No cd player wtf | TheaterFire

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BabyFartMacGeezacks@reddit

Rip your CDs to your computer, put them on your phone, connect with Bluetooth and use the music player on your phone (I have Samsung music). No Spotify needed, no flipping through CDs needed.

I love CDs, but my stack now stays at home for use in my 6 disc changer attached to my stereo.

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jibegirl@reddit (OP)

Sigh, alright, thanks, but will it even sound as good? Gonna miss the tactile vibe of manually putting the cd in chefs kiss

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StandardNeither1311@reddit

Yes. CDs are digital, and so is your computer. there’s no need for your ripped files to sound any different than a CD.

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The major difference between the types of audio files is how they compress or streamline from the original wav file. ACC is great quality because of what it removes and how. 80-90% of the sound quality of wav without the larger file size. Ripping at wav is time consuming and you'll need massive storage. As for the tactile... Agreed. Hot swapping CDs while trying not to lose a finger is a talent. Never lose it!

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ipsumdeiamoamasamat@reddit

Audiophiles say CDs sound like shit.

You're in your car, where you'll be subject to so much ambient noise that sound quality really isn't even a consideration. The audio quality of a radio signal is much worse than a CD, and we don't even question it.

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scizzix@reddit

Audiophiles say CDs sound like shit.

Rule 1, never listen to Audiophiles. It's a fetish. Studies have shown they can't actually tell the difference between the audio quality from different sources and signal types.

Anyone who claims they can tell the difference and just starts talking about warmth and richness I'm going to ignore, or maybe starting shouting about "rich Corinthian leather" to drown them out.

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Adventurer_By_Trade@reddit

That's the most frustrating thing. CDs were about as good as we were going to get for a cheap convenient high quality playback medium. Reel to reel tape is better quality and less convenient, and high resolution lossless files are wonderful but come with their own playback complications. Vinyl is quirky and esthetically pleasing in some regards, but the amount of actual sonic data recorded is pretty poor when compared to every other format apart from the Edison wax cylinder. This is why I stopped listening to "audiophiles." It gets pretty woo woo real fast.

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omgitsjagen@reddit

Just a simple example. I'm sure there are many better ones, but this is the one I know. "Steppin Razor" by Sublime will absolutely blow your stock speakers out, from the CD. It barely pumps my speakers on my YouTube Music/Spotify.

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Haemwich@reddit

And stock car speakers, even upgraded factory systems, won't do lossless audio justice.

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HangryHangryHedgie@reddit

I have a sneaky CD player in my glove box. 2016 VW. I keep at least one CD at all times, preferably a mixed CD someone made me.

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mlee12382@reddit

Rip them as FLAC or WAV files, WAV is raw uncompressed so it's the same as what's on the CD to start with, FLAC is "lossless" compression. If you need to do mp3 for some reason go with 320kbps minimum.

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B4SSF4C3@reddit

Unless you have a nice audio system in the car, it hardly matters anyway.

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illinoishokie@reddit

Rip to AAC instead of MP3. Anyone who says that can tell a difference between CD quality and AAC quality is lying or autistic.

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Spiritual_Smile9882@reddit

I did this years ago with an iPod. Every new cd I got would get ripped to a hard drive and then I would periodically sync the ipod and then put it back in the console in the car.

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BabyFartMacGeezacks@reddit

Yeah, just rip at high quality bitrate. Reading off a cd for any cd player is just digital sound anyway, it just reads at a high bitrate.

Nothing beats the feeling of swapping CDs though. I still miss having one in the car and haven't had one for 4 years now.

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Clear_Tangerine5110@reddit

If you do it right there’s no reason it shouldn’t sound just as good.

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Devious_Bastard@reddit

Good idea. I’m just going to pop the CD into my laptop… oh goddamnit!

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illinoishokie@reddit

That's actually super easy (barely an inconvenience). You can get external CD-RW drives for like 20-30 bucks now.

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mlee12382@reddit

Might as well go with a Blu-ray drive so you can rip your DVDs and Blu-ray discs too and set up a Jellyfin server.

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firesticks@reddit

Can you explain the Jellyfin server like I’m 46 but used to rip media back in my youth?

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mlee12382@reddit

Jellyfin is similar to subscription streaming platforms like Netflix, but it's self hosted on your computer and uses your own media that you've ripped from your physical media or obtained through other less reputable practices. It let's you stream your own content to your devices without having to swap out physical media. https://jellyfin.org/ if you click "See it in Action" you can view the official demo server with public domain content, and you can read up on it there also.

