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Youngsters these days.

My 24 year old grandson finished his tour in the service recently and has been staying with us for the past several months. He got himself a good job, to help out and take care of himself, while deciding what to do in the future - back to school, etc.
After he got a few good pay checks, I joking suggested he buy his Pa a new CD player. If looks could kill. "Why would you want a new CD player?" He asked. I told him "just to upgrade the one I have". "No one buys CD players anymore" he exclaimed. "Then what's your Idea of fine Audio, a WalkMan?" I asked. "WOW! There's not even any such thing as a WalkMan any more" he said. To which I replied, "Ya there is, we have a guy on our forum who swears by em". He just rolled his eyes and said "No - Streaming! Using an iPhone or iPad you can get a streaming package and get all the music you want". "Why would I want to do That?" I asked "I have hundreds of great LPs and CDs, that I'm perfectly happy with." To that he replied "OK Boomer".  I guess that meant he knew I was right.
Why is it that youngsters just don't understand the love that some of us old folks have for our old LPs and CDs and we  have no interest in paying for another monthly service, to listen to all the music we already have?
jhills
jhills OP
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I have been looking through AGone and AudioMart listings for a used CDP that will play Red Book CDs, SACD and accommodate streaming. Maybe I'm wrong but, It looks like I might have to choose between one that is CD/SACD or one that is CD/Streaming capable.

A tough choice for me, as I have hundreds of CDs and a few SACDs from back when I had a Sony SACD player, but like the CA Audio, quit reading discs. The only streaming I have ever done with audio, is Pandora and UTube, through my AV system, so am sure I haven't really gotten much of an appreciation of how good Hi Res streaming can be. I am finding a few good options to go either way though...Jim
isochronism
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 Now that make's me think that of all the removed posts I see, most probably were Goeff's. He'd be up to like 40,000 or more... Oh' the humanity of it all!!!!! 
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geoffkait
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Did you remember to take your smart pill 💊 today? 
isochronism
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I think I overdosed!!!
cakids
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I’m using a Lumin streamer and a Modwright-modified Oppo 105 (vacuum tubes) for CD, SACD, and d/a conversion. 2 boxes plus power supplies. Competes favorably with vinyl. In another system, it’s a Cambridge CD transport, an Aurender streamer and a Mytek Brooklyn dac. Not inexpensive. Both are about equal in SQ.
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