CD players = dead?

To those of you who downloaded their entire CD collections and donated them to thrift stores .... my undying thanks. :-)

Frank

Your welcome! 

i mis the feeling of listening with concentration. With Roon i skip/swipe/search as a madman (and listen). With a cd i’m more in the music. And listen front to back with patience.

Yes, this the problem with streaming in a nutshell. We don't commit to listening to the whole album, as the artist intended.

I listen to whole albums when I want when streaming? Just as easy to skip forward on a CD player. Just as easy. Remote and one press of a button. ? 

CD players are long from being dead. There are people out there with better ears and systems than me who have yet to hear a streaming system better their CD players. Granted, we're talking expensive CD players but even some of the mid level priced gear sounds great. It's all in the implementation.

On another note, lots have been said about all that could go wrong in a CD player but it doesn't necessarily mean that it does. Some get it right the first time right out of the box. PC audio and streaming are continually evolving and improving and people are flavoring it to their tastes, despite the "perfect" nature of it. I'm content to occasionally tweak things.

Let's not forget good old vinyl: 6-8 bits of music (maybe 12 with a great pressing) squeezed properly and the added distortion (as much as 10 bits) in the higher frequencies from the cartridge to accentuate the highs and it still sounds wonderful. There are so many ways to skin this cat so let's keep all options open.

All the best,
Nonoise