Should I still buy a CD player? Suggest one?


I just read that Best Buy is discontinuing CDs. This seems like a bad omen for CDs in general. I had a system I liked and lost most of it in a fire this summer. Insurance will buy me a replacement, but is it unwise to buy a CD player now? What are high end people doing now for source?

And, my players was a Creek CD-43, CD-53, bought in about 2002. What would be an equivalent quality now? Insurance doesn't care that they are more expensive now, they just want an equal replacement. If I buy a player, which is the most popular good CD player now? It's important that is it a popular one, because I don't want to get saddled with something hard to sell since things are in flux.

Thanks.


river251

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That’s amazing that Best Buy will stop selling CD’s.  I wonder if they will still sell vinyl.  That would be an incredible turn of events if they did.  

Too bad insurance won’t just give you the money the player is worth.  Are you required to replace the item? Research what the law and policy says.   if so, do you play Blu-ray?  Maybe you could get a nice unit that plays all formats.

i recently pulled some CDs out from a rack for the first time in many years.... to temporarily tape them to a wall or sound baffle while I bounced a laser beam off them for positioning speakers or sound baffles for first reflection point.  the CDs nice reflective surface and light weight make them ideal.   I’m glad I finally found a use for CDs.