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Is this the END of DAYS for the high end CD player

Seem like this format days are numbered like the cassette and LP. Why would you want to spend 5k or 10k+ for a high-end CD player or DAC combo??

Just trying to see what other audiophile’s thoughts are and where you guys & gals may be planing for the future. Do you stop here at the high end CD player and this format or go completely too digital files?

I'm at a quandary about investing into an expensive CD player setup.
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pubul57
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TV didn't kill the radio after all, did it. I think talk2me has it right, hi-rez is the future, but much further off than we think. And some folks simply like to own something real, not on the cloud.
pubul57
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Exactly where I stand today. Even if the magazines are making an attempt to churn up a new product category for review and possible advertising. It just does not feel like music-servers are ready for prime time, just yet. I think it needs to be sorted out in terms of connectivity standards, music library management software, and made relatively idiot proof for implementation by the average Joe (audiophile) - it just feels like too much work, when it does not seem that way is when I will make a move to hard drive based storage, or possibly cloud based hi-rez stream and play.
pubul57
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I suspect that a hard drive based system into a top flight DAC with good music management software might be at the level of players, at least that what the magazines would have you think, some arguing of the benefits of magnetic versus optical readers for the "transport" function. No I am staying aways because it is just not plug & play and I don't need the headache of figuring it all out, for me a 5-10,000 front end should not require that much thought. Interesting review of the new Olive HD Music Server in TAS this month, a good read on the whole situation written by Cordesman.
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