Are CD players dead

You just don't get it. I have no problem with someone who disagrees with me. Quite the contrary in fact. I WELCOME a difference of opinion, but take a look a some of the endless rants PO has made and tell me he is not on something.

Not on something, Devilboy, maybe onto something. I still
listen to Computer Audio, but I am painfully aware that at
1/10th the tasking I could be listening to a CD. Computer
Audio is NOT convenient, and certainly NOT as user freindly as CD. Does the Format serve me, or do I serve the Format. I just prefer the Format serve me. I also prefer fewer steps between me and my enjoyment of Music.
Hell, leave the Computer learning to Bill Gates. He is in to that sort of thing, I am into listening to Music instead! Why force me to have to earn the priveledge of
listening to Music, by forcing me to have to learn Computer
Audio. For a beginner, it would still take 3 months to really learn it. It takes 5 seconds to pop in a CD. Common sense, path of least resistance, and working smarter not
harder.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I agree with you PO. Popping in a cd is obviously easier than setting up a server/dac system. You have to admit thought, things sure look like they will go the computer/dac route....right?

hi taters:

what is your real concern ?

is it that you will be forced into using a computer or server as a transport ?

or is it that the availability of cd players will decline over time ?

or is there another concern ?

i think the question you raise has no definitive answer.

Well, given that you can still purchase thousands (if not millions of CDs) and that probably 98% of albums are still released on the medium, I'd say the CD player is far from dead. It is not the future, that's true, but that's a much different thing. Even though I'm good with computers, I will continue to use mine as my CDs aren't going anywhere and it's what I'm used to. Plus, it sounds great!