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How many here can still play a CD?

Do you own a CD player?

  • Yes - I can listen in my home

    Votes: 539 72.6%

  • No

    Votes: 79 10.6%

  • Yes - but it's in my car

    Votes: 124 16.7%
  • Total voters
    742
#181
I guess I can understand not having a cd player specifically, but these people don’t have blu ray players? I don’t have a cd player but I have a dvd player, a blu ray player, and a disc reader for my computer.

I can comprehend not having a dvd or blu ray player. Veering off topic: so many older movies and tv shows do not exist on streaming but do on disc.

wheter people can listen to the disc or not I think it’s still good to sell them at shows. People like getting them autographed. Include a download code.
 
#184
Cassettes in my car, CD at home.
I prefer the CD above all digital platforms. I like to listen to a concerto in the order that it's meant, and not in a random or alphabetical order.
 
#185
It's simple. All I have to do is: 1) locate box containing Superdrive (I think it's in the attic). 2) remove Superdrive from box. 3) locate Apple USB-C adaptor. 4) Attach adapter to Superdrive. 5) connect Superdrive via adaptor to MacBook Pro. 4) Open Music software. 5) Play CD. WHAT COULD BE EASIER?
 
#187
I had to vote carrots - I listen in my car AND at home. :D

In addition to the player in my car, I have CD/DVD players in my family room home theater set up, in my basement home theater, and in the PC in my music/practice area. I also have a USB CD/DVD player/recorder that I attach to our office laptop, but that mostly gets used for software installation or for makling backups.

The most common place I listen to CDs is in my car, but I do sometimes listen to them in the basement home theater while I'm working out.

That being said, I do use them less often these days because I have other ways of playing music that I didn't have 10 years ago.
 
#188
I hated CDs and I don't I have any now. Those horrible plastic cases that cracked too easily, and the realisation that more sub-standard tunes than ever could be packed onto a disc, which surely makes it BETTER because there's MORE. TBH I prefer streaming over vinyl or CDs.
 
#191
I voted but then got in the car. I do have one there. I never noticed. But it has Bluetooth so that’s fine for the car.

I converted years ago, ripped them all to wav.

We quit making CDs as a band after a few times we played a show, had CDs for sale, mentioned them as well as Bandcamp, and saw people buy stuff off Bandcamp right there at the show.
 
#193
  • A CD player in the living room (I've had it 20 years - how is that possible?)
  • The DVD player in the main bedroom will play CDs.
  • 2 Desktop PCs with optical media players.
  • And external DVD writer usable with laptops to play CDs.
  • Small portable player, assuming it still works.
  • My wife has a Playstation which will play CDs in the 'snug'.
I still buy CDs, then put the contents onto my media server with maximum quality, then the CDs themselves go into storage folders if they are generic jewel cases, or I save those that are special cases. So while I have lots of ways to play CDs, I don't tend to play them. I probably don't listen to albums end-to-end as much because of that, which is probably not good, depending on album.
 
#194
I can listen to CDs at home and in the car. I mostly listen in the car. I have quite a collection of music on CD that you won't find on streaming platforms, so I will keep CD players around for as long as I can. I also like having physical media because I like having the artwork and liner notes easily accessible. I know I can find a lot of that online, but I don't want to use a screen for every little thing I want to read or look at.
 
#196
-Asdfgh- said:
....I probably don't listen to albums end-to-end as much because of that, which is probably not good, depending on album.
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Yes, you're right. There's was a problem with CDs' metal foil layer delaminating when they're not played for a long period of time. Because it's an internal failure it's not remediable. Not many fail this way, but I have had a few irreplaceable CDs lost because they don't track any more. This can supposedly be prevented by playing them once in a while (all the through) because the laser heating of the metal layer reinforces (or "heals") the lamination. Or that's the theory I was told many years ago, anyway, by someone who was an expert on the topic. (Donald Vroon of "American Record Guide" if you're familiar with the publication).
 
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#197
LBS-bass said:
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).
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Ha! I just realized this recently, I actually have no way to play a CD neither in my home or car. Donated a huge box of them when we moved, really don’t have a reason to keep them around when I can stream pretty much anything I can think of.
 
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#198
I have over 500 cd’s and play them proudly on some high end gear.

Many that I own are content you can’t find anywhere else now. Including old local bands, etc.

I also use my Abacus when calculating my lunch tab at Howard Johnson’s.
 
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#199
I play CD's all the time, in my home, car, and I have portable, single play one, I sometimes take to gigs, hooked in to PA for break music. I buy used ones, new ones from Ebay frequently. The last 4 recordings I was on all came out on CD.
 

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