CD players = dead?


From an audiophile, sound quality perspective are CD players obsolete? Can a CD player offer better performance than an audio server / streamer? 
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I have been reading a lot of reviewers lately re-discovering CD playback after getting used to streaming DACs and they all say that they're surprised at how much more solid the CD's sound (depending on the quality of CD of course) so no, not dead. Here's a tip- find an old Sony DVD like the DVP-S 7700 on ebay for less than $100 and you'll be amazed at how good it sounds. Trust me.
Up until just recently I had about 400 CDs that I had been purchasing since the early 80s. Now that I have a streamer and can stream Tidal, I stopped playing my CDs and donated most of them to my local chapter of the American Cancer Society. 

I LOVE not being limited anymore to just the music I own. Now I have access to most of the music that has been recorded over the past 100 years or so.

So for me, yes, CDs are dead and good riddance to them!!