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djkidna@reddit

Plex is also an option, and it’s easier to setup, but their policy and service changes are growing more and more anti-consumer as they try to become more “legit” as a business. Glad I got the lifetime Plex pass when I did before they raised it to astronomical levels, because I’ve managed to get my family and closest friends to actually use my server and it’s a joy for everyone all around

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mlee12382@reddit

Yeah that most recent lifetime price jump is just wild. People complained when it went to $250 last year or whenever it was but $750 after July is just wild. It is a bit more polished for UI though and remote streaming is a lot easier since you don't have to research and choose your own solution (to be fair there's some pretty easy ones it just takes a little more time to get going.)

Another downside for Plex is you have to have internet for it to work, even locally. With Jellyfin you can still watch stuff on your local network even if the internet is out.

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djkidna@reddit

The internet requirement even when watching locally is definitely an annoyance, but there is a workaround if you’re confident in messing around with network settings. Personally I just go up to my server PC and have it cast to my TV if I’m feeling desperate lol. But I usually have enough other things to do during the rare occurrence of an internet outage that it doesn’t bug me

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beau92082@reddit

Wow wow wow wow…….wow.

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djkidna@reddit

Aw, ripping media is TIGHT!

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scizzix@reddit

That's actually super easy (barely an inconvenience)

Wow wow wow wow...................................................................wow.

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BabyFartMacGeezacks@reddit

Lol gotta get a peripheral disc drive. My desktop doesn't even have potential for an internal disc drive anymore

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Working5daysaWeek@reddit

This is low-key brilliant my friend.

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Millkstake@reddit

Do this or put them on a usb

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albauer2@reddit

Yeah, I did this many years ago…

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Standard-Cactus@reddit

Do you not remember the Crutchfield catalog?????

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adammonroemusic@reddit

Everything goes through your phone now; music, 2FA, shopping for cordless drills, buying Taco Bell, everything.

Yes, the future is here, and it stinks.

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thecatsofwar@reddit

How is that bad? It’s convenient which is awesome.

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mike_b_nimble@reddit

Ever lose or break your phone? Ever lose internet connection? Ever have a device just decide one day that it isn’t willing to turn on anymore?

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TheGillos@reddit

Yes, the future is here, and it stinks.

That stench is probably due to the Taco Bell.

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drewbaccaAWD@reddit

Many still have an optional CD player you can add but they are over priced. Best thing to do if you don't want to embrace the stream is put all your music onto a USB drive which most cars can read these days.

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greenbeer317@reddit

Check the glove box. Some manufacturers hide it there. If not then it’s time to embrace current times and use CarPlay.

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amusedmisanthrope@reddit

Last year my favorite band released its latest album. They chose not to release it on CD. Digital or Vinyl were the only options. I haven't bothered to listen to it yet.

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TheGillos@reddit

This is the kind of Luddite Xennial post that makes me go "uhhh, actually, call me Millennial..."

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MsBlondeViking@reddit

I can’t recall the last vehicle I owned that had a CD player in it.

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BreakfastBeerz@reddit

My wife's 2019 Yukon has one as does my 2018 Canyon. My 23 Bronco does not.

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Skunklvrs@reddit

What is a 23 Bronco like overall? I drive a Jeep Wrangler and often wonder if they are similiar. I had a Bronco II that I loved.

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remoteworker9@reddit

Yeah mine is a 2016 and doesn’t have one.

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MountainTomato9292@reddit

My 2018 Subaru does but I don’t know if anything newer than that still comes with them.

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contrarianaquarian@reddit

My 2023 Impreza does have a CD player!

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mangoman39@reddit

My 2018 4th Gen Rav4 does not have one, and the first year of that Gen was 2012, so they started removing them at least way back then.

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AetheriaInBeing@reddit

All of mine do, but I installed two of the stereos myself

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Odd-Repeat6595@reddit

My 2008 tundra has one. It just died so I ordered the same unit refurbished off of eBay because I want my tunes!!!!

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christophertstone@reddit

Last vehicle was a 2009, it had a CD changer that I never once used.

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Dr-McLuvin@reddit

Mine still does from 2019. It also has usb so I use that to stream music and get directions on Apple car play. I love CDs. But my CDs got absolutely ruined in the car. Now they sit on my shelf next to my stereo in the basement

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kmill0202@reddit

Cd players in new cars started dying off around the mid 2010s. I'm not sure when the last holdouts stopped putting them in vehicles, but it's my understanding that they are just not offered in new vehicles at all anymore.

