CD players = dead?

hifiman5

... "Treasure" might have been a better choice.

"Treasure" is a great word. I treasure not only my LP collection, but I consider many of the individual LPs themselves to be a distinct, special treasure all by themselves.

donjr....

There is a nice review in positive feedback. Two parts that goes into the N1 pretty deep. Not sure this link will work but you can google that review. 

http://positive-feedback.com/reviews/hardware-reviews/melco-ha-n1a-part-1/

As long as people have albums they will own a turntable and the same applies to CDs. Why not include an audio server and do all three?, I think it  would be a lot of fun. I still use a FM tuner on a daily basis for news and background music and that's fun too.

Exactly phd, why does there always have to be a "winner" in these discussions?  Vinyl, CD, streaming...all fit very nicely into the same system.  Having the options to chose from multiple sources need not be a contest to determine which is "best" but rather an opportunity to enjoy the choices we have.  But, I have been in this hobby long enough to remember that there have always been choices.  Reel to reel tape vs LPs, Cassettes vs LPs, CDs vs LPs, streaming vs CDs vs LPs.  It's all fun.  I just recently started using a Bluesound Node2 and ripped almost 1000 CDs to an NAS drive.  Wow!  The Bluesound has transformed the way I listen to music.  I also stream TIDAL and this adds yet another dimension to my music library.  This little device (Node 2) has made an enormous impact on the way I listen to music.  Do I plan to get rid of my CDs?  No, but I must say that my new Bryston BCD-3 and my Sony ES5400 SACD players haven't seen much use lately.  I am amazed by the sound quality of the Node 2 playing both music from my FLAC collection and TIDAL selections.  I recently did a fairly comprehensive upgrade of my entire system; new Vandersteen Quatro CT speakers, new Dynavector XX2 phono cartridge and Bryston BCD-3 and as good as these components are I would have to say the $500 Node 2 is the biggest game changer.  Maybe as the newness wears off I will get back to using my CD players and turntable more but right now I am totally smitten with the Bluesound product.