The Rapid Rise (& Fall) of the CD

I'm 57,  I was afraid they would stop making quality players.  I have a lot of CDs, 3 or 4 hundred at least.  Most I like all the way through... 

Two weeks ago I bought a new transport and my CDs have never sounded so good.   I have purchased about 6 CDs since for $3 to $6 , all favorites that I want to own.   

I love my Aurender but it's not quite as good as my transport with 44.1k material.  I think a lot of what is available on streaming is just a sample rate converted version of the original.  It varies so widely between platforms and tracks ...   CD playback is a constant. It's always direct from the disc or buffered like the PS Audio units .   

I'm going to keep grabbing my favorite discs while they are plentiful and cheap. 

Why arguing about what old farts and younger generations like. Big deal, everybody is different and that's a good thing. From 78s to streaming it has always been about the music. Arguing about how to play it is fruitless, to each his own. I do a little bit of each: Vinyl, CD, DVD/ YouTube for concerts on my TV and streaming Qobuz, Tidal and Amazon music for the majority of my listening. All running through my main system in the house of stereo. I sure as heck wouldn't bad mouth any of them. Why limiting yourself to one over the other, they all offer different experiences. Ending each post with happy listening makes you think that blogger would stand by it. 

@2psyop  Well. I'm an older person who was also around when CD was first introduced.  At the time, I was running two turntables, reel to reel, and a cassette tape player.  Later on, I added a CD player to the mix.  Now a days, I stream exclusively.  As I said, CD and vinyl are still around, and I imagine that they'll always be around to some extent.  If you attend any high end audio show from here to Kalamazoo, you'll see turn tables spinning vinyl records in just about every room.  However, when you look around that room, you'll see practically nobody but middle age older people salivating over the old physical media (and that incudes the people running the room).  That's the reality.  Also, I come in contact with lots of younger people through family and friends, and not one of them listen to their music via a CD player, let alone a turn table.  That's the real reality of the situation.  My point being, neither CD or vinyl is the future.  At least not with the young, who are the future.  Happy listening.

Kennymac, not arguing here. I respect all opinions. Some of my younger friends have albums and they listen to them but only a few. I also have friends who go the see movies… this is after dvds, blueray discs and renting media and now streaming. Why do they go to the movie theatre and why didn’t it die out??? Who knows. It certainly is not mainstream, but it’s still alive and kicking.

I am 58 and never gave up on vinyl. 
When the CD revolution was released I really tried to like it. I just could not get into the format. Of course when you could not get new vinyl anymore I was forced into CDs. I bought a very expensive at the time CD player thinking that may help (it didn’t) Fast Forward to 2016 my daughter is 11 and she wants to get into vinyl. 
I would take her and her friends used record stores and the kids had a blast. 
My daughter built quite a record collection. Then of course vinyl blew up and my daughter and her friends could not afford a new LP anymore. That is went most of them got into CDs getting most for $1-$2 like the LPs we used to buy. Now CDs are going up $7-$8. Now she and her friends are starting college this year. Rooms are so small no room for a TT or CD player. Which means all streaming now. Point as much as we want our kids to enjoy the old ways it will be overtaken by the present. 
All forms have their good and bad I just hope the music continues forever. 
Happy Listening to whatever way you listen to it.