Upgrade to 192k

[bluesman]

12 hours ago, Chris_87 said:

the Tascam is IMHO only an entry level device

Your TASCAM is hardly an entry level device to audiophiles.  It's a professional Dante interface - don't confuse sampling rate with sophistication and quality.  While it's true that the converter is not the world's best AD-DA, it's excellent equipment and absolutely as good as the vast majority of consumer converters used by audiophiles (and much better than many).  I can't imagine that the cost of going from 96 to 192 is justified by SQ, and there's no other reason I can see for buying a Rednet 2 if the TASCAM meets the needs for which you bought it.  The Rednet 2 has no more capability or functionality than your TASCAM except for 192k capability, and you should be able to get excellent SQ from good 96k files.

 

The Rednet 2 is  also excellent, but its main (and perhaps only) "advantage" for you seems to be that it goes to 192.  Unless you're adding or changing your system otherwise, I don't think you'll get noticeably better SQ from it.  It's $3k as I recall, and it's "just" an AD-DA converter and Dante interface.  It doesn't do anything more than your TASCAM does - it just may do it a tiny bit better under ideal circumstances.  I doubt that you'll notice any significant difference at all, let alone one worth the cost of new equipment.

[bluesman]

1 hour ago, Chris_87 said:

Sticking with the current setup seems to be the best option now and getting a new cartridge instead.

That’s what I’d do.  What you have is very fine.  FWIW, I’m a professional musician and have used TASCAM in my home studio for years.  I stopped only because TASCAM has barely accommodated Linux and I switched from Windows for my DAWs several years ago.  To be honest, they simply didn’t care about Linux, and I’d just bought an 1800 interface that became useless when I went to Ubuntu.