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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?  

mahler123
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jayctoy
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Lalitk I agree with you. If I don’t have collections of SACDs   Xrcd s, HDCds , and redbook audiophile cd, Streaming will be perfect. I have good vynil selections as well. So Iam happy for what I have,Iam glad streaming is onother options every audiophile can have nowadays.

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tomcy6
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Streaming tends to be a "Bounce around" affair with listening to a half song of this and a half song of another artist and 15 seconds of another artist

I frequently read this argument against streaming in forums and even in the audiophile magazines. All you have to do when streaming is select an album from your phone or tablet then set your device down, somewhere you can’t see it if necessary, and listen to the entire album.

If you can’t listen to an entire streamed album on your system, you can improve your system so that you can listen to a full album at no greater cost than with any other format.

jbmac75
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My CD beats streaming.

mahler123 OP
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One factor here is the Pandemic.  The notion is that people were stuck at home, rediscovered their music collection, and this stimulated a demand for better playback equipment.

   Without doing actual market research, I guess the only way to assess this is by personal experience.  In my own little non virtual world I actually do know two couples that did upgrade their music systems, in both cases going from virtually nothing to mid Fi.

blackbag20
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Darko has a comparison of Schitt's Urd versus Hegel's Viking should anyone care ...

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4H4VdxG_aI

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