Who here continues to regularly use a CD player?


I do have a CD player, however, at this point, I rarely use it. I mostly listen to vinyl and stream.

Do you still regularly use your CD spinner? 

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@bigtwin I can see the attraction of having all this music available.  

Welcome to streaming- that’s a major advantage- discovering new music.  When I go to an audio show, I often take notes of newly discovered artists. Also, hi-res is often sonically superior to redbook. Maybe someday you should try as I suspect you’ll greatly enjoy it, it’s not in stone so you can change your mind later.

I have both analog+ digital including streaming 

@kennyc   I think what holds me back, is the huge investment, sorry I should say money spent, on my current system and library of CDs and Vinyl build up over the years.  If I do add streaming, it will be a DAC-less unit and I will use my Esoteric K-01XD SACD player for the DAC portion.  When I see the cost of high end streaming units, I struggle with the concept of adding more money to my system.  

Not only that I still use cd player (Burmester 089) but I am buying cd's as well.

There is no point arguing, but I find streaming or 'pc' audio in general seriously compromised if one looks for sound quality. For information only, fine

@bigtwin - yeah, it’s a monthly subscription commitment.  Running thru your esoteric as a DAC would be fine, you just need a streamer. 

I began buying CDs when they were introduced in the early 80s (vinyl before that).  I have amassed a large collection of primarily classical CDs.  When iTunes came along, I started buying files as well as CDs.  I have ripped most of the CDs at this point, but I also have many large box sets of classical music which I am also ripping.

So...I still listen primarily to the CDs that have not been ripped yet was well as files.  I just can't get into streaming, probably because I've been collecting music for some 55 years.  Old habits die hard, although I do listen to Qobuz as a discovery tool.