Things that make you go, "Hmmmmm...."

Hello millercarbon,

     I just bought a Lumin D2 streamer paired with an 18 TB NAS that now contains about 20,000 albums, about a third are CD quality and the rest are hi-res ranging from 24 bit/96 kHz FLAC to 1 bit DSD WAV files.  I use an Ipad, with all components connected to my wi-fi,  to view and select exact albums or tracks to play.  It's ultra convenient and the sound quality is excellent.  I'm also able to stream Tidal through the Lumin D2 which sounds very good.

     I'm suggesting you might want to consider investing in a similar source system that benefits from the latest technology rather than an older CD player with older technology that likely provides a lower degree of sound quality as well as being less convenient.  

Later,
Tim

Not "the CD is dead" argument again, please.

Read any review on CDPs and CDTs and they’re just as good as the best "Hi Rez" steaming and network gear out there, if not better than most of it.

What some consider good enough for them wouldn’t pass the smell test for someone with a decent CD set up. I’m one of them. I haven’t heard everything or the latest and greatest, but I’ll point it out, again, that the best PC sound I heard at a show was at the MSB suite. I said it was the best streaming digital I’ve ever heard. It was then that Vince Galbo pointed out to me that I was listening to a CD playing, not music streaming.

This is not to say that I'll never go there, but I don't see me doing it anytime soon.

All the best,
Nonoise

Clearly a lot of defensive responses and reading into instead of just, you know, reading. Still looking for an example of a CD player that for whatever reason has stood the test of time. As determined by the one thing that matters, willingness to open up the pocketbook and pay money for it.

Believe me, I know good and well there are people willing to be advertised and marketed and psyched into buying the latest new whatever. Literally: whatever. Not asking about that. Asking what, if anything, is there that people still find value in, many years later.

Just to be clear, does not have to be sound quality. Maybe it just looks cool. Or classy. So could be build quality. Or materials. Who knows, maybe a nice solid wood case. Or carbon fiber. Gold. Diamonds. Whatever. Not the point. Anything, anything whatsoever.

Because, as it stands now, you guys are making me think no CD player ever made is even as good as my 30 year old lava lamp. Which people even just last night thought was pretty cool.

This is the digital forum. No one has anything positive to say? There really is no there there?

Ah, yes, the original question. Well, my Marantz Reference SA-15S2b SACD player is getting on in years but still sounds wonderful. A used one can be considered.

Also, the newer ones, like the SA-10 have been discussed here as well.
Then there's the new Technics SL-G700 SACD/network player but I'd need to read some reviews or know where I could audition one before committing.

Also, the Hegel Mohican is a CD only player that reviewers like but it's up there with the Marantz Reference line in cost, so again, I'd audition one before deciding.

The reviews are out there as well as those here who've decided to stick it out with CDs, so a perusal of the forums can entertain you for most of the day.

All the best,
Nonoise

Any of the Wadia players from just reading about them in forums . Never owned one though .