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CD Player vs. music streaming

Dear audiophiles:

I am in the cross road for the media choice.  My CD player suffered from abnormal tray movement and consider to replace a new one (maybe the 2nd hand one).  But on last Sunday, I paid a visit to the audio show and find out there are showing many streaming player of the famous brands with  the price range of US$ 5000~20,000.  I feel the sound is not bad with short listening. 

I am thinking about my situation once more, if I buy a HI-Fi CD player, the price might equal to the audio streamer.  Then, if I choose the CD player, I would keep on buying CD. But if I give up CD player and replace it with a audio streamer, my expense might be the monthly subscription expense which cost a CD or so.  Besides,
my kids have no interest in classical music appreciation. There is no meaning for me to keep on buying CD. When I  am passed away, the CD are useless...without not penny. 

Under such kind of   consideration, should I stay in CD player or should I switch to music streamer. 
Any good opinion?
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audiozenology
362 posts
 
Tidal MQA or Qoboz high res or Amazon HD are superior formats, when the files are available to Redbook CD.


Rarely put a CD in any more. Seems little point. 
jerrybj
862 posts
 
I use CDs via a Bluray player as transport into my Dac.
Not perfect but space is limited.

Have CDs on MacBook, using Audirvana.
Then Tidal HiFi

With these, I have all the music I could want.

Sound quality order?
1. Tidal Hi Res
2. CD 
3. Tidal CD quality

Still, Tidal HiFi is more than acceptable in many situations.
forripsy
2 posts
 
Above is correct CD desc. mypascoconnect

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duckworp
257 posts
 
for Classical music I would stay with CD. The streaming services are very bad at organising classical metadata and it is difficult to find the piece you want to listen to by the orchestra or artist or conductor.  Maybe this is will change one day but for now streaming and classical music are not good partners.  
wrenth
26 posts
 
:) the CD is still the king on the hill in terms of price to output quality ratio. The only better format is the SACD or DSD files.
The best price to audio quality is on the turntable side but CD is better in general quality because of its durability. Turntables are expensive in usage, degrade the sound every time you use it (skratches, dirt, head usage). Files still require superb application to be better than CDs but once you have it they are better as turntable with this advantage they do not get old. What is interesting in DSD files is tha they soind better then CD even on mid class equipment but... how much DSDs you have? As regards Tidal, Qobuz I am a bit dossapointed. They sound nice but has no this expression that CD offer. MPQ is definitelly better but loose with CD too. I suppose this is the reason of digital watermark, perhaps the streaming lags... 

So... the winner is: not CD :) but ripped CDs played from files. In therm of comfort, quality and durability this is the best choice. 
Thank you!
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