When I have seen people listing their systems lately

Personally, I couldn’t care less what the market is doing or where it’s going. I have a good SACD player and a large collection of CDs and SACDs, and they do the job for me. If that means my head is stuck in the sand, then so be it: let it be stuck. As long as the sound is acceptable and the music good, I don’t care how old and supposedly antiquated the technology might be in the eyes of some. Long live physical media!

Wow, I didn’t intend that to be a rant! :)

That’s not a rant. Simple truth of the matter. I would rather have physical media myself.

CDs are not dead nor are the players with Aphiles. I do not happen to think marketing is bad, perverse, evil, or creating some sort of need and desire not already hard wired into our humanness. Marketers are people and companies are people. We are all the same and flawed from birth. Don't blame marketing or our system or our country for consumerism that some feel is beyond reasonable. It is our fault both individually and shared, that is if you wish to say it is indeed something to judge as fault. 

Anybody who says CD is dead is an idiot.

16/44.1 is literally perfect.

Insisting that you need more information makes about as much sense as saying you want a tv that outputs ultraviolet and infrared.

I have over 1600 SACD and Cds, with a good player, and have no mind to change

I am sticking with CDs for now. The next thing with potential is Meridian MQA (Master Quality Assured). I have talked to speaker designers with great ears and they feel that many good current CD players beat all current computer formats but that companies are bringing computer formats to shows because it is easier to bring a depth of catalog than lugging around physical media and it makes them look state of the art modern. I strongly prefer a physical medium for sound quality, not having to mess with computers when I am relaxing, and not having to rely on delicate storage options.