I have a lot of CD's and still buy them (used ones). I have a Marantz KI-Pearl SACD player and when I want to have the absolute best experience from a sound quality standpoint, that's the best source in my system. I do have most of my CD's ripped to a hard drive for convenience and for backup. I play vinyl a lot more often, but the Marantz is really sweet. It sounds a lot better than anything I own for streaming ripped CD's from my hard drive. Which isn't to say that there isn't something better, but I'm very happy with it.
