My six year old car has a CD player so I use that and the radio. My 20 year old trail head, carry bikes, kayaks, park downtown in sketchy areas SUV has a radio, CD player, AND a cassette deck! How retro cool is that?
Quality of YouTube or Spotify is poor compared to cds. And then the ads w/o subscription
This doesn't have to be true. With spotify premium, you can set the audio quality to very high. As a man of discerning taste and access to an unlimited data plan, this is the only option I use. There are other services, such as tidal, that give you high definition sound, which is similar to what you get on the original masters. Its nice to listen to songs on there with a good pair of headphones.
CD quality is actually not great, and definitely not the bellwether for high quality. They have to flatten the sound to save space, this means you get a more mono-type sound. This is why audiophiles love vinyl so much, it’s not compressed the way a cd is. It’s a much richer sound.
Second that. Amazon Prime Music Unlimited is stellar. Only 7 million songs in ultra high def and you need a decent stereo and a decent ear to be able to hear the difference. It’s $16.66 a month for the family plan. I used to spend more than that on CDs.
PS: If you’re bluetoothing a record player, it doesn’t sound better than a CD. Sure it might sound different. That doesn’t make it good.
I collect CDs and rip everything to FLAC. Keep my library on multiple external hard drives that I play through my stereo. Have 13,000 songs that I play continuously on random setting.
With so many moving to streaming, CD collections are getting dumped everywhere. You can find dirt cheap titles online (ebay/Facebook) and in second-hand shops. Always fun to roll into a new town and check stores for gems to add to my collection.
Apple music service when listening to airpods, you-tube whle on the desktop PC, and I've got a lot of ripped MP3 songs that I use to make my workout playlists also for the AirPods. But otherwise, hardly ever need to retrieve MP3s off my harddrive because You Tube is easier, or Apple Music.
My car radio is jacked- you may have heard how when we converted to 5G nationally, some makes of car's radios were stuck on one station. That's me. Totally sucks.
PS: If you’re bluetoothing a record player, it doesn’t sound better than a CD. Sure it might sound different. That doesn’t make it good.
Your PS is more than likely directed toward the earlier comments that I made about listening to vinyl in the basement if I am working out and using my bluetooth speaker.
When I am elsewhere in the house, where I have speakers directly wired to my amp/receiver, I don't play vinyl to my bluetooth speaker. I want to wire speakers to the basement but just haven't done that yet.
Having said that, I can unequivocally state that vinyl that is played to my speakers that are wired sound a ton better than any CD, cassette tape, or digital format. They sound different, and it is good. There is no comparison.
PS: If you’re bluetoothing a record player, it doesn’t sound better than a CD. Sure it might sound different. That doesn’t make it good.
Your PS is more than likely directed toward the earlier comments that I made about listening to vinyl in the basement if I am working out and using my bluetooth speaker.
When I am elsewhere in the house, where I have speakers directly wired to my amp/receiver, I don't play vinyl to my bluetooth speaker. I want to wire speakers to the basement but just haven't done that yet.
Having said that, I can unequivocally state that vinyl that is played to my speakers that are wired sound a ton better than any CD, cassette tape, or digital format. They sound different, and it is good. There is no comparison.
I believe you, and I heard that the issue with the digital files is their sampling rate. The higher the sampling rate, the more full and precise the sound is. VInyl doesn't sample at all, so it's king.
I try not to focus on this too much, as for me. I don't want to start down the path of seeking perfect sound.
I met some folks that told me their speakers cost then $10 K, and that was about 3 years ago. That astounds me.
This doesn't have to be true. With spotify premium, you can set the audio quality to very high. As a man of discerning taste and access to an unlimited data plan, this is the only option I use. There are other services, such as tidal, that give you high definition sound, which is similar to what you get on the original masters. Its nice to listen to songs on there with a good pair of headphones.
CD quality is actually not great, and definitely not the bellwether for high quality. They have to flatten the sound to save space, this means you get a more mono-type sound. This is why audiophiles love vinyl so much, it’s not compressed the way a cd is. It’s a much richer sound.
Second that. Amazon Prime Music Unlimited is stellar. Only 7 million songs in ultra high def and you need a decent stereo and a decent ear to be able to hear the difference. It’s $16.66 a month for the family plan. I used to spend more than that on CDs.
PS: If you’re bluetoothing a record player, it doesn’t sound better than a CD. Sure it might sound different. That doesn’t make it good.
I understand but as I have many cds I was not about to pay up to Spotify. The base Spotify is lacking. Agree on audiophiles and vinyl. I have friend with a pretty expensive system who has a device to ensure the power to hi turntable does not vary a bit.
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