You do have some solutions, depending on your vehicles equipment and a few other factors. Mp3s played off your phone or a thumb drive. Curated playlists of all your favorite albums through whatever music subscription service you use. And I think there are different things you can buy, like portable cd players with Bluetooth.

I'll be making this transition soon enough myself. After driving a 2004 vehicle for 20 years, it is time for a new one. The ones I've taken for a test drive so far are worlds apart from what I'm used to with all the screens and zero physical media players. It's going to be an adjustment.

My plan for replacing my cd listening is to build a playlist using YouTube music. That's just my preferred service because I find it super easy to build playlists with and they have a lot of stuff that can't be found on Spotify or other services.

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genetic_patent@reddit

Poor people. sheeeesh

/s

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VegetarianCoating@reddit

My 2019 Jetta has one, but it's tucked away in the glovebox. I guess I appreciate that it exists... but honestly I don't know if I've ever used it. When am I going to reach all the way over to the glovebox to change a CD?

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dox1842@reddit

My 2017 BRZ doesn't have a CD player nor did any model of them at the time have them. I thought they were completely gone. My wifes 2023 forrester has a CD player.....

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JeffTS@reddit

Yeah, I forgot to check too when I bought a new used car in January. Not that I used CDs much in my old 2000 Accord. It was hit or miss if the CD player would actually work anymore.

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Mysterious_Fennel459@reddit

My last car, i bought in 2005 and it only came with a tape deck. Which was a pain because my grandparents drove me two hours to another town to buy a car and I brought some CD's with me to play in the new car on the way back.

The first thing I did was get a CD player when I got back home. I used the heck out of it for a good ten years but now I just use the Aux and play pandora all the time.

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tgold77@reddit

Passenger seat boombox

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Salt_Ad_9976@reddit

Just get the cord that goes from your Diskman to your cassette player.

Oh wait....

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jibegirl@reddit (OP)

Those were the days

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Red_Car_Singer@reddit

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Salt_Ad_9976@reddit

Don't get me started on the lack of bench seats and sedans these days.

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Salt_Ad_9976@reddit

I need my baby next to meeeeeeeeee.

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Temporary-Job-9049@reddit

Not way overrrrr in a bucket seat

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Z0na@reddit

But you could get a Bluetooth adapter for a discman.

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rainbwbrightisntpunk@reddit

New cars have an aux cable built in

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Adventurer_By_Trade@reddit

Many do. Mine does not. But it can read a USB drive full of mp3s, and I have Android Auto. I was surprised to see them take away the aux jack.

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FlyingClanker@reddit

Effectively, you do get to play CDs on a modern car but with this workaround, you lose native controls either on the steering wheel controls or the head itself.

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_ism_@reddit

these do exist

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rainbwbrightisntpunk@reddit

Um I actually bought a new disk man recently. Bit of a pain like the old days but can be fun

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electrodog1999@reddit

My first car(‘79 Olds Cutlass) had an 8-track player, I had a tape to 8-track adapter plugged into my cd to tape adapter to play my cds. It worked but barely.

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kll3412@reddit

I had a 1980 Cutlass and my dad has the engineers and metal shop at work come up with the internal support to be able to install a cd player into the dash. It was great!

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Quality_Qontrol@reddit

You sound like all those people shocked when cars moved away from cassette tapes and started including CD players.

Get with the times.

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La_Croix_Life@reddit

I miss my iPod

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Freddy_Chopin76@reddit

This is rage bait. Either that or you're driving around in your covered wagon. Remember limewire, kazaa, napster, etc? By now, you must have some 'collection' available in mp3 (or better). Just use bluetooth and you're golden. Throw those CDs out the window as you're cruisin' down the highway...

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narwhal_platypus@reddit

Some of us don't have unlimited data on our phones to be constantly connecting to the cloud to listen to music w/o wifi nor do we have phones with enough memory to hold all our downloaded or ripped tunes to use w/o needing internet.

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TheDavidCall@reddit

I’m genuinely surprised that you’re surprised cars don’t have CD players anymore. That hasn’t been the dominant medium for music consumption in nearly two decades, long enough for children born after CDs fell to the wayside to be buying and driving their own cars. I haven’t used CDs since maybe 2009, and even then it was to DJ with. I was using USB drives in the car as early as 2005 or so.

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thesmellnextdoor@reddit

It's hard to even find a computer with a disc drive now! I work with courts and sometimes we get audio recordings on a goddamn cd, even though they could just email it to us. No one has a disc drive anymore, so the last time this happened, we had to have someone go to the library to upload the MP3 file to the cloud so the rest of us could hear it.

