Are CD players dead

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........

hi phaelon:

if you're right, what will replace the cd player if hi-rez doesn't take off ?? possibly blue ray players ??

Slow down and get a grip Petty. I promise you that we will not be stuck with MP3 as music’s highest form of a playback medium. Force yourself to remember who we are - we will keep tinkering with digital reproduction, and whatever comes after that, until it truly becomes indistinguishable from the origin. I’m not saying that this is going to happen any time soon. I’m just saying that on the journey of processed music, we haven’t even left the harbor.

I do understand your concern about the mass acceptance of MP3. I felt the same way about fast food milk shakes. But old fashion shakes are still available if not as convenient as the processed kind.

Live music is still appreciated. And as long as that is so, there will be a stick buy which we can measure any format change they try to sell us.