The CD6007 is built like a tank and has a warm and punchy presentation that is easy to listen to for hours. The CD6007 supports 24-bit/192kHz and DSD 5.6MHz high-resolution digital audio playback and does a great job with 16-bit/44.1kHz CDs as well. Marantz remains committed to CD playback in the era of digital streaming, and that’s a good thing because even as 2020 heads into the homestretch, and CD sales are at an all-time low - and likely to be surpassed by new vinyl sales in North America, there is still a reason to own a CD player. The same reality exists with records as well.įor those of us with thousands of CDs, there is no reason to pretend that we don’t need a CD player. Before moving on to streamers and very expensive DACs again.ĬDs can sound great or putrid. Audiophiles conveniently forget the days when they spent thousands on separate transports and DACs, before the hi-fi press decided that a CD player was good enough. Younger listeners did not grow up with CDs and they represent yet another physical format that they can own and not for a lot of money. Why purchase 1 new vinyl release when you can have 5 CDs? That becomes an even better deal when you look at how expensive new vinyl releases run. One of the reasons why CDs are climbing again in popularity is clearly cost - it’s hard to say no to $3 or $5 used CDs that are still in decent shape. Vinyl sales rose 109% in the same period and passed new CD sales for the first time in a few decades but it’s interesting to see new and used CDs flying out the door.
Digital streaming might be 85% of the market but CD sales in H1 2021 put the brakes on and reversed course from almost 8 years of steep declines.Īmericans purchased almost 18 million new CDs since January. If you don’t think owning a CD player in 2021 still matters - think again.
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