A certain Derbydrummer, of uk.rec.audio "fame", writes :
Its all looking a bit strange at the moment, CD as we know it won't be around
for much longer as the major players (Phil~~s and So~y) are stopping making
dedicated CD mechanisms.

CD will be around for a very long time. Just because the main CD
transport manufacturers are not making dedicated mechanisms isn't the
death knell. It makes perfect sense to make mechanisms that can be
adapted at a later stage in manufacturing to play other types of
circular disc.

A well known UK based manufacturer is going into
turntable manufacturing, and it looks like an all singing all dancing
'multimedia' laser assembly is the only thing thats going to be available for
specialist audio equipment manufacturers.

And that's all they need.

When I decide to buy a new high quality dedicated cd player next time around
will I be able to? Me thinks not, I am going to have to settle for a jack of
all trades and master of NONE.

Pretty much all transports are the same. The manufacturers will continue
to fashion them into dedicated CD players as before, and they will sound
as before. The important components are the D/A convertor and the
analogue electronics.

Better get the old record player out of the loft and give it a good polish.

This is starting to look a bit like a troll. You're prepared to give up
on CD because you can't get a dedicated transport ?

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"Chesney Christ" wrote in message
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Pretty much all transports are the same. The manufacturers will continue
to fashion them into dedicated CD players as before, and they will sound
as before. The important components are the D/A convertor and the
analogue electronics.

ANALOG ????? yuk give me digital algorithms all the way through.

A certain malcolm, of uk.rec.audio "fame", writes :

"Chesney Christ" wrote in message
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Pretty much all transports are the same. The manufacturers will continue
to fashion them into dedicated CD players as before, and they will sound
as before. The important components are the D/A convertor and the
analogue electronics.

ANALOG ????? yuk give me digital algorithms all the way through.

Unfortunately once you reach a certain stage in audio reproduction you
*have* to be analogue. It makes sense that the greater proportion of
your money should be spent on making the critical analogue components
work best, starting with the speakers of course.

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