Crazy to buy a 17 year old CD Player?

Go back to 1983. "Would it be crazy to buy another high end turntable my Garrard just died? CDs will be taking over anyway". Well album spinning is still going on and turntables are as popular as ever to the young and the old alike.
I don't think CD players will go away. I would get another High quality CDC player or transport like a Rega apollo or even Oppo with a digital out for upgrading DACs as you choose. My other choice is to rip all my cds into a Bluesound Vault 2, which also has a digital out for upgrading your DAC. With the BS choice you can get into streaming, even try HQA, but still enjoy your CDs on flac or HQ file format.

Creekp43 - that is a great bit of advice. Sony makes tremendous CD players that are built like tanks. That XA5400ES is a fav among CD spinners. I have an older XA20ES that I use as a transport for a newer DAC. The player is great and weighs about 13lbs.

Even though I like both of my CD players, I agree with many here, like zagoreos and anzaanimalclinic, CD players have moving parts, power supplies and other parts that can age, create noise, and are not simple devices like a spinning HDD and memory buffer or chip. Too me a computer or streamer device can deliver a cleaner and clearer presentation of the music. That and the fact that digital music is in it’s infancy and is evolving rapidly. I don’t think it will be long before the quality of the sound will match master analog tapes.

Option 1 You can get a $750 streaming device and have $1250 left over for a great DAC. The Bluesound Vault 2 can do both jobs and would allow you to rip all your CDs into it's HDD.
Option 2 Find a used NAD M50.2 (also with the option to rip your CD collection) and prepare to be amazed.