Rumors of CD Demise Exagerated? New Hegel


A few years ago ago Hegel issued “The Mohican”, proclaiming the name was chosen because CD was a dying format and that this would be the the last CDP that one would ever have to acquire. They have now issued a new player, of which I read the review in Hi Fi News.  I forgot what they actually named it, but the reviewer waggishly suggested they name it Lazarus, as the format may be arising from the dead.

  If anyone has actually heard the player, I would be interested in their impressions.
  Other manufacturers such as Denon have also released “statement “ players recently.

Otherwise, does anyone think that this is a stay of execution for the format?  

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@audioman58  I thoroughly disagree concerning the current state of streaming.  Like a radio in most cases, only about 15% of the currently available content is at CD level or above.  That's 85% below and as I've experienced at audio shows, the streaming ruins the showcase of their equipment sounding like pooh.  

There is the other aspect that at least 50% of my 48,500 LPs/CDs/78s will never be available for streaming (certainly not the music under 90 year U.S. copyright "protection."   New generations will have lost the bounty of great performances and recorded music from classical, jazz, pop and ethnic from 1900 to 1995, when pop went bust as a performance genre and became an engineering/computer designed program (not all, but most pop).