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? 

zavato

There is just something about holding physical media in my hands while listening. Be it LP's, CD's or otherwise. My record collecting days go back to the 70's. Some of what I've acquired goes back to the 1950's. There are jewels in my collection the likes of which are represented by boxes of radio transcriptions, handwritten letters and notes and other things that elevate the listening experience. My better half is going to need TWO dumpsters when I kick the bucket!

That's all I listen to, along with Pandora.  Though I have some vinyl, I haven't bought a TT yet. 

An advantage of having been in this hobby for almost 60 years is having tried different formats and equipment.  When cd's came out I ditched vinyl and steadily moved up to sacd with Sony, then Marantz SA-10 which upsamples and converts to DSD using its own approach.  Streaming through it with an inexpensive unit and standard Spotify can sound pretty good but now I'm going to upgrade to a high end streamer/server and PCM dac.  I'll be able to compare dacs by using the sacd as a transport and streaming through both dacs.  Should be interesting.