Are the CD'S days numbered?

I am afraid so: anybody who has listened to a good computerbased system properly set up will move over. I have just scrapped my AudioAero Capitole MkIISE with modified output stages in favor of a mach2music system through Zodiac Gold + Voltikus. I tried the mac via SPDIF on the Audioaero and got a quantum increase in resolution and sound density. Moving to the Zodiac via USB2.0 and using memory play, upsampled to 176.4 Khz in hogmode opens not just a curtain but puts you right into the concert hall.
While the ripping is a pain, I don't see an alternative

Yes 2 days left!!

The local HMV store is in the middle of renovations , a clerk told me there scaling down the DVD section and adding more CD's and Blue Rays . Good news I'd say .

Hi Tmsorosk

which hmv would this be? interesting turn of events!

My experience is the opposite of Tmsorosk. One of the two remaining stores (Barnes & Noble) in my city (pop. 90,000) to buy recorded music has been continually shrinking the supply of CD's in favor of DVD's and Blu-Ray discs. The other store (Second Spin) carries mostly used CD's with only a handful of new titles. Welcome to the world of downloads.

I now do all of my CD purchasing online from suppliers like importcds.com and a couple of very small independent sellers in specialized music genres.