who needs a cd player anymore

I am a fan of both styles of music delivery. One thing that I love about my music server is the ability to do things like enter "Tony Williams" into a search field and have every album he drums on pop right up. Or type "ECM Records" and there they are. I certainly don't think one side is better than the other but come on...most have to see at least some advantages in either camp.

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Synthfreek....I'm a fan of both style of deliveray also, but cd players and turntables upwards of $5k??, ....enough already.

As computers and cell phones got better, they got less expensive. Top end CD and analog keeps getting more expensive.

I'm looking for a way out.

Hard drive based is looking more and more like a viable alernative.
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Mith4t nice set up, really like the room. Take the wadia i170 yes its only a few hundred dollars but it can compete with cd transports that cost thousands you can ask anyone who has the wadia i170. audiogon member nrostrov is sending his wadia i170 to asi to get mods done on it a new clock, power supply etc. asi claims that it modded wadia can match or better the sound of some of the best cd transports from cec to esoteic don't know if this is true however when audiogoner nrostrov gets his back from being modded he will post his findings should be interesting. Remember the wadia i170 is really one of the first high end product to cater to the ipod, its still in its early stages. Their will be better and more expensive ipod transports/players in the near future that will really give the cd transport/player a run for its money. When apple comes out with true hd downloads watch out that little ipod will be pretty sweat.

I do, for now! I just got my 1st DAC (CI Audio VDA2)and am thrilled at how it has rejuvenated my enthusiasm for my CD collection. So much so, that I am curious what 24bit/192Mhz music from a music server would sound like. Anyone out there know? Can 24/192 compete with vinyl with an excellent turntable/cartridge? The previous post about HD Itunes is intriguing. I would hate to be an early adopter for a Windows based music server, only to find a great Apple product out in a year or two, for HD music. Tom

Tvad, drink Diluted but pure cranberry juice(mixed with apple juice to sweeten it) now to enjoy more of those pses in twenty years(I'll be 80 then). I'm also doing Bikram yoga and it sure flushes the system every day. In fact I think I could live with Cds-played on a great system, good food, fresh air, a nice walk and yoga daily. If I had the money I'd try it. Well, a little investing would also be fun-things are bound to pick up-sometime.