Are CD players dead

Gonna hold off on that Media Player (J.R. River Media Center Vers. 12....99). Ditto on the Sampling Rate of the
week from HD Tracks (A new DAC every week-Really?). Your
Download Format is dizzolving into ambiguity due to endless
revisions. Like buying a SACD Player while the Format is still in development (hope it is still compatible). People have no idea what it is they are buying with the all fluid endless revision that is the liquid Non-Format of Computer Audio Downloads. You haven't got a Real Format yet-making it extremely premature to get rid of current CD Format.

I wonder with HD Tracks, how does a buyer know that these are truly mastered at the higher resolution that you are buying?

If they are jsut taking lower res masters and upsampling to higher res, then you may be actually worse off thatn before in that your sound is really no better but your data volumes and processing requirements have jumped considerably for considerable additional cost to you for little benefit.

Uncertainty about this is one reason I have yet to actually fork out any dollars for hi res files from HD Tracks.

Are there two Mapmans? I thought you said, "I can go to
HDTracks and Download Albums today at higher res than CD
if I choose. What's the problem?". So-what is the problem?
If atleast some Standard isn't established for Computer
Audio Downloads, people will continuously be forced to endlessly chase their own tail buying new equipment of the week trying to keep up with the ever revisioning fluid
Computer Audio Download Non-Format. They won't know what to buy, they will get it wrong, they will get frustrated,
then they will get tired of it! Obviously, making up the
Computer Audio Download Non-Format up as you go along,
pretty much leaves the Hardware question (for the
consumer) in limbo. If Computer Audio Downloads fall flat
on their face, and CD Format gone, this will leave us with
no Format to listen to for our New Music! That is-unless it
is Blue-Ray Audio. Hey, read my previous Posts on this Thread if you want an alternative! SAVE BOTH FORMATS!
Don't be premature, and immature with the CD Format! You
are dangerously risking an implosion for all of us!

"Are there two Mapmans? I thought you said, "I can go to
HDTracks and Download Albums today at higher res than CD
if I choose. What's the problem?"."

Yes, there is good mapman and evil mapman. You never know which will rear his ugly head! The essence of taijitu.

Nothings perfect there are problems and unknowns with all. I'm just pointing out one worth consideration in this case.

It doesn't matter what good or evil mapman thinks. Its inevitable that digital audio will continue to run its course whether I like it or not. I'm sure in 50 years, if we are all still around, there will still be something about it to fuss about, just like wondering today whether those NOS tubes from eons ago are really gold or just another man's garbage.

I’ve wondered the same thing Mapman. Exactly what is their source? Are they downloading an SACD, DVD-A, original masters on reel to real? What do they use as a source, and how is it handled?