CD Player?

[Davexxxx]

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.

That would be great. I know myself. I won't bother to make the transfer recordings. Where do you plug it in at? For that matter, where do you guys who use a USB stick plug in?

Sponsored

 

[LoweRed]

That would be great. I know myself. I won't bother to make the transfer recordings. Where do you plug it in at? For that matter, where do you guys who use a USB stick plug in?

 

[Chargerpower]

interesting, I saw those but wasnt sure it would actually work, which is what prompted me to ask.

 

[Cobbs]

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.

Hey! I do the same thing. I had a 2016 F150 and the album info/picture came up on the screen.
Now on my 2021, all I get is some generic music image.
Do you get the album cover on your display?
Thanks
Dave

 

[Buyer2021]

Do you get the album cover on your display?

No because I don't mess with album art on my USB music library, it has only music files on it; for me it's all about the tunes, not looking at album cover thumbnails when driving.

Never even tried the album art stuff so don't know what is / isn't possible.

 

[amschind]

I buy CDs and rip them. You can store FLACs on your phone, but if you keep the FLAC as a backup and store .ogg or .mp3s (i.e. lossy of your choice) at 256 or 512 kbps, you are losing nothing that is audible.

Test Yourself

Its not a challenge so much as a way to determine how much quality you need before you notice. You can also encode at different quality levels and test on your truck/home theater/headphones et c. If I run my HD700s and BTR5, the quality that I need isn't the same as from my laptop speakers. Likewise, and perhaps more subtle, a MOVING Powerboost with the ICE on is going to eat some detail that the same system would express when stopped while running on battery.

 

[fordtruckman2003]

I buy CDs and rip them. You can store FLACs on your phone, but if you keep the FLAC as a backup and store .ogg or .mp3s (i.e. lossy of your choice) at 256 or 512 kbps, you are losing nothing that is audible.

Test Yourself

Its not a challenge so much as a way to determine how much quality you need before you notice. You can also encode at different quality levels and test on your truck/home theater/headphones et c. If I run my HD700s and BTR5, the quality that I need isn't the same as from my laptop speakers. Likewise, and perhaps more subtle, a MOVING Powerboost with the ICE on is going to eat some detail that the same system would express when stopped while running on battery.

Can't say things like that on here. Limitations of human hearing don't matter to audio engineers on internet forums.

I too still buy CDs and rip them. Kinda miss my CD player I had in my 2011 truck. Pop in a new CD and listen to it a few days before I rip it to files.

 

[brfertig]

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

I am glad I am not the only one that thinks that. SirriusXM sounds like garbage in my truck. I have the trial version and would never renew it. What a waste of bandwidth. Sat radio is dying due to good 5g cell phones and Amazon Music.

 

[bfastr]

I am with the OP, I miss the simplicity of a CD player. I dont like converting songs to any format, ripping and storing them on a USB etc. its just personal preference. hell, at this point I would welcome a cassette deck in a new car.

I want to play one band, one album, good songs as well as crap. let it roll and then pop in something else. no files, no sub menus , no stabbing at the screen with my boney finger while bouncing down the road.

 

[Cobbs]

No because I don't mess with album art on my USB music library, it has only music files on it; for me it's all about the tunes, not looking at album cover thumbnails when driving.

Never even tried the album art stuff so don't know what is / isn't possible.

OK. Thanks

Sponsored