Mitch2
I agree with Grannyring and I still like the simplicity of grabbing a disc, putting it in a player and selecting what I want to hear. I have two great sounding players that both do hi-rez so any download I want can simply be copied to DVD and played like any other disc.
If I searched the archives I could find very similar words written by me. Now after living for nearly two years with my Mac Mini setup I can say, not anymore. With a little less than half my cds ripped to a hard drive, listening is just to enjoyable. Most of the time I play the entire library via shuffle mode; it's like a great FM station.
That being said, I hope cds stick around as that is my source of music. I have yet to download a single song, I still want to own a physical copy of my music.