How many here can still play a CD?

[bassdude51]

I am considering getting another CD player like the one I'm using now that I got in 1995. Sounds better than a newer one I got five years ago. The old one was made in Japan. I think there's a difference. I have a Sansui Equalizer I got in 1985 that broke down. Its hard to find someone to repair it. Got a new eq that in comparison, sucks. It'll have to do. Don't know if I'm just used to the old stuff or what.

I went from a $250 Cd player to a $1,000 Cd player and I got about a 3% to 8% improvement in fidelity. Was it worth it? Kind of. But, a lot of money spent for a small difference. The quest of Hi Fi.

Good luck find the quality of sound that you like, Tom Winter

 

[Deleted member 394181]

I went from a $250 Cd player to a $1,000 Cd player and I got about a 3% to 8% improvement in fidelity. Was it worth it? Kind of. But, a lot of money spent for a small difference. The quest of Hi Fi.

Good luck find the quality of sound that you like, Tom Winter

If you don't have one, Get a vintage eq that's mij. My mistake was getting a new one. Its ok, but seems like a very " stetile " sound. Almost like its too technically perfect. Sounds crazy I know.

 

[Katoosie]

Oh, that was just a bit of general information about youtube.

I've bought a lot of CDs through the years and just recently ordered another bunch, after listening to the artists on youtube. And I rip them all so I can stream them myself.

At home I have one of these:

And there's about 2 TB of flac files stored on it.

Make sure to toss a quarter inside every time you hit "play" on your computer, otherwise you're stealing

 

[Sparkl]

Don't forget that Apple took away our 3.5" floppies!!!! You can still use 3.5mm headphones, just a $10 dongle. Everyone uses wireless now and losing the 3.5 jack lets them build the iPhone thinner and meet water proof standards. But okay, you don't like Apple. I get it.

I don't use wireless. Same goes for literally everybody else. You care to back up your statement by showing me how the whole music industry uses wireless for some reason?

Yeah we lost the floppy. It got upgraded by a physical medium with larger capacity.

We lost the 3.5. Got "upgraded" by the same tech, but with an extra battery now, most of them non replaceable.

At the same time I'm happily using my Beyers, AKG and Audio Technica headphones for over 10 years now without a single issue. Oh, but it's wired, snap.

But yeah, better using a dongle on a dongle connected to a bunch of more dongles. Why on earth would I want to lose a whole USB/thunderbolt port for a 3.5mm converter?

As if I would want to convert my Ferrari so that it doesn't accelerate faster than a Yougo. Sounds like a deal to me.

 

[majbass]

I could play it via a USB CD drive that I could plug into my laptop with an adapter, since my laptop doesn't have the old style USB ports anymore. Otherwise, no. I could only play it in my car.

 

[majbass]

I don't use wireless. Same goes for literally everybody else. You care to back up your statement by showing me how the whole music industry uses wireless for some reason?

Yeah we lost the floppy. It got upgraded by a physical medium with larger capacity.

We lost the 3.5. Got "upgraded" by the same tech, but with an extra battery now, most of them non replaceable.

At the same time I'm happily using my Beyers, AKG and Audio Technica headphones for over 10 years now without a single issue. Oh, but it's wired, snap.

But yeah, better using a dongle on a dongle connected to a bunch of more dongles. Why on earth would I want to lose a whole USB/thunderbolt port for a 3.5mm converter?

As if I would want to convert my Ferrari so that it doesn't accelerate faster than a Yougo. Sounds like a deal to me.

I would be surprised if the number of people using wired and wireless headphones isn't even, if not more on the wireless side.

 

[MultiScaleMale]

I don't use wireless. Same goes for literally everybody else. You care to back up your statement by showing me how the whole music industry uses wireless for some reason?

Yeah we lost the floppy. It got upgraded by a physical medium with larger capacity.

We lost the 3.5. Got "upgraded" by the same tech, but with an extra battery now, most of them non replaceable.

At the same time I'm happily using my Beyers, AKG and Audio Technica headphones for over 10 years now without a single issue. Oh, but it's wired, snap.

But yeah, better using a dongle on a dongle connected to a bunch of more dongles. Why on earth would I want to lose a whole USB/thunderbolt port for a 3.5mm converter?

As if I would want to convert my Ferrari so that it doesn't accelerate faster than a Yougo. Sounds like a deal to me.

I can only tell you about what I see where I live. Everyone here is using wireless. I can’t tell you the last time I’ve seen a wired headset in use. But if you’re using your phone for music, maybe check a DragonFly whether or not it’s Android or Apple. Much better DAC than the tiny converter in either.

 

[TroyK]

Wired AKG semi-open backed headphone here. Paid about $60 for them and they are the only headphones I've ever enjoyed using outside of the studio.

I have a wireless set and sometimes travel with them, but don't like them nearly as much.

Like everything else that we've ALMOST gotten into, there are people who sit down to listen to music and others who have it on while they're doing things. They value different things. No judgement, I do both.

 

[TroyK]

... But if you’re using your phone for music, maybe check a DragonFly whether or not it’s Android or Apple. Much better DAC than the tiny converter in either.

The DAC is hugely important.

