Is anyone still using a CD Player

Definitely not using the CD player. I long ago became way too lazy to dig out a CD. The heavens know that I can’t even organize them effectively, which prompted me years back to use large CD carrying cases where I get rid of the jewel case and stick the disc in a sleeve. That’s the closest I ever came to organizing. Sinatra had his own books, Coltrane..

No, I have everything I’d likely be listening to loaded in a 6 TB memory that I plug into either a laptop or my iPad where I’m using Foobar as a player. It works and occasionally I still have to go dig a CD out of one of the boxes. And these days, I’m also fine with buying music online and just downloading it into the hard drives. The only time I get a CD these days is if I stumble into a Goodwill, end up at an out of town flea market somewhere or buy one at a show.

I like owning the music and storing the music. Streaming, just never really took to it.

Remember, using your CD player is effectively, using another DAC.  If you like the way your streamer sounds compared to the 505's DAC, then do you.  But maybe it's a good time to look into upgrades or refreshments for the 505.  It was released 20 years ago.

When I get cds  3 for 2 dollars ...yes I'm buying them like crazy.

I'd like classify sound into two areas.

1. sound for information

2. sound for musical listening

When I work in fitness, I see many people using wireless headphone. The headphone produces musical sound from their smartphones. So many electric/electronic steps between the two. I can say the musical sound is no longer of musical feel. Just sound.

When you think just sound is ok for simlicity/brevity that's fine. But not fine to me.

Playing CDs in a CD player is the best musical quality as long as confining to my environment. No big $ needed, economical for the high quality musical sound.

Of course!  It's a great music medium!  That's all I dare say for fear of being banned again.,