Do you still buy CDs?

[pr_capone]

I ask because I'm currently shopping for a new head unit for my car and noticed that they all still came with CD players.

Personally, I haven't purchased a music CD in over 5 years. With the advent of SD memory, bluetooth compatibility, and just plain being able to plug in an MP3 player via the aux port... it would seem that the CD is a dead technology.

So... do you still buy CDs or do you now purchase/get your music in a digital format.

Also, as a follow up question, if you do get your music digitally... do you still whip out the old CD book when you are in the car?

[-King-]

Still? I never started.

[Demonpenz]

It's nice to have the original album sometimes. Especially when you can really sit down and listen to album from start to finish without flipping around.

[Bugeater]

It's been at least 10 years since I've purchased one. I do still burn them since the factory stereos in both of our cars don't have inputs for mp3 players.

[Discuss Thrower]

Heyo check it, when you with a gurl you gotta ask her if she like da tapes o' da CDs

[Just Passin' By]

I'm a hard copy kind of person, so books, CDs, DVDs and the like are the way I go.

[notorious]

Yes.

Dynamics and SQ blow away the average MP3.

[Fire Me Boy!]

I switched to a digital media player only in ny car a couple years ago... haven't missed not having a CD player for even a second.

[Frosty]

I buy a lot of used CDs as it's usually cheaper than buying the MP3 version of the album (yes, I'm a stick in the mud and buy my music). I put them on my iPod right away though and almost never listen to a CD in the car.

[Pablo]

Rhapsody via blue tooth. Probably four years since I've purchased a CD.

[Deberg_1990]

I honestly cant remember the last time i bought a music CD? Its obviously been years.

[Rain Man]

Cars always seem to be behind the times on music players. When tapes were big, cars came with 8-tracks. When CDs were big, cars came with tape players. Nowadays, all my rental cars seem to have CD players. It seems like that stuff would be easy to change during the production run, but they don't do it.

I actually put a data CD in my computer yesterday. I've had this computer for probably two years and I don't think I'd ever used the CD/DVD drive.

[Baby Lee]

Heck, I still buy vinyl and SACDs for sound quality, though we're nearing the point where artists don't even bother mastering for SQ any more.

I have an Ipod Touch, but it's used for listening while exercising, podcasts, and audiobooks, where SQ isn't much of a concern.

On the specific question of CDs, I usually only purchase or mention them in connection with gift giving/receiving, as they are appropriately priced and sized gifts for exchange that don't generally tax the gift giver in tracking them down.

Collecting has tapered WAAAY off in recent years, probably had about 1300 or so CDs in the mid-late 90s, and only added about 5-7 at most per year since. Probably added more SACDs than CDs, despite them being much harder to find, in the past 5 years or so.

[NewChief]

I'm extremely into music. I went from a massive collection of tapes to a massive collection of CDs to a massive collection of FLAC files to.... Streaming everything. I know the quality isn't as good but the convenience can't be beat for the amount of music I like to sample.

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Cars always seem to be behind the times on music players. When tapes were big, cars came with 8-tracks. When CDs were big, cars came with tape players. Nowadays, all my rental cars seem to have CD players. It seems like that stuff would be easy to change during the production run, but they don't do it.

I actually put a data CD in my computer yesterday. I've had this computer for probably two years and I don't think I'd ever used the CD/DVD drive.

Almost all head units, both stock and aftermarket have USB and/or AUX inputs now, as well as Bluetooth. Most will still have CD players too, for the old-timers.