Do CD Players Need to be Saved?

**Rob** · 01-21-12, 08:14 AM

After reading this article, what do you think?

Why we need to save the CD players!

**navy2kcoupe** · 01-21-12, 09:42 AM

I voted "not sure" because if they continue to provide an "aux" or an "MP3"
input it doesn't matter to me if they do or don't. I've got ALL of my CD's ripped
to MP3's at the highest bit rate available, and THAT'S probably more than my
old ears are capable of distinguishing. I can't remember the last time I used a CD
in any of my cars, and just like anything else with moving parts, it'll break somewhere
along the line probably at the point where you're depending on it the most. Like
maybe day 2 of a 30 day "lets drive the state's for a month" vacation. That being said,
if there's a market out there for a standalone CD player for car audio systems, I'm
sure that someone like Bose, Sony, Pioneer, etc., will jump into that market to provide
what people want.
Andy Anderson

**Red Vette** · 01-21-12, 10:11 AM

I voted yes because I play my old time radio shows on CDs in all my cars except the snow blow equipped 1986 Blazer. Love the 12 CD disc changer in my 02 Coupe and the 6 disc changer in the 08 vert, escpcially when I cross Kansas on the way to a Cruise Fest. My only concern is the shelf life of a CD - no one really knows. Mine will probably last my entire lifetime.
Barrett

**Umongus** · 01-21-12, 10:17 AM

I'd like to see more than just an aux jack of iPods, etc. A USB port would suffice if the CD player s on its way out.

**tracksnblades1** · 03-03-12, 07:10 PM

I vote yes.
I like old stuff well some old things. NO 8 tracks, No cassettes
This is hotly contested on some audiophile blogs right now.
I like the cd players especially on well designed home systems. I can play the same favorite song via ipod, cd player, dvd and an old pioneer laserdisc soure to quests through the same system at my house. It will amaze you how many people will asked why it sounds so much better. The old pioneer elite laserdisc is what they like best. I think its just a matter of time before we'll be able to get really good files for the digital musics. Similiar the way your could purchase old audiophile vinyl and cd's. Linn Stereo, high-end and expensive I believe has already made the switch and hasn't looked back. I
like the convenience of my sons Ipod plugged in the front of my old pioneer elite, hours of music. Only the Best.

**catbert** · 03-03-12, 07:52 PM

I use it for books on CD while traveling. Time seems to go faster listening to stories than listening to music.

**KANE** · 04-06-12, 05:37 AM

My CD player still works in my '95.

I'm debating on getting an OEM radio with an AUX jack put into it. Apparently, this is an easy thing to do. All that needs to be done is to splice into the feed that comes off the CD source.

Delco GM Pontiac 7 EQ CD Radio Ipod Mp3 SAT Aux audio | eBay

**Toms01** · 04-06-12, 07:32 AM

I voted No.

I've had my 01 Corvette for nearly three years and I've only used the CD player two or three times. I removed the 12 CD changer and installed in it's place, an Ipod interface. I have since bought a "Skydock" which plugs in to the cig lighter, utilizes my Ipod to either play music through or I can listen to sat radio.

The wife's Bonneville has not had a CD played in it since maybe the first year that we owned it (2006). We just move the Skydock back and forth between it and the Corvette.

I've had my 09 Silverado for more than a year and a half, I have yet to put a CD in. It has the Aux-In jack for Ipod/MP3 player, but it also has Sat Radio which is what I listen to most of the time.

**Hib Halverson** · 04-06-12, 05:06 PM

Rechtin is spot on.

Sadly, the marketing weenies at the car companies will listen the "voice of customer" most of whom either lack the technical astuteness to know that what comes off satellite radio, out of their music players or they stream from the I'net sounds like crap through a decent car audio system or they are so stuck on tiny gadgets which hold upteen Gb of music that they just don't care about how it sounds.

I'm like Mr. Rechtin, I'll hang onto my CD players until someone pries them out of my cold, dead dashboard.

**Toms01** · 04-06-12, 06:56 PM

Thank you very much Hib....I haven't been called "Stupid" in at least a month.

**Hib Halverson** · 04-06-12, 07:04 PM

Originally Posted by Toms01

Thank you very much Hib....I haven't been called "Stupid" in at least a month.

OK.
I admit that "stupid" is a bit strong.

Let me restate: "...most of lack the technical astuteness to know that what comes off satellite radio...