Are CD players dead

"Are there two Mapmans? I thought you said, "I can go to
HDTracks and Download Albums today at higher res than CD
if I choose. What's the problem?"."

Yes, there is good mapman and evil mapman. You never know which will rear his ugly head! The essence of taijitu.

Nothings perfect there are problems and unknowns with all. I'm just pointing out one worth consideration in this case.

It doesn't matter what good or evil mapman thinks. Its inevitable that digital audio will continue to run its course whether I like it or not. I'm sure in 50 years, if we are all still around, there will still be something about it to fuss about, just like wondering today whether those NOS tubes from eons ago are really gold or just another man's garbage.

I’ve wondered the same thing Mapman. Exactly what is their source? Are they downloading an SACD, DVD-A, original masters on reel to real? What do they use as a source, and how is it handled?

Yeeeaahh, sort of like the impervious Housing Market-the
main reason everyone is selling on Audiogon? The impervious
Audio Market-is that like the unsinkable battleship? I have
gone through allot of Formats in my time. This will be the
first time that I see a rapidly evaporating Format (CD)
dissappearing before its replacement Format has even begun
to be finalized. I am used to seeing an overlap, not the vacuum of a big fat gap. I sense panick in trying to pull the CD Format so prematurely, like fear if people aren't
forced to Computer Audio Downloads soon enough to save it.
My fear is if Computer Downloads flop, and we are left with
NO FORMAT! Pretty risky business you guys are playing!

Pettyofficer: This is just my opinion but....don't confuse the "death of cd players" with the "death of cds". Don't assume that the only way people get music into their computers is via downloading. We don't need cd players, we just need the cds themselves to burn into the hard drive of the computer. So, to hell with the cd player, as long as their are cds around to burn into my computer, I'm happy.

Agree with Devilboy.

Will something to replace CDs for this eventually? Probably. Not sure what it will be though and it could be awhile.

331/3 lps were around about 30 years before CDs did them in for the most part. CDs will probably be around somewhat longer, and whatever replaces that somewhat longer still, etc.

That's progress, FBOFW.