So there's absolutely no way to play a CD in a new car without a phone?

Could be. It’s not unheard of around here. My wife’s previous car won’t eject the CDR that is in there, regardless of weather, though. Her mother now drives that car, and I get a kick out of picturing her driving around listening to the last New Order album on repeat...

 

Most CD players have a manual eject. It's usually a tiny hole that you can stick a paper clip or needle or something in to eject the disc. Yours may not, but it's worth looking.

 

This is what I do too, and the variety is great on road trips!

 

She's probably thinking "where's Hooky??"

 

In reality, she’s just listening to public radio and not touching the CD button, but it’s a fun thought.

 

I do not miss carrying CD’s and Cassettes in the car.
I’ve got a ‘17 Silverado, and the only time I ever used the CD player was when I would buy a new CD at B&N, to play it on the way home.

All of the stores are downsizing their CD selections considerably now. So if I want a CD for a physical “master” I just find them online.

For the vehicle, My iPod has been the CD replacement since around ‘10. I do have SiriusXM, and I like the variety, and I like some of the DJ’s. This new year I’m trying out both Spotify and Tidal. The virtually unlimited selection is attractive. The Tidal Hi-Fi / Masters lossless upgrade is fantastic! The free bitrate level on Spotify just didn’t cut it for me, and I didn’t want to stop at 320. So I figured if im gonna pay to stream - go lossless.

...and yes I can hear differences in SQ based on different sreaming bitrates on my Trucks system, and in the house. The Silverado cab is very quiet.

Geez - Now I gotta buy a good DAC for the home, but for now the Audioengine Bluetooth converter is sounding very nice!

 

Sorry if it`s already been addressed, I didn`t read all 27 pages.
I copy my albums to CD to play in my car.

My car is a '17 Accord Hybrid that has a factory CD player.
If I get a new one, there`s no cd player available.

What`s the best way to copy cd`s sound quality wise to use in a new car with no cd player ??

 

This may have been mentioned previously in the thread (not reading through 27 pages!) but my 2019 Nissan Frontier Pro-4X was available with a Rockford Fosgate system complete with subwoofer and CD player. Sounds great for a factory system too!

 

(See the first 14 words in above post).

I've got couple of older portable JVC CD players that I used to carry in my toolbag, that are either powered by battery, AC adapter, or a cigarette lighter adapter.
It also has a headphone jack.
If I needed to use it in the car, I'd just buy one of these:

https://www.amazon.com/RitZ-MarT-3-...=mini+usb+to+3.5mm+jack&qid=1590101665&sr=8-7

 

Virtually any other digital carrier. CD's aren't that special; they're just digital mediums with numbers that translate to sound. ALAC and FLAC do the job nicely.

Ed

 

In my car (I'll spare you the brag) from 2018, I've got one but I absolutely never use it. I just use the Bluetooth from my iPhone Max streaming my own music. The sound is astonishing for a moving vehicle but even if it wasn't, it'd be fine. It's a car.

Ed

 

I get that about CD`s, I`m 99% vinyl but I have no other way to copy special to me vinyl.

So I take a CD I burned and convert it to ALAC/FLAC, (I`ve never messed with either, never had a need to until now I guess).
Which sounds better between the two ?

 

I don't know if there's a "best" way as long as you rip the original CDs to lossless and have some digital transport for the files. I bought an unlocked iPhone 7 which I load up with ALAC files to play through the CarPlay interface. In my case it was the only lossless option because my factory stereo has no AUX port and only decodes MP3 and WMA.

 

That's an audiophile can of worms, but both are lossless so it really shouldn't make any difference. Add in road noise and it REALLY shouldn't make any difference. My guess would be that more factory stereos can decode FLAC than ALAC if you are going to be using a flash drive as a transport.

 

For my ears 320k MP3 is more than good enough in a car, and is compatible with a lot more devices than either FLAC or ALAC.

 

It honestly doesn't matter in any environment. Do you not have a phone you could put content into? As has already been said, you wouldn't notice most MP3 encodings in a moving vehicle.

Ed

 

It’s to the point where both formats will play.

 

Seems most late model vehicles with factory audio system will either accomodate a usb or analog connection to a cell phone running a music app of some sort. I run iTunes and, with unlimited data rate from my carrier, I can listen to music in the cloud non stop. It sounds as good as CD and is more convenient. At any rate, when I buy a CD these days I rip it to iTunes on my PC, which automatically downloads it to my iPhone, allowing me to listen to music out-of-home without dragging around a CD pouch to feed whatever CD Player might be handy.

 

You're really missing out.

 

In your opinion

 

The best way is to walk into every dealership in town in a $400 suit, talk about your last fleet purchase, test-drive their most expensive vehicles, ask to see the manager...and then tell him, in front of the sales staff (for extra embarassment), there was no CD player in the car, what the **** were they thinking, and tell them you're going down to their competitors' place to find a car your wife can play her CD's in.

Keep doing this over and over, until it sinks in.

 

All I can say there is a lot for having an older car.



Now wot are these CD things?

 

Since I don't play music from a phone{seems crazy as watching tv shows on a phone but I get it I guess} I need CDs in my car thank you very much.

 

I'm sad to see CD players have disappeared from new cars. Not because of losing the ability to play CDs, but because the CD slot is an excellent place to use a mounting mechanism to hold my cell phone.

 

I have a 2019 Colorado and no one offers a compatible CD player.
I have seen these portable CD players that have the ability to wirelessly play through compatible Bluetooth speakers.
My question is, do you think that this portable CD player can also play through my truck radio like my phone does?

Something like this. I have searched but I can't find any answers if this will work though a car radio.
https://www.amazon.com/GPX-PCB319B-Portable-Bluetooth-Earbuds/dp/B07RD1PC5Y