CD players = dead?

From an audiophile, sound quality perspective are CD players obsolete? Can a CD player offer better performance than an audio server / streamer?

madavid006-10-2017 2:12am

bluewolf Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 66 posts 05-16-2018 at 06:51am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete My CDs are alive, well and singing for me like they never have before with so so much more detail being revealed thanks to my replacement of previous CD playing technology [EMM Labs CDSD Transport, DCC2 DAC, Marantz SA-7S1 (used as a transport), Rey Audio Kinoshita R-DAC, Esoteric K-03x (used as a CD integrated player and separately as a transport & DAC)] with the Jay's Audio CDT-3 Mk2 transport feeding the Denafrips Terminator DAC.with the connection between the two being i2s HDMI thereby bypassing the S/PIDF interface in the Terminator. And here is my story of my new CD experience: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/denafrips-terminator-jay-s-audio-cdt-3-mk2-a-review