How many here can still play a CD?

[MYLOWFREQ]

I don't use my cassette and CD players for listening to music much, but I can. The cassette player is sometimes used for digitizing. My laptop can copy files from a CD player, and play DVDs, but I still have an actual DVD player too

 

[fdeck]

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.

I voted No, but my answer is the same. Every CD that comes into the house gets ripped onto a drive, then stored in a box. My family still buys CD's because they're sold by the indy musicians whose gigs we attend. On several occasions, I have asked the musicians: Suppose your recording costs the same on multiple platforms, which way will actually put the most money in your pocket? The most common answer is: "Buy our CD right here."

All of the ripped CD's get converted into MP3 and stored on a flash drive that plugs into a USB jack in our car. I still don't use streaming in the car because I have a super cheap cell phone plan with limited data.

 

[Richland123]

I have a few CD players including my computer, my van, and my car as well as others.

 

[DWBass]

Nope. My car stereo does not have a cd player. All my listening is now digital. Shame because I have a crapload of cd's that I can't play. I will upgrade my car stereo at some point to include a cd player. Right now it only does Bluetooth and Thumb drives.

Edit: My laptop has a cd/dvd drive but I don't listen to cd's on my laptop.

 

[arbiterusa]

Would you be able to listen to a CD if you bought it from a band you liked?

Nope. Not in the car, not in the house. I might have a plug-in computer CD drive somewhere around here, but I might not.

 

[Lee Armstrong]

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).

I can play CDs in my car or home, and if I own them, can rip them for phone/MP3 players.

 

[Koshchei]

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).

I have a cd player, but it's to rip stuff to my house music server.

 

[DJ Bebop]

CD players in laptops still.

DVD player and or Xbox, Playstation abound in the Central Scrutinizer (media room )

Oh, plus the Brennan B2 that was just gifted to me!

Car has a working CD player.

So I'm good for now

 

[Krakmann]

Salud!

Just in my car. And because it's very old. Maybe I have a USB CD reader for my computer somewhere, but I don't know where.

 

[gln1955]

I have CD players that can play through my TV audio system or connect to my computer for ripping.

I also have one in my car that has never been used.

 

[landrybass]

Yea I can play a CD.
A string 3rd and 5th fret.

Ill see myself out.

 

[jerry]

I still buy and listen to CDs, its an important part of my life since I started on vinyl as a kid, but most people I know don't own CD players or CDs.

 

[FrenchBassQC]

I have a 5 CDs player from early 2000 connected to my home theatre, the car has a cd player and I also have a portable dvd/cd device that I connect to USB ports on the laptop.

 

[J_Bass]

I buy CDs all the time. Love it.

I listen to them at home and in the car.

 

[DJ Bebop]

 

[MrClassicMetal]

I voted No, but my answer is the same. Every CD that comes into the house gets ripped onto a drive, then stored in a box. My family still buys CD's because they're sold by the indy musicians whose gigs we attend. On several occasions, I have asked the musicians: Suppose your recording costs the same on multiple platforms, which way will actually put the most money in your pocket? The most common answer is: "Buy our CD right here."

All of the ripped CD's get converted into MP3 and stored on a flash drive that plugs into a USB jack in our car. I still don't use streaming in the car because I have a super cheap cell phone plan with limited data.

It sure takes a hell of a lot of time and energy to convert your entire collection after making that decision, doesn't it? It took me a few days after getting the hardware. First the CD has to be ripped, then the proper tags have to be added, a cover, etc.

It also took a while to find a media player to organise my collection and synchronises properly with my Walkman. I use one of these to stream music while driving:

Anyway, once you have everything set up and running, it's a breeze to add a new CD to your collection.

 

[QweziRider]

Still have CD players in the home and my vehicles (then again, I am a cheap %^$&# driving old vehicles). I still buy everything on CD even if my intention is to rip it into my computer for the sake of simplicity.

 

[BD Jones]

I've got a 5-disc changer. We don't use it as a) all of our CDs have been ripped to MP3s or b) we just buy digital copies. But, both cars also have them and I also have one on both Macs (one built in and one external) and I have a PC laptop with one. But, I also have a dual cassette deck, two record players, and (wait for it) an 8-track player in storage. It is a portable one that belonged to my grandfather.

 

[mrcbass]

Yep, still have my 5 CD changer. I can't say that I use it a lot - I convert my CDs into MP3s on my PC and then transfer them to my phone for portable use. I still like to have the touchy-feely experience of the disk and the liner notes so all music that I buy is on a CD.

 

[Tosh]

the 16 year old Jeep in my garage (up for sale this summer) has a DVD/CD/MP3 6 disc changer in the dash. Not so for the truck I drive now, so I've ripped my CD's and put them on a USB drive

there is a Blue Ray/DVD/CD player in our living room, which is used semi-regularly. Also a turntable, used more frequently.

I prefer to buy vinyl records over CD's, but my own album (from a previous band) was released on CD, and that band has released a subsequent album, also on CD. So, CD's are still in demand, just not hugely.