Are CD players dead

I went to an audiophile meeting today and the owner of the store said Cd's and cd players are dead. He said you need to start learning about computer audio or you will be left behind. Is what he is saying true?

taters10-10-2011 1:40am

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antigrunge Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 74 posts 01-13-2012 at 05:02pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete ...and I for one have not been able to detect any difference between a ripped redbook CD and an 16/44.1 download via itunes/puremusic
antigrunge Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 74 posts 01-06-2012 at 06:12pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete There seems to me to be a bit of a luddite camp on this thread: while CD never managed to compete sonically with Vinyl, the same doesn't apply to digital, even in Redbook format through upsampled memory play. Hence I would encourage everybody to compare their CD players with a properly set up computer and new generation DAC. It' ll put paid to this thread without further ado. BTW, the best result on Vinyl is via digitizing through Purevinyl and I run a Dynavector DV 507, Zyx Universe + Artisan setup!
antigrunge Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 74 posts 01-13-2012 at 04:48pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Pettyofficer, what I was talking about was playing ripped CD in AIFF format on my Mach2Music through puremusic memory play upsampled to 176.4 via a Zodiac Gold + Voltikus, compared to playing the CD through my upsampling AudioAero Capitole 24/192 SE. Sorry if the shorthand was too opaque.
antigrunge Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 74 posts 01-15-2012 at 10:09pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Pettyofficer, it seems to me that you are worried about the lack of physical backup. May I suggest you use a RW DVD instead of a backup harddisc and sleep soundly?

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