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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fusion10 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 50 posts 10-25-2011 at 11:50pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Well, given that you can still purchase thousands (if not millions of CDs) and that probably 98% of albums are still released on the medium, I'd say the CD player is far from dead. It is not the future, that's true, but that's a much different thing. Even though I'm good with computers, I will continue to use mine as my CDs aren't going anywhere and it's what I'm used to. Plus, it sounds great!
fusion10 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 50 posts 10-26-2011 at 05:22pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Devilboy, that's a good point. I'm not sure how sales of CD players are going (as opposed to CDs). However, there sure are lots of CD players still in production. I'm sure sales are not what they once were, but I would think they are still selling plenty of units, otherwise we would expect to see the supply dwindle more than it has.

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