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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Not if I can possibly avoid it!

With the advancements that have been made with digital in the past 1/4 of a century, it makes one wonder why such an archaic form of digital audio delivery is still being produced? A 16 bit word depth is insufficient and incapable of the resolution that is required to compete with well mastered/pressed vinyl. We have had the delivery method since the turn of the century to deliver 24 bit digital at increased sampling rates. Yet they fell by the wayside. DVD-A died on the vine. And DSD (SACD) hangs in there by a thread. And yet, CDs with a bit depth of 16 bits, are continued to be produced in multitude. With this thinking. Why not convert all of your CDs to mp3 or AAC? Because your CDs are only one step above those formats. I have compared CDs to their vinyl counterparts on numerous occasions. The interpolation errors produced by a 16 bit word depth causes the imaging to collapse. The reverb trails to be truncated. Basically, all of the subtle details that make up a great recording. A 16 bit recording has a resolution of 65,536 per sample. By comparison. A 24 bit recording has a resolution of 16,777,126 per sample. Quite a difference in resolution.  In fact, 256  times the resolution per sample. If you think that vinyl is inferior to 16 bit archaic digital. I suggest that you invest more than $300 into your vinyl reproduction equipment. Enjoy the CDs that you have collected. But to continue to collect them is nothing more than nostalgia. 16 Bit has not been used in studios since the very beginning of digital recording. Somewhere in the 1980s. The technology has moved so beyond the CD delivery format as to be ridiculous. And yet they are still being produced in multitude. Why? Because there is a dumbed-downed market for them. Fine. But don't live under the illusion that you are seeking great audio. Be it digital or analog. Because it is nothing but a nostalgic illusion.

A far as my listening goes: 85% vinyl, 10% streaming (if I really like what I have discovered, I will look to see if it is available to purchase on vinyl), 5% CD if there is no other medium available. And I would refuse to even consider mp3 or AAC as an option.

I'd say I stream about 75% of the time followed by CDs, vinyl and cassettes. I love the convenience of streaming but I also still love having physical media. I have quite a few autographed CDs and vinyl that can go for $$ if I sold it on the market.

I like having all of it or at least, having the options of what to play depending on my mood.

still have a good collection of cd so why not.  Some cds I have were not available on qobuz.

My serious listening is via CD. FM is enjoyable for my for casual listening and to sample new music. 

Use a Jay's Audio Transport to a PS Audio StellarGold DAC through a Concentus I2S cable. 

When I moved from NYC to Philadelphia, I made the painful decision to not drag a lifetime of carefully collected records and do away with the time-consuming pre-rituals associated with record listening on my Linn LP-12. So far, I have resisted renting the right to listen to music via streaming. I prefer to own the right to listen to the music. I do not rent my audio system, so why would I rent the music it is dependent upon?