How many here can still play a CD?

[Benj-jammin]

I have a nearly 30 year old Technics 5 disc player that still cranks it out. Don't use it as much now, especially with Spotify, etc., but man, what a tank and indestructible little beast that is....used to have a Technics receiver and cassette player as well. They really made a good product in the day...

 

[MrDinsdale]

I can listen at home but it would be through the TV speakers so realistically I never would.

I just stick to digital or vinyl purchases mostly.

 

[Jim622]

I prefer a cd. I like to listen to an "album" as it was intended. Spotify may start dictating terms and may even start determining inappropriate content.

 

[Nedmundo]

We have several CD players around the house, and both our cars have them. I use them sometimes.

I also use a Tascam CD-BT1 bass trainer for practice, which I’ve had for almost 20 years. It’s great and I’d like a new one, but Tascam doesn’t sell a CD bass trainer anymore, at least not in the US. The new equivalent requires transferring digital files into the unit, which is less convenient for me, though I’m sure it works well.

 

[turf3]

At home, it's a CD or it's not being played. At work I use Youtuba to listen to music (ads and all, unfortunately).

I don't do streaming. I don't do subscriptions in perpetuity. Sorry.

I own multiple CD players both portable and otherwise.

 

[scuzzy]

if I can buy the CD for a reasonable price, I will. I rip them at the best quality I can and then upload to phone and my Zune. yes, I still have and use a Zune HD.

the last concert I went to, along with zero amps on stage, there were zero cd's for sale. I don't like buying mp3 cd's from amazon and similar, as they just don't sound as good with all that data lost. I will do Qubo when they have it, and their quality can be much better. They do loss-less files. But overall, I want the CD. and my newest car is a 2013, so they all have a player still.

 

[turf3]

Still listen to CD's at home (I don't drive, so I don't own a car).

When it comes to distributing music that way, I think it's mostly a question of age group. For people under 30, I think CD's make little sense as a way of distributing music - vinyl would be a better choice, IMHO. On the other hand, CD's are much simpler and cheaper to produce, and can be made in small quantities. But there's no way to avoid the streaming services.

Well, I've avoided streaming services so far. As I noted above, part of my philosophy of constantly reducing fixed costs is not to pay subscriptions. If I buy three CDs a month and money gets tight I can stop buying CDs instantly. Ever try to stop an online subscription that's automatically billed to your credit card (which they all require)? How many days do you want to wait on the phone?

I plan to avoid streaming services the rest of my life unless I'm forced into it for fundamental needs like medical care or something. For entertainment, ain't happening.

Like I always say, first principle of financial independence is to avoid fixed costs.

 

[39-Bassist]

 

[NeonVomit]

Not needed one. I can always get an external USB one for my laptop if needed.

I have a bunch of CDs though - left over from the past, and collecting new ones. Physical media will last forever and cannot be censored. Pretty important if you listen to black metal bands with some, uh, interesting views.

 

[groooooove]

i "can" but i'd have to dig up a usb CD drive that im not sure where it is.

for the record, they can be had very cheaply, so getting one is no biggie.

fyi i teach 4-6th grade and last year a kid literally did not believe me that headphones used to have wires. so, there's that too.

 

[hrodbert696]

My desktop computer at home has a disk drive, and we have an Xbox that can play them through the sound system in the living room. My current car does not have one - I mostly listen to music on the commute through the phone's bluetooth. I still have a large CD collection in the basement and I like having them as physical backup to digital files, but they don't get played much.

 

[Jeff Scott]

I tend to use SD cards for the car...

You have a SD card reader in your car?

 

[Jogobass]

I still have a Sony Discman in working order. And I can put a CD in my PC

 

[stringthrough]

A reminder that even if you don't have a CD player at home, if you have a desktop PC odds are good it has a BlueRay/ DVD/ CD player built in.

 

[Fishheadjoe]

Given that I may be the last man on the planet that doesn't own a "smart phone", CD's are an important part of our listening experience. I have players on two floors of the house, both vehicles play CD's as well as an old Sony Blaster that still works well. Two turntables, two cassette players... yah, I'm old!
Fishheadjoe

 

[Marko 1]

I have a couple laptops and one desktop that take CDs,

and my '97 Suburban has a CD player.

I can't say that I use them much, and I don't have a music collection.

 

[40Hz]

I have several devices around the house I can play a CD on. But I always buy as much music and movies on hard media as possible. If it's something I listen/watch regularly, or it's something that's hard to get a copy of, I'll rip it to FLAC or MKV and load it on our media server. FWIW, a home media server is very easy to setup. Google for Kodi, Plex, and Jellyfin servers if you're interested in hosting one of your own. The software is open source and free to download. And it doesn't require much in the way of hardware to run any of them. Something as small as a Raspbery Pi or an old PC will be sufficient. If your TV or stereo has a USB input you likely won't even need a proper server. These days most will just let you open up the directory on a USB key or portable drive and play whatever titles you have on it.

While a streaming subscription is convenient and I use one, I don't like having my entire media library subject to the unaccountable whims and legal chicaneries of mega-corps and IP trolls. So gimme a disk any day.

Unfortunately, at least as far as movies go, the studios are now releasing fewer titles on DVD and Blu-ray. And (no surprise here) when it comes to movies produced by streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon, they have no plans for releasing on disk at all. So I buy disks whenever I can. Library book sales, flea markets, and Goodwill thrift stores are all good sources for affordable older and out of print CD and DVD titles.

Happy hunting!

 

[HubbardsFate]

When I finally got around to replacing the stock deck in my 20-year-old truck last September, one of my criteria was that it had to be capable of playing CDs, because I have a pile of 'em, and it makes me sick to my stomach to think of tossing 'em all, plus, I still buy a new one occasionally.

Yes, the new deck has a lot of the modern bells n' whistles (although one of the other "old school" aspects of it is that it's all knobs n' buttons - no touchscreen), but thus far, it has only been used to play CDS (and sometime FM radio).

 

[MonetBass]

I'll play CDs on the Blu-ray player now and then. There's a CD player in my car, too, but I've never used it.

EDIT: 98% of any music I buy is on CD. Then I rip it to iTunes and sync it to the iPod Classic.

 

[Bunk McNulty]

I buy CDs for the same reason I buy books made of paper: No digital rights management. Nobody can take it away from me. Given the current fad for rewriting older books that suddenly contain "offensive material," it seems more important than ever.