Another CD-Player vs. PC question:

Because CD-player is also digital.

Kijanki,
Thanks for the brief and precise technical answer!

Dbphd,
I'm of the same nature as I collect records since I'm 8 and also CDs.
I apply ALL means of careful handling of an art products. Same certainly applies to collectible books, postcards, posters, paintings etc, etc... Some of the records I have placed individually onto the glass frames mint and untouched.

I didn't have large array of CD-players(even given the fact that I also DJ-d), but even with professional CD players such as Technics, Numark the misreads or skips happened even with perfect CDs. I had to mask that skip with effect of the same bpm and than switch to the next song. I didn't reach computer audio DJ-ing, but would certainly prefer it over the CD-player.

In my home audio I had Marantz CD63 that had been replaced with CAL-alpha(?). Both had an ability to misread or skip even perfect CDs for reason or no reason. Using CD with brush or going directly onto the mechanism to clean did only temporary releif.

Agree to CD in general, but to me there are valuable ones especially the material that had never been released onto vinyl. I value music much more than I value sound or recording/pressing quality. Vinyl is preferable format simply because I can listen to it much longer than CD.

Audiolabyrinth, LOL! mine can be placed here and there too, but it doesn't mean I have to list it on 2 different categories. One is nuf already.

When I first heard a CD(Ride The Lightning of Metallica) in late 80's, it realy sounded bland. I felt like I'm missing half of what I heard from vinyl. Than I've got some Jimi Hendrix reissues on CD which were simply a joke. Than long long time I refused to deal with digital media until mid-90's when they started to become descent.