CD Player?

[Chargerpower]

I love my long-accumulated huge CD collection, like supporting artists by buying 'em, and like the sound quality they provide.

For me the SYNC solution is ripping those CD's to USB using the lossless FLAC file format. I happen to use the freeware Exact Audio Copy (EAC) running on a Windows PC but there are lots choices for doing the job.

EAC provides the album and song titles automatically (It ID's the album and pulls the track info off the web, free) and preserves the original album song-order (IOW, an album will play-back exactly as the recording artist intended, which is important to me ).

No playlists, just copy albums to the USB stick using the file structure of artist>album>track.

For me the end result is literally hundreds of CD's on a USB stick that stays in my truck, provides superb sound quality, and I choose playback by song title, album title, or artist name using the one-button voice command keeping eyes on the road. My original CDs stay safe at home.

It's just like listening to my CDs at home without handling the disc's, I love it, maybe you would too.

Just for your consideration.

Better sounding tunes by choice, I don't use any streaming service.

Nice to see im not the only one. It irritates me that they make it impossible to to just add a player.
That center console on my 2015 f150 would hold about 30 cds and this one looks just as big.
Ah well I mourned cassette tapes too. Guess i need to start copying

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[Chargerpower]

Lots of streaming services that offer great quality. Sirius sounds like shit to put it nicely.

My kids stream in their cars and it all sounds pretty bad too me.

 

[Chargerpower]

If would be like bringing an atomic bomb to a knife fight but you could get a Naviks and connect a CD and/or Blu-ray player to it.

https://naviks.com/i-24077256-2021-...4-camera-inputs-left-right-front-trailer.html

yeah thats probably way overkill for what im looking for. It is cool though. Didnt even know there was such a thing.

 

[Chargerpower]

Sounds like you just need to download the HD versions and skip the streaming...best of luck in your search. Are you even able to plug a USB CD Player directly in and it read it?

Havent even tried as there isnt really anything i could find out there. Looks like im ripping them to a flash drive as much as i didnt want to have to do that

 

[DrTone]

thank you. I was afraid that was the case. I still have to buy a player to rip them as none of my computers have drives on them either...wishful thinking on my part

I don't think I would rip mine again in todays age of streaming. If you want CD quality I would consider a dedicated apple device plugged into USB doing lossless carplay. I'm not sure if Android Auto also needs to be plugged in to get lossless audio to the head unit, but the same probably could be achieved via android auto.

Personally I can't tell the difference between CD quality lossless vs regular AAC streaming from Apple Music. FWIW.

 

[Buyer2021]

Nice to see im not the only one. It irritates me that they make it impossible to to just add a player.
That center console on my 2015 f150 would hold about 30 cds and this one looks just as big.
Ah well I mourned cassette tapes too. Guess i need to start copying

Trust me, you'll love having much more than a ~6 disc changer / 30 CD library at your voice command without ever juggling crystal cases or feeling for the buttons on an aux CD or its remote.

It really is a wonderful system, well-worth the one-time copying binge and so easy to add more to the drive as you grow.

TIP: when you first start, copy just a couple of discs to the USB and then test in the truck to ensure your software and file structure is set up to deliver the desired result.

The voice command in my 2014 SYNC3 Escape was a bit glitchy, often failing to understand my speech, but the current F150 is amazingly accurate and responsive.

 

[Graygoose2021]

ahhh, CDs.....bet i have some old Ozzie, Dokken and Ratt CDs Id sell ya LOL

 

[Chargerpower]

i havent tried out the sync on this one...rarely used it in my 2015 F150 as it just made me mad.

 

[Chargerpower]

I don't think I would rip mine again in todays age of streaming. If you want CD quality I would consider a dedicated apple device plugged into USB doing lossless carplay. I'm not sure if Android Auto also needs to be plugged in to get lossless audio to the head unit, but the same probably could be achieved via android auto.

Personally I can't tell the difference between CD quality lossless vs regular AAC streaming from Apple Music. FWIW.

I run on the trailing edge of technology. Only apple product ive got that works is an old ipod i use on plane flights.

 

[Chargerpower]

ahhh, CDs.....bet i have some old Ozzie, Dokken and Ratt CDs Id sell ya LOL

LOL I had those bands on vinyl. I was late to the party.

 

[TSGarp007]

Forget CDs, what about vinyl?

 

[tbinmd]

I’m back to growing my vinyl collection again…..

sounds so good with my tube amp

 

[Graygoose2021]

They say vinyl is on its way back in....keep them old Sonny and Cher vinyl's!

 

[Chargerpower]

sold all my vinyl on ebay...dont care what people say i dont miss the hiss pops and sometimes the next verse in the background....

 

[LoweRed]

thank you. I was afraid that was the case. I still have to buy a player to rip them as none of my computers have drives on them either...wishful thinking on my part

I can use a CD player through the USB and control it from the screen ('22 XLT 302A, base speaker system). This looks exactly like the one I have: USB CD player. I was able to pick mine up for about $50 on Amazon. Planning to mount it under the driver's seat but I think I will have to add an extension cable to reach.

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