Is anyone still using a CD Player

As an avid user of CD's and not minding supporting a Charity, I take great pleasure in purchasing CD's from Organisations that are a Charity.

Commonly, a Half Bag full of CD's on a visit when plenty of choices are in the display costs a little more than £5. What is not to like. Today I have one Classic Album on Vinyl purchased many years ago, and nearly 50-ish Classical CD Albums, some triples, plenty of doubles for not much more than £5, accumulated over a few years. I have more Folk and World Music, more Rock/Blues and a huge collection of Pop. I've even got a collection of Nursery Rhymes and Cartoon Movie Soundtracks for the G'kids. All for about a £50-ish investment.

If a CD is not enjoyed, the Charity receives it back and hopefully gets another donation, along with some new purchases made by me. It is Win-Win  

@rwells4 943 million CD sold in 2003, down to 34 million in 2022, surged to 37 million in 2023, and numbers are dropping again...

Yes I still buy CDs and play them on 2 CD players I have in different systems and also play them on my BluRay players.  There are CDs that aren’t available on streaming services and news ones are being released and also reissued with content that’s new.  Ripping is great but I still use the players.  Just picked up 2 different versions of Spirt’s Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus.  Will be both ripping and playing them.  

 Just purchased a Schiit Yggdrasil Singular DAC for my transport, so I'm focused on that right now.

@charliecheese Congratulations on the Singular DAC, I am thinking of getting that DAC once more to upgrade my office DAC.

One thing I never tested when I first owned it was connecting a computer directly to one of the 2 USB inputs on the DAC. I have a feeling this is one of the rare DACs that sounds fine with a direct computer connection, maybe just as good as a great streamer. I say this because I have a Schiit AsgardX with the Mesh DAC card and I am shocked at how good the unit sounds connected directly to my noisy laptop. I need to do a head-to-head comparison with my fibre streamer.

Apart from approx' 30-ish Relevant Artist - New Vinyl Album purchases made over the past few years, I also have approx' 10-sh Relevant Artist - New Vinyl Album purchases made.

Usually, these are carefully selected performers from whom I am purchasing 'Merch' from through the likes of Band Camp or crowdfunding. 

I solely purchase new this way, to ensure the artist receives fair remuneration, and not the Streaming Platform taking a 'First-Charge', Record Company taking a 'Second-Charge and the Artist/Performer receiving the scraps.