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Should I still buy a CD player? Suggest one?

I just read that Best Buy is discontinuing CDs. This seems like a bad omen for CDs in general. I had a system I liked and lost most of it in a fire this summer. Insurance will buy me a replacement, but is it unwise to buy a CD player now? What are high end people doing now for source?

And, my players was a Creek CD-43, CD-53, bought in about 2002. What would be an equivalent quality now? Insurance doesn't care that they are more expensive now, they just want an equal replacement. If I buy a player, which is the most popular good CD player now? It's important that is it a popular one, because I don't want to get saddled with something hard to sell since things are in flux.

Thanks.


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mickeyb
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 But a used Rega Saturn cdp. You won’t be disappointed. Sorry for the loss. 
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mountainsong
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Luxman D08u
I have Tidal from day one, I have aurender, I have vinyl. Still an ECM CD on my Luxman D08u outperformed everything.
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audioguy85
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Audiolab CDT6000 transport and a musical fidelity v90 dac do it for me. Terrifically detailed sound with a touch of warmth. This is on top of both my Marantz sa8005 sacd player and Marantz compact hdcd1 redbook player I own. I am experimenting.....Marantz makes some really nice cd players, and uhm some nice amps too.....rest in peace ken ishiwata.
I'd highly recommend to the OP the Marantz cd5005, it's a really nice player with top notch sound for retail of $399, however I've seen it go as low as $299 occasionally on Amazon if you hit it right. 
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rwortman
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The only CD player you need is the one in the computer you run your server software on.  Streaming uncompressed digital files to a DAC sounds the same as playing them from a CD player and is a lot more convenient.  
davidgwillett
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Consider a DAC and digital - stream or download.  
You can get as good, or better fidelity and a CD player has a DAC anyway. 
There are many inexpensive DACs and you can try several.  You will need a source like a PC, or other streamer.  
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