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dinosandbees@reddit

More reasons I'm never getting rid of my "older" Acura (2013). A CD drive that downloads the music into the car's hard drive. And buttons. Everything is controlled by physical BUTTONS and dials. Volume? Twist a knob! Want a/c colder? Turn the dial!

This is the most boomer hill I'm willing to die on. Death to touchscreens in cars.

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tourniquet2099@reddit

Why wouldn’t you just use your phone?! When i got my last car in 2012, that was one of the main things I was hyped about.

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Kwards725@reddit

You baiting right? Because I refuse to believe you bought a whole new car and with as long as it takes to finalize the deal, you never thought to check to see how you gonna play your music.

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Elegant-Ninja6384@reddit

Manufactures just want a big screen and nothing else.

Then they want to monitor all your data points and collect for money.

Even better if you are missing music they would be glad to show you some subscription options.

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OllieFromCairo@reddit

It was a $400 option on my WRX.

I didn't get it because I'm not a boomer yelling at a cloud. 😉

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AlienDelarge@reddit

Of course not, but this sub does have a pattern of xennials yelling at clouds.

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minnesnowta@reddit

Yeah I’m wondering if I belong here sometimes, hah. The second that aftermarket CarPlay radios were available, I put one in my car (2018ish) and I had been using Bluetooth to stream from my phone for at least a decade before that. I don’t even know if I own a physical CD anymore. I embrace new technology and love trying new gadgets and whatnot.

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AlienDelarge@reddit

I'm kinda the opposite and dislike anything new unless it really solves a problem for me. I also vastly prefer physical media and still have lots of CDs amd other formats. That said, CD players in cars were always kind of junk because the CDs would get scratched on bumpy roads. I gave them a try but quickly went to ripping them to a MP3 player and kept using the tape adapter until we bought a car with android auto in '24.

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OllieFromCairo@reddit

CDs are objectively an inferior technology, though. The storage is small, they skip, they’re easily damaged, and the playback equipment takes up space that could be put to far more productive use in the car.

Digital music is equal or higher quality, effectively infinitely storable and easy to back up.

It actually does solve several problems.

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AlienDelarge@reddit

For car usage, I agree with you and have for 20 years or more. I only ever had the one car with a CD player but it also has a tape deck and I used that far more than the CD player. Primarily for playing MP3 files.

For home use, I don't entirely agree. I prefer having the physical media and CDs have some advantages over tapes vinyl, etc.

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jibegirl@reddit (OP)

I’m not like other girls tho, I’m specifically yelling at the apple cloud

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AlienDelarge@reddit

No judgement, I yell at my fair share of clouds. I just like to point out when its not so much Boomer behavior as old fogie behavior and we xennials are falling into that very category.

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ambercrayon@reddit

I am apparently lol

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Josef_Kant_Deal@reddit

I've spent good money for a long time on CDs. I'm going to listen to them in my car lol

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OllieFromCairo@reddit

I ripped all mine to lossless 20 years ago.

Holy shit, my lossless rips are old enough to drink.

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Bat-Stuff@reddit

I ripped all my discs and started using thumb drives years ago.

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lovenlaughter@reddit

I also heard that minivans no longer have the DVD option! That was essential when my kids were little, it made long road trips a lot better for everyone.

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HarryBalsagna1776@reddit

No, do not use Spotify. Get a cheap MP3 player. Rip your CDs to it and run it through the auxiliary jack.

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Hipcatjack@reddit

The situation is infuriating; the comments are hilarious.

I love me some Xennial humor, all the beloved sarcasm of the Gen X’ers …but with a softer empathy of the full blown Millennials.

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attgig@reddit

Rip them all to a USB drive. Plug it into the USB port

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dasphinx27@reddit

Assuming you are not buying new CDs, why don’t you convert your collection to digital and put it on a drive? Now you can everything without having to change CDs. This is the xennial way.

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roncopenhaver13@reddit

I’m amazed at all the haters in here. Fuck man, we are the CD generation.

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inabighat@reddit

It's a weird feeling to totally agree with you and also totally agree with this meme. But here we are.

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rsjem79@reddit

You didn't miss "a memo" you missed like 10 years of meetings.

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fromthedarqwaves@reddit

Some new cars still have an aux input. I believe there’s a dragon way up on the mountain that is hoarding some discmans.

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Working5daysaWeek@reddit

Just got a 2016 Prius. My spouse drives a 2016 Highlander. Both have CD players.

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coffee_robot_horse@reddit

No aux in?

