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How much longer will CDs be made?

I "need" to justify spending $5000-$7000 for an outstanding CD player that will work well with my Spectral/MIT system.
My wife would prefer I buy a new flat panel HI DEF TV and Blu-Ray for movies and have money left over.
She says the SonyXA9000ES I use is perfectly fine for music.
She feels downloading HD music is imminent and figures I won't listen to my CDs when I hear the increased quality of Hi Def music downloads. She's comparing the improvement to Blu Ray movies over DVDs.
Personally, with the DVD-A & SACD demise (which I find sad)
and the exponential growth of lo-fi players I no longer know what to think.
Will CDs continue to be made for at least the next 5 years?
All comments welcome.
psacanli
tvad
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Other than the different format (Blu Ray versus SACD), is there any difference in resolution between the two?

Interesting that we're still discussing silver discs, and the majority in this thread appear to believe that discs are going away in the near future.

Technology races on, and manufacturers grasp at whatever is going to sell. Sony has done this over and over.

It's hard for me to get excited about investing in any new format.

Anyone remember the MiniDisc, or consumer DAT?
psacanli OP
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Tvad, Thanks for the update.
I did not know that Blu Ray players actually played a Hi-Res format for AUDIO.
If you are right-that the Blu Ray provides Hi Res audio-like full 24/96 or 24/192- it puts a whole new angle on things for me.
I will check into it further but I don't remember any posts here on Audiogon raving about Blu-Ray sound.
tvad
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Here's an explanation of the possible audio formats on Blu Ray.

As far as I can tell, the bottom line is that the resolution can be higher than SACD, but I'm not aware of any music software supporting the higher resolution.
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I'd go with the DAC too.
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rja
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Tvad,
Excellent explanation you steered us to but IMO still leaves the situation clear as mud.
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