Are CD players dead

"will there ever be a time when it will be impossible to buy an in-production cd player that only plays redbook ???”

Of course. The proper question is when. And the answer is that it’s too early to tell.

Phaelon,
You`re always the voice of reason in your posts.

Too early to tell with the CD Player, NOT too early to tell
with the CD Format. Most Downloading is via MP3, I doubt that High Resolution even makes up 2% of the Downloading Market. What you are really talking about is replacing the CD Format with MP3, NOT replacing it with High Resolution Downloads. That will be the end result if you prematurely pull the plug on CD. High Rez. Downloads (by virtue of the Market) are not ready. If High Resolution Downloads never take off (2%), we will be stuck with MP3 as replacement! Very, Very, Very risky game you are playing with CD!

'Very, Very, Very risky game you are playing with CD!'

On this forum the end of the CD might not be noticed. Most will have their LPs to keep them happy. As long as Diane Krall is on LP!

Pettyofficer: Very interesting and scary theory. As nice as it is, I don't necessarily need hi-rez. In fact, 100% of my music is redbook. One would hope that if cds are abolished, sites would still have uncompressed material for sale. One would hope........