Cd's to make a come back in the future?

Clutter is very bad for the sound. The objective is, in a manner of speaking, to reduce entropy as much as you can. The system will sound a whole lot better in a relatively empty room than a room filled with CDs, LPS, videos, Books, TV, cell phones, iPad, magazines, etc., scout’s honor. ✌️Note media and communications devices especially. 

"  The system will sound a whole lot better in a relatively empty room"

True. And for the serious audiophile just physically being in the room represents a conundrum.

I get total satisfaction from the LISTENING TO of the music.
I honestly could not care less its source as long as it is musical and sweet to my ears.
And at the end of the day that is ALL that matters.
I regularly listen to CD, cassette tape, vinyl and streaming.
I do not try and compare any of them to each other, total waste of time.
Just enjoy your music people no matter what the source.

n801,164 posts03-01-2019 9:14am" The system will sound a whole lot better in a relatively empty room"

True. And for the serious audiophile just physically being in the room represents a conundrum.

>>>>Not if you’re an empty suit. Or having an out of body experience whilst listening.

Or if you listen whilst having an out of body experience.

There is some good sh1t out there for that kind of experience....so i am told.

This interesting article on some musicians' preference for cassettes appeared in my local daily rag today:

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/music/article/Hiss-and-tell-Houston-noise-bands-celeb...

Nice.

But not news to me... lol

Been a huge cassette user and advocate for years.

Never dumped my original stash of tapes and add to the collection on a daily basis.
thrift shops between fifty cents and dollar each.
our lrc does them at $2 each.

A good tape on a good player just sounds so musical.

My roommate in college had a Nakamichi dual tape deck (not the dragon). We were into cassettes in a big way. Saved our money for the highest quality tapes.

I don't have any of them now.

Listened to them in the car a lot and found that car cassette decks were hard on them.

@n80. I learned the hard way early on what a cheap car player could and would do to a prized tape.....

I found a very good fairly priced player by Panasonic and that was all I ever fitted in my cars for years.
Of course then that darn CD came along and stole the show ,made it very difficult to even buy a new car cassette player.

I often thought my car cassette system sounded better than my home LP system in many respects. More dynamic, more coherent, much more entertaining. Of course, there are some good reasons why that would be so. Battery power, crossover-less speakers, nearfield listening, seismic isolation provided by shock absorbers. Besides, tape is a natural medium. It breathes.

Another + for:
CDs 
CDPs
Cheap used CDs
Hunting for said CDs
Enjoying listening to CDs
Ordering CDs from Amazon
Limiting expenses to a single source- priceless!

I use Tidal, a lossless account, and it’s very good, but, if I find something on Tidal I like enough to want as a physical ‘keeper’, I search it out on eBay for usually very little digital cash (PayPal). Both my streaming and CD Player run through my DAC, and I dunno, to me it sounds better on CD, maybe not, maybe so, but the bottom line is I enjoy having a physical copy of the things I like.

I also rip my CD’s and keep all the rips and downloaded files on a 2TB 2.5” external drive connected to my router, and can access those wirelessly (not Bluetooth, or IMO a degraded USB cable into my DAC) through my DLNA network via my iPhone or iPad. Really, I only use that if I’m feeling very lazy. But it’s a nice back-up to have regardless.

I too was going in the direction of purchasing downloaded music, and also have high capacity USB thumb drives which contained my whole library. I’ve since stopped buying albums on-line, and actually put all my CD’s back into their jewel cases, as for years they were put into cases to use between my car and home, and are now back in their rightful place stored with my system. The car now gets the USB drives, as I do believe playing music via files through the USB sounds better than streaming. In a car.

As also someone who grew up with Vinyl, 8 track, cassettes, and CD’s, there was just an odd feeling only having my music as files. And cannot imagine, at this time, of only having a streaming service as my only music collection, regardless of how good it can sound. And now getting my feet re-wet in vinyl again. And also thinking of where I buried my tape player, as I have a whole box of cassets, and many I of those I don’t have copies on vinyl, CD’s, or files.

Will CD’s make a come back? It’s possible, who knows, but for the time being, I’m glad it isnt, as it makes them so darn cheap to buy as a very good physical media choice if you have a decent DAC. I’m simply amazed how cheap CD’s are right now, used, and the reverse of what happened to the vinyl market when CD first came out. So, I’m stocking up on CD’s right now as there are so many great deals for them as a physical media.

To me one of the problems facing HD Tracks in addition to high prices, often double the cost of the brand new CD, is that they do not 'keep' your file for you the way iTunes does. If you lose it, it is gone.

I know you back things like this up. And I do. But for real security, especially if you have a lot of money invested in purchased hi-res files you should haveoff site backup. No, its not that hard to do using someone's cloud service but for the premium you pay at HD Tracks you should be able to retrieve files from them. I'm sure there is some legal/market/copyright issue with that.

Of course our hard media (CDs, vinyl, tapes, etc) does not have offsite back up either. Your house burns and they're gone.......but if you've ripped them and are worried about that you could easily store them somewhere else.

Tape is a natural medium. It breathes

 But is it organic?.......lol

Unfortunately bits of the tape tend to get stuck in your teeth......

But seriously I have been taken aback of late by the sq from my old oppo  bdp80 used as a transport fed into the bnc  input of my Ayon tube dac.

Has me rethinking cd right now.......

Just when you thought it was safe to turn out the light......

Streaming will eventually kill all hard media. 

Just like 8 track killed vinyl.

Streaming will eventually kill......I somewhat agree with last poster. I believe SACD and XRCD’s will survive as niche media like LP’s. The XRCD’s are stupendously good....one of my favorites is Dexter Gordon’s A Swingin' Affair. 

Listen to Hotel California cut from Hell Freezes Over XRCD, 

http://ed2.elusivedisc.net/audioclips/jvcxrh8362/06.mp3

Enjoy!