Is anyone still using a CD Player


I have a bunch of CDs and the Krell 505 player.  I find myself defaulting to my Aurender Streamer and never listening to CDs.   I’m considering getting a CD Ripper and loading them via HSD or SSD card and loading into the Aurender.  Thoughts?  Am I in the dark ages even keeping the CD Player?   

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I still listen to CDs all the time. I have a CEC-TL5 feeding an Mhdt Orchid. I play vinyl as well. I don't do any streaming. I have zero interest there. My living room, I mean, Listening Room, is a screen free zone. Like others, I like the intention of picking something and listening to that thing. I have 3000-ish, perhaps 4000 CDs.  Between vinyl and CDs I have enough to last me even if I didn't continue to buy. 

If your goal is to enjoy the music, as Eddie and the Hot Rods would sing: do anything you wanna do

I have vinyl and CD's and am a CD/SACD user.  No streaming since it is inferior in sound quality.

I have a TEAC VRDS 701T Transport going into an SW1X DAC II. The sound I am getting is phenomenal. You have to pay attention to isolation, proper grounding and noise abatement to get the most from CDs. You can't tweak a file, but you can tweak a CD. I do 5 different treatments to CDs (the ones I really want to listen to) and the difference from before and after is staggering.

Don't stream; don't intend to. Ripped my entire library of CD's years ago, but don't listen to the rips. Mostly vinyl these days, plus CDs when I feel like it. Trying to work my way through my existing library before I die. Life is short.