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CD Player vs. music streaming

Dear audiophiles:

I am in the cross road for the media choice.  My CD player suffered from abnormal tray movement and consider to replace a new one (maybe the 2nd hand one).  But on last Sunday, I paid a visit to the audio show and find out there are showing many streaming player of the famous brands with  the price range of US$ 5000~20,000.  I feel the sound is not bad with short listening. 

I am thinking about my situation once more, if I buy a HI-Fi CD player, the price might equal to the audio streamer.  Then, if I choose the CD player, I would keep on buying CD. But if I give up CD player and replace it with a audio streamer, my expense might be the monthly subscription expense which cost a CD or so.  Besides,
my kids have no interest in classical music appreciation. There is no meaning for me to keep on buying CD. When I  am passed away, the CD are useless...without not penny. 

Under such kind of   consideration, should I stay in CD player or should I switch to music streamer. 
Any good opinion?
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hwr
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I bought a Shandling CD player from a fellow A-Goner a few years back and couldn't be happier. I am using Telefunken tubes in the output , replacing the stock tubes.

It sounds fabulous!

Keep your cd collection and enjoy the music!
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samzx12
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LUMIN U1 Mini with a T+A DAC 8 is what I have. Sounds wonderful and I do not miss my CDP.  Also you can stream with the LUMIN and it supports a multitude of services.  Its future proof.  
joshfilm
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@audiotroy 
i recently tried an Innuos Statement in my system and I found that the same track ripped from cd by the Innous significantly outperformed the same track streamed via the Innuos (via Roon/Tidal cd-quality). Did you not find the same? (I was not able to compare to the cd playing direct)

i would think this is the greatest reason for the OP to go for this kind of solution.... get extra value from his CD collection while reaping rewards of streaming. 
rwwear
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I enjoy CDs myself but I like to put my music on my computer using JRiver. I also store much of my music in FLAC format onto usb thumb drives. I can put hundreds of albums on a single drive and play them back in the car and I can plug them into my Oppo player and play them back with the artwork and song titles displayed on the big screen. It's very easy to skip back and forth in seconds instead of having to get up and change a disc. Plus the sound is great.
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ajay555
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Most folks are giving up on CD players. But here is the deal - CD players will always sound better than streaming for same or less price. What is important are to get upgraded feets, with high end power cable and burn the music to blank gold MSFL CDs. Those 3 steps are the secret sauce for superior CD transports-
I compared Innous with the new MSB descrete ($13k) vs my Hegel with the 3 step upgrade ($6.5k + gold discs). The streaming option had wider soundstage but the CD hands down had more accurate sound and timing.

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