Goodbye CD's

I hope thats the case. My thoughts are that while the mid fi/ mass market retail chains do away with them since the kids are not buying them as much..the Hi end places such as AA and MD for ex. will continue to sell to us Audiophools ;-)

Jaybo...that is an interesting thing..After I heard that Borders was taking this action, my very first thought was "well...they are a book store afterall".

Imin2u-

Interesting...I watched a buddy "burn" a few cd's on his system...I was so intimidated and lost interest pretty quick. I too would rather stick in a disc, than take all the time and fiddle with my computer and HD...besides, I too think the CD sounds darn good from a high Quality machine, like yours.

Well, I started this thread back in 08...and to date, I have NOT gone to a file playback system..I still like the physical cd and Lp medium. I also feel that the current Vinyl playback systems have really matured and become much better at high fidelity sound today compared to yesteryear. Cant say the same for CD playback however, many new cd players are very transparent to be sure, but to me they are just OK for sonics..the same for file playback as well. The recording is still the make or break sound of the CD to me and SACD just doesnt cut it, many cd's just sound more rich and textured by comparison, although they may not have the ultra transparency of the sacd, the best cd's to me still offer the more visceral and pleasing sonics. I went back to a now vintage CAL Tercet and Icon and cannot believe the sound. Its blows past my recently sold Oppo 105 in every way and is has much more bass drive and mid presence...although the highs on the oppo are a bit smoother..it is still not as satisfying to listen to as the Cal units.

Im staying cd's!