When CDs came out I thought they sounded like crap and didn't even buy a CDP. I have an Arcam DVD player I can use as a CDP, but no longer use it. If need be I could use it as transport into my DAC, but have only ever done that once when someone came by with a CD to audition speakers I was selling. By the time I started buying CDs (mostly classical not available on vinyl) I was ripping them to play on a network streamer via UPnP.
I've still never bought a decent CDP and have no need, especially now that I have Qobuz. I last bought a CD 10+ years ago. I never abandoned vinyl and have 5000+ LPs.

