Is anyone still using a CD Player

 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.  

Every time I upgrade my equipment, such as a new rogue preamp I re-listened to some of my CDs and many sound quite beautiful. It sounds hard to say that it’s hard to predict the relationship of new equipment to the old, digital even vinyl source, but that’s why we listen  I use SACD Marantz. Although I hear the latest 10 on might be an improvement

YES (Ayre & Oppo)

+1 @audphile1 

In fact, many AAD CDs still sound better than AAD streaming IMO.  

Yes,

My prior favorite player died. I went thru half a dozen searching, then got a recommendation here and found a lightly used great sounding player:

Sony xa5400es.

I am still re-discovering my existing CDs and SACDs, and actually bought some used CDs.