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The CD player is dead.......

I am still waiting for someone to explain why a cd player is superior to storing music on a hard drive and going to a dac. Probably because you all know it's not.

Every cd player has a dac. I'll repeat that. Every cd player has a dac. So if you can store the ones and zeros on a hard drive and use error correction JUST ONCE and then go to a high end dac, isn't that better than relying on a cd player's "on the fly" jitter correction every time you play a song? Not to mention the convenience of having hundreds of albums at your fingertips via an itouch remote.

If cd player sales drop, then will cd sales drop as well, making less music available to rip to a hard drive?
Maybe, but there's the internet to give us all the selection we've been missing. Has anyone been in a Barnes and Noble or Borders lately? The music section has shown shrinkage worse than George Costanza! This is an obvious sign of things to come.....

People still embracing cd players are the "comb over" equivalent of bald men. They're trying to hold on to something that isn't there and they know will ultimately vanish one day.

I say sell your cd players and embrace the future of things to come. Don't do the digital "comb over".
devilboy

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timrhu
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I posted this on "Digital" on purpose. I knew that if I posted it on "PC Audio", then most people would agree with me and that way I wouldn't learn anything. I'm trying to get a different perspective on the subject, so thank you all for your input.
Devilboy

Unlikely as most read the "new" threads without regard to which category they are posted in.
I am moving toward the computer based audio as it is the future but I will still use cds as the music source until quality downloads are available. To date I have not downloaded any music.
timrhu
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Okonrad, your situation sounds like you have a project for your sons. They could tidy this up in no time give the tools and incentive.
My daughters have been invaluable with my learning process. :)
timrhu
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Kijanki, thanks for the reply. No my comment concerning poor communicatiion skills was not directed at you. In fact, I have read many of your posts and never would have guessed English is not your first language. Especially since many of your posts are of a technical nature.
As for Pettyofficer, I could have been more diplomatic with my comment but I really thought a direct approach would work better. In his next couple of posts he said he has no point and I see no reason to read any more of his posts/rantings.
timrhu
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Kijanki, Computer CD Drive doesn't have any particular speed during ripping process - it is program controlled and changes from 1x to about 20x on my Mac.
That is interesting as just recently I was ripping cds to my hard drive and noticed some were taking longer than others and also the rate was different. Why is this?
As for PO, I have read several of your posts word for word and must say I don't know what the hell your point is. You may be one of the worst communicators I have encountered on any forum. Please take a few minutes to compose a short and intelligent synopsis of your opinion.
timrhu
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I will expire before CDs, for sure.
Kijanki
I will expire before CDs, for sure.
Kijanki
I nearly wrote that exact statement a while back. At soome point in the future people will look at cds in a museum and think, "how quaint," but not in my lifetime.
timrhu
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Whatever happened to Banlon shirts anyway?
Oh yea, they're in product hell waiting to be joined by the compact disc.
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