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.


river251
The CXC v1 is now $300. The v2 is only cosmetic differences. Agree it’s a great machine 
I can also agree on the Cambridge CXC v1. Currently are easily found under $400. Great transport. 
I 2nd the recommendation by @soix for Zen mini MKIII with separate PSU.  It’s the best streamer / DAC / CD Ripper currently available around $2K. I would go with at least 2TB storage. 
Prices have come down on the Cocktail Audio M45 as well. You could load it with 16 TB of Cd's, it's Roon ready and can read/unfold MQA as well.