver iD. If I got a 203, the JRiver would be gone. If the TiVo Bolt could handle DirecTV Now or SlingTV, the Apple TV4 would probably be gone(although I use it to Airplay Tidal from my phone). Hulu is now offering live TV streaming, and Hulu is supported by the TiVo Bolt, so I'm hoping the live TV will be supported some day on it.

For me, it is about simplifying my sources, while not losing my playback capabilities and sound quality.

OK...understood about death metal and the lack of it on SACD.