What a sad world we now live in.......

Jesus H!

How did everybody miss the point here?

I am not sad that WalMart in itself had decided to stop selling cd,s but rather just the state of business surrounding in store sales on hard media has declined so badly that they no longer felt the need to stock them.

And to ALL the naysayers on playing cd,s you need to back up and try playing them through a decent transport and DAC and add The Gate to your system and then review your thoughts.

And as a FYI.

If anybody had bothered to check my virtual systems you would see I have just about every media playback covered ( apart from oddballs like DAT, MiniDisc, 8 track etc!)

So yes I stream.... A LOT! I also access music from my NAS.... A LOT!

But there is still something about hard media that is satisfying whether that be vinyl, cassette, R2R or CD/SACD.

Not interested in the slightest in any discussion or argument over which format is best, that is purile and not where I was going at all.

And heck yes, just bought another load of cd,s at $1 and 50 cents from the charity shops next door to WallyWorld.

Good luck people!

And with all due respect just imho NOT going out and just ordering everything online and becoming a race of house hermits is part of what is wrong with the world today and present attitudes.

Sure there are times I will order stuff online but usually only because I know there is no store within reasonable distance that would stock what I wanted.

Other times I actually relish going out and buying stuff in stores, call me old school in that respect, that's fine its not for everyone I understand.

FYI: Most new cars do not have a CDP. The day of CD is history. Sad but true!

I’ve been known to use an inverter off the cigarette lighter to get a 120vac line... and put a premium mid-grade/boom box mini system in the back seat.  (like a Sony APM mini system)

and then use the premium cassette deck in it....

Have to reach into the back seat to swap the cassette..

uberwaltz - I agree with you. Although I am not a fan of WalMart it is sad to see that nearly everywhere they have stopped selling CD's. The only good news is, that because the general public doesn't want them any more, you can buy used (most like new) CD's for next to nothing. In the summer I stop by yard sales and I don't know how many hundreds of nice CD's off all music genres are for sale for $ 0.50 each or $1.00 each.  Usually they are like brand new and some are even in the sealed package.