Who needs a CD player when you can accurately rip CDs and play them from a storage device? I just don’t get why people want use transports…
Because some of us absolutely hate computers and the related maintenance.
You already know the answers people will provide; we’ve been through this a number of times.
Nice. Thanks. I was unaware of these, so will check them out.
Stereophile has published a couple of articles on what loudspeaker measurements mean, how to interpret hardware measurements, etc. These may be of interest as well.
That was obvious 365 posts ago.
Someone stick a fork in this thread, it’s done.
It’s almost unused. I first ripped my CDs in 2010. I re-ripped them about 3 years later. I’m having trouble giving this CD player away.
…and I am sure it will be discussed again.
Yes, there is a reason there are not many CD transports sold these days. The market for transports is extremely limited. In general, you can get better sound quality by ripping CDs and playing them through a quality server/low noise endpoint setup. Add the convenience and flexibility factor that ripping offers and it becomes obvious as to why.
I am certain you will guarantee this to be the case. 
Why did you re-rip them? Was it originally to a lossy format?
I despise the process of ripping nd taggin. I would hate to re-rip.
I suspect the reason for declining sales of CD players is not because of servers, but rather because streaming has taken over for so many listeners.
Ripping is easy and accurate if you use something like dBpoweramp. It rips and then tags in an easy one-step process.
It couldn’t also be that people are using their phones and DAPs to store ripped CDs and play them anywhere? Nah, that couldn’t be part of it…
I use dBpoweramp. It is fine for pop, but a pain for classical music.
Metadata sucks in general for Classical. None of the metadata sources are well populated or close to complete for Classical titles. That’s not dBpoweramp’s fault.
In 2010 ripping had about 25% failure rate. In 2013 I did 800 discs without one failure and much better tagging. It was pretty effortless. My Innuos rips even better in wav and identifies and replaces duplicates. Dbpoweramp is poor by comparison. Bespoke rippers are much better than using a computer.
Hard to believe innuos rips more accurately than dBpoweramp. I use dBpoweramp to rip all my cds in wav. Comparing files to other results, is hard to beat.
Ha! Does Innuos utilize the AccurateRip database to verify accurate rips? What data sources does Innuos use for metadata?
dBpoweramp will rip to FLAC or WAV or ALAC…and many more formats.
Whether it is dBpower amp’s fault or not, “It [dBpoweramp] rips and then tags in an easy one-step process” is untrue if you listen to music other than pop.
I expect it gets correct what release of Dark Side of the Moon one has just ripped. 
dBpoweramp’s batch processing is very handy however.
By what means? I ripped my CD library in around 2001 with very near zero failure. They, and the dubs of them still play. They may not be bit perfect though. Is this what you’re saying? The ripper had strict rules applied?