How many here can still play a CD?

[LBS-bass]

I've been having some discussions about recording for the purposes of providing merchandise. Five out of five bandmates, when asked, said they have no way to listen to a CD. My sense is maybe that's true for most of us.

My husband still has a CD slot in his car, but that's the only way I'd be able to listen if I really wanted to.

How about you? Would you be able to listen to a CD if you bought it from a band you liked? Or would it just be a mercy-purchase for support, that you'd never be able to hear (I do lots of those).

 

[flannel cat]

CD,s here,,and still prowling pawn shops, still hunting for those hidden gems.

 

[buldog5151bass]

I have the same CD player I had in college (mid 80s) in my practice room.

 

[ctmullins]

Nope.

Just in the car.

 

[dalkowski]

If I buy a CD at a gig, it goes to my car to die.

 

[MD]

I have a CD changer in my audio rack and a drive in my Mac.

 

[TomB]

I have a couple in the house, my car has none.

 

[WG Plum]

Yes, at home and in the car. I even have a turntable and a dual cassette deck.

I just prefer physical media, though I do stream in my car.

 

[mtdkingstonheir]

I checked "I can listen at home", BUT, I can also listen in my car!

 

[BrotherMister]

I can, and do, still play CD’s.

Those ‘mercy purchase’ are what fuelled the illusion of there being a vinyl revival. The data strongly suggests that most people who bought vinyl records didn’t actually have the means of playing one so we’ll likely find the same thing happening with CD’s at grassroots level. I know people who still buy from upcoming artists at gigs just for support reasons.

 

[Gorn]

Does a PS4 play CDs? If it does, and someone gives me a CD, I can play a CD. My 2020 civic doesn't have a CD player. My 2017 civic did.

 

[kobass]

I still have a CD player in my home and car. I'm 63, so that might explain things. Also-lots of money invested (after my initial investment in vinyl starting in the late 60's).

 

[Pings Bass]

I've got a CD player connected to my studio Mac (and a cassette deck!), and a BluRay player that'll play CDs, too, but I'm pretty much 100% streaming for music listening.

I'd rather throw a 20 spot in the tip jar and scan a QR code than buy a CD to support a band. I'm surprised people still do CDs at all; it seems like a waste of effort and plastic.

 

[Five or Six]

I can still listen to radio, watch TV, cassette's, CDs, and vinyl in my studio. I've learned more music off of cassette's in years past than any other platform.

 

[Barticus]

I can play vinyl, but no CD… not even in my car, haven’t seen a CD player in newer cars for a while.

 

[Grinderman]

I have a small CD reader-writer about the size of a Sony Discman that plugs into my computer with a USB cord.

I don't use it to listen to CDs directly, I use it to rip WAV audio files from CDs of things that can't be purchased for download, out of print or rare that I occasionally buy mainly off of Invalid Link Removed.

 

[C Stone]

Sure can, same goes for records. I have hundreds that I play through my Sansui receiver…I still have ADATS, and a DAT player, cassette, multitrack & reel to reel.

 

[TyBo]

Hell, I even got old 45's and 78's (records, that is ), and a player to hear them. Plus a cassette deck (and tapes), several CD players (one in the car). Got that covered. Yeah, I still listen to stuff in those formats ...

 

[MrClassicMetal]

Technically it's the 1st option. I have a USB CD player that's only used to to rip CDs so the flacs can be stored on a NAS.

 

[ajkula66]

Yes, both in my apartment and in my car, but I don't ever play music in the car so I voted "at home"...