I think we all really enjoy our systems and believe they are close to the "real thing".Last night myself and a friend went to Mike here in Bloemfontein to listen to his setup and we were totally blown away to say the least.I have never ever heard any cd sound so life like.I have many cd's and also use a streamer for hi rez playback and can assure you that the cd has a very long life left even if the new medium seems to be taking over.This is by far the most life like music i have ever heard and the equipment is mostly over 20 years old.The point I am trying to make is that new everything is definitely not better.