CD players = dead?

Everything is relative. Comparing CD to cassettes, for instance, I find cassettes more dynamic, more entertaining/musical, more full bodied and more raw. I will listen to CDs on occasion, however.

For audiophile, I should say CD players are the best in terms of audio sound quality. Even though I used my portable speaker most of the time, I still love listening my playlist CD collections from my CD player. So I think CD player is not dead and will not.
I used my portable speaker most of the time because it is more convenient. I can pair with my phone and play it, and I can stream latest tracks directly from it too because it has Wi-Fi.
Regarding sound comparison, I'd say CD is perfect. My portable bluetooth speaker also just sounds great even while streaming music over Wi-Fi. The sound clarity is almost negligible.

To those of you who downloaded their entire CD collections and donated them to thrift stores .... my undying thanks. :-)

Frank

Your welcome! 

i mis the feeling of listening with concentration. With Roon i skip/swipe/search as a madman (and listen). With a cd i’m more in the music. And listen front to back with patience.

Yes, this the problem with streaming in a nutshell. We don't commit to listening to the whole album, as the artist intended.