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peritonlogon@reddit

aux - USBC cable will solve your problems

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411592@reddit

The first time we noticed that a new car didn’t have a CD player was 2017

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eggs_erroneous@reddit

I'm sure a billion people are saying this, but rip your CDs and keep the flac/mp3 files on your phone. I, too, miss the days of the Compact Disc, but they are gone. Getting old sucks in ways that I had never anticipated.

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CTMechE@reddit

I'm a 1980 engineer geek who still likes CDs and thinks vinyl people are silly ...

I've kept all my CDs and still buy new ones on occasion. I've maintained and curated an MP3 (and FLAC) library since 1997 and run a Plex server for easy streaming, which is my main listening method via my phone. I will still occasionally spin CDs at home though. I even have a Panasonic discman with digital radio from 2004 that I use rechargeable AA batteries in on occasion, although my old DVD changer is still in use on the main stereo.

That said, I have 2 easier recommendations for your car that don't involve running a server: 1) If you have an MP3 library, most new cars will play music from a USB flash drive

2) Amazon sells a wide variety of cheap generic portable CD players with Bluetooth that you could pair with your car stereo or Aux in. Many have a rechargeable battery and USB-C plug.

One final note: It's become a hassle, but you can still upload 100k MP3 songs from your own computer to your free YouTube Music account and then stream them back from the cloud. The hassle is that the YouTube Music app constantly tries to get you to subscribe and you have to constantly select My Uploads to access your own stuff. But it's a free workaround and backup option to consider.

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jibegirl@reddit (OP)

You get it, thank you 🙌

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CTMechE@reddit

Yup.

And a lot of people here are going with the mocking approach, but IMO this isn't just a "new format, you're old" situation, it's people becoming accustomed to renting instead of owning music and then somehow laughing at others. What's worse, wanting to listen to what you've already got, or indefinitely paying a subscription to access it?

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contrarianaquarian@reddit

Not to mention some "correct" album versions aren't even available on streaming, so the only way to hear it is the original release CD.

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jibegirl@reddit (OP)

Preach it

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switheld@reddit

this is the hill i'll die on. i hate subscription models. lemme pay to own my own shit.

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CTMechE@reddit

I still question the future of it. Not that it won't be there, but what will it cost, and what will happen with fragmentation like it did with Netflix. Say, 8 years from now the pricing becomes significant and studios or artists split from Spotify or Apple, what do people who haven't bought music in a decade do? Use the free ad-supported version... just like listening to the FM radio 🤣

Also, remember when Taylor Swift pulled her entire catalog from Spotify for 2.5 years?

With ownership comes control.

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ipsumdeiamoamasamat@reddit

These are some of the same reasons I keep cable vs. going exclusively streaming. The process to change from one game broadcast to another game broadcast, especially when hopping between streaming apps, is horrible.

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Klutzy-Delivery-5792@reddit

I used to recommend Plex+Plexamp for this but holy Jeebus has the lifetime PlexPass price skyrocketed! They're raising it again to almost $800. I paid $90 a few years ago and glad I did.

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CTMechE@reddit

Agreed. I think I paid $60 for mine with a deal code. I think that was 9 years ago!

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WakeyWakeeWakie@reddit

I discovered last year that my 2019 has one kind of hidden in the glove box?

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yitbosaz@reddit

Yeah, I just got a new car a few weeks ago, and it kills me that there isn't a CD player, or a way to connect my iPod. I do a lot of road trips and find myself with little to no signal to stream with. I found an external CD player designed for cars without a player, that connects via USB and I mounted inside my center console. Works as good as any car stereo I've ever had. Now, if I could find a solution to the iPod problem... (before you say it, yes it physically connects, but the OS is incompatible with  Carplay, so it doesn't do anything)

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uconnboston@reddit

My 14yo daughter asked for a CD player for Christmas. She listens to CD’s every night. What is old…..becomes new.

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DCpurpleTart33@reddit

I just bought a subaru and it still has a CD player! but back in the day I had a 6 disc changer in my trunk 😉

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Brendy171@reddit

I recently bought a 2005 suv and it has both cd and tape. My kid was so confused on what the tape part was lol

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AetheriaInBeing@reddit

I USB for the two cars I drive regularly. I have my cds ripped by album so it preserves the fullness of albums

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UncommercializedKat@reddit

That last line is pure gold.

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Designer-Bid-3155@reddit

I haven't used a cd in a decade. You're using those in your car?

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temporary_bob@reddit

I haven't owned a CD in a decade. This is wild.

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Designer-Bid-3155