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?
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The clear future since all computer files can go up to a 24 bit 192 kHz
Word length is night and day better sounding then red book cd.
This is why Bryston,came out with their great player as well as others to complement their
Dac or yours.By having no moving parts you dramatically lower the noise floor with a external hard drive, or thumb drive.This is the future
Hi Rez down loads ! !
I just want to mention mpegs I do not consider hi quality.
At Hd downloads every week they are adding on also at least several
Others.I ripped almost 800 CDs high quality flac files 10 at a time
Over a few weeks then it is permanent just back it up .
I am no computer wiz I just went on utube videos and watched how it is done. Well worth the effort. If you have a IPad or stood you can just look at all the albums including album art within seconds it is that easy.
on my Bryston player it tells you Exactly what rez you are getting so If I buy something it will be as described, also this is a Big point, no matter how good your error correction is it is still being player as as with tons of
noise ,platter wobble and switching going on inside it .I burned all my cds to a seperate usb drive and the program checks
every song bit for bit before it is approved once done you have a superb Hirez Flac file or whatever hirez format you choose .Also I never have to clear a cd or pick one up my Ipad Mpad program shows all the Allbum art. The only time I need to rip a cd is when it is not yet available and online
at Amazon I can buy like new cds for a 1/3rd used and once ripped which takes maybe 2 minutes it is permanent .I back up the cds to the main drive file ,and now I am even running a 256 gig
Solid state for the best storage out there .This is the future I tried going back ,to using a cd player it is like going back to the stone age, 600 + cds at my command
and sounds far better , and I have had several Hiend cd
systems - transport and dac and everyone that comes over agrees , Don't knock it until you try it .