 

[retslock]

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 still buy them and load them onto an old Apple Mac G5. It’s only purpose is to maintain our home music system. We listen through a pair of English Leak Sandwich speakers that sound crystal clear and are more than 40 years old. My wife still uses an old boom box with CDs to exercise to out on the deck. Both our cars still have CD players in them.

 

[J_Bass]

Make sure to toss a quarter inside every time you hit "play" on your computer, otherwise you're stealing

You are taking someone’s work for free. They are professionals and do that for a living. Then, someone takes advantage of them and enjoys their work but doesn’t pay. Let them live on “exposure”!

Do you work for free? Can I use the product of your work and don’t pay?

It’s the same thing.

And YouTube doesn’t pay all the YouTubers. You have to have a monetised account and even then it’s a miserable pay.


You do what you want. Just don’t pretend you’re not stealing from the artists, because you are.

 

[J_Bass]

Lately I’ve been listening to these young cats called New Jazz Underground. They don’t have a Spotify account, so the only way to listen to them is on YouTube. So, I went on BandCamp and bought all the available songs they have there. That’s called respect for the artist.

There’s also this:

 

[MrClassicMetal]

Make sure to toss a quarter inside every time you hit "play" on your computer, otherwise you're stealing

You are taking someone’s work for free. They are professionals and do that for a living. Then, someone takes advantage of them and enjoys their work but doesn’t pay. Let them live on “exposure”!

Do you work for free? Can I use the product of your work and don’t pay?

It’s the same thing.

And YouTube doesn’t pay all the YouTubers. You have to have a monetised account and even then it’s a miserable pay.


You do what you want. Just don’t pretend you’re not stealing from the artists, because you are.

That doesn't apply to the post he's replying to though. I've already paid for the CD, so I'm allowed to rip it and stream it at home or in my car.

 

[MrClassicMetal]

Lately I’ve been listening to these young cats called New Jazz Underground. They don’t have a Spotify account, so the only way to listen to them is on YouTube. So, I went on BandCamp and bought all the available songs they have there. That’s called respect for the artist.

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There’s also this:

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Yeah, I recently discovered that site by coincidence! This is more convenient than buying CDs to rip, because the flac files they sell already have the tags and there's no CD to store somewhere.

 

[J_Bass]

Yeah, I recently discovered that site by coincidence! This is more convenient than buying CDs to rip, because the flac files they sell already have the tags and there's no CD to store somewhere.

Yes, BandCamp is a good app.

And there’s this:

 

[mcnach]

You have a SD card reader in your car?

Yes, and so did my previous although the SD slot was hidden (took me 2 years to notice it! )
It's not even 'modern', a 2012 Audi A4 with pretty basic trim. Cars should come with those as standard, SD cards are tiny and can hold so much music.

 

[LBS-bass]

Yes, and so did my previous although the SD slot was hidden (took me 2 years to notice it! )
It's not even 'modern', a 2012 Audi A4 with pretty basic trim. Cars should come with those as standard, SD cards are tiny and can hold so much music.

My 2103 Ford Fusion had one. I'm not even sure if my current car does, but it wouldn't surprise me.

 

[mcnach]

Make sure to toss a quarter inside every time you hit "play" on your computer, otherwise you're stealing

Are you serious?

He's talking of ripping CDs he already owns...

edit: sorry, I see now what you were doing, I hadn't caught up with the thread yet

 

[Katoosie]

You are taking someone’s work for free. They are professionals and do that for a living. Then, someone takes advantage of them and enjoys their work but doesn’t pay. Let them live on “exposure”!

Do you work for free? Can I use the product of your work and don’t pay?

It’s the same thing.

And YouTube doesn’t pay all the YouTubers. You have to have a monetised account and even then it’s a miserable pay.


You do what you want. Just don’t pretend you’re not stealing from the artists, because you are.

I don't know what kind of world you live in, but many artists I do listen to put their entire album streams on sites like YouTube, on their own official band channels and on record labels' channels. The moment the music goes live it gets jettisoned onto most if not all available platforms that exist.

Now, according to you, I am stealing from them simply by listening to their music that they have willingly and/or under contract put out there on the Internet, with free access, not requiring anything in order to access it. If they REALLY wanted to, they could have easily put their music behind a hard paywall, whatever form that paywall would take and aggressively pursue legal action with anyone that even dared to share that anywhere else.

And your argument about YouTube paying pennies is just immature. It could be either way and you wouldn't know what money it brings and how much of it, anyway.

Going by your logic, you should absolutely be paying artists that work in different mediums simply by gazing at their works - say ads. Or murals. Or photos you see online.

Why not? Aren't you stealing from them by simply looking at their art that's available? How is that different from what you're telling me? When you gaze at a painting, are you tossing bills at it? You should be, otherwise you're stealing.

Or are we just splitting hairs and using double standards here because you just so happen to be into this specific kind of art - music?

I'm tossing you on the ignore list because one, this was a colossal waste of time, and - two, the whole premise is just silly and I choose to support whoever however I want with whatever funds I have and frankly, you can't do a thing about it

 

[J_Bass]

I'm tossing you on the ignore list

Thank you!