When I have seen people listing their systems lately


I have noticed a lot of people using conventional CD players and SACD players. I remember being at an Audiophile club meeting a couple of years ago and the owner of the store claiming conventional CD players were dead and obsolete.


Are conventional players gaining in popularity nowadays or are they just stalling till digital becomes more standardized.


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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.
Best of both worlds.
Physical media I have. Thousands of vinyl and CD.
Diving into the world of a music sever (Music Vault) for the purpose of streaming TIDAL and new music, I discovered an unintentional and much appreciated bonus. I've ripped over a thousand CDs into the MV. And while using the JRiver shuffle setting I'm DISCOVERING so much music I already own. In addition, it is my experience that the ripped version actually sounds better than the CD played through the Esoteric K-03. (no transport slouch)
Finally I'm using the DAC of the Esoteric for both source options.
I still find SACD through the Esoteric to be the very best digital.
So I'm a luddite on the fence. I still buy CD and vinyl. I rip CDs immediately to the server. And I listen to TIDAL on occasion.  
Got to,go... 
... time to flip the album...