Are CD players goig the way of the 8 track,and the cassette?

Ha!I'm with you boxer12!

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Considering the economy is in permanent melt down mode, my guess is yes,, but thats a ways off. I have my classical cd collection  complete and have recently upgraded my tube cd player. 
Perhaps will one day add the Prima Luna tube player as well. 
I have no interest in streaming/ computer uploads. 
Tube cd player makes the muisc come to life, Straeming is like ss mechanical, =  no life, just 1 dimensional.

I expect the most important factor in the viability of the format is the availability of the mechanical transports. Being a mechanical device running at very high speeds they all fail eventually. Since the computer market offers optical disc readers in fewer and fewer devices the incentive to keep making the spinners is decreasing. Most CD players that die do so because the transport fails and there's no available replacement. It's just a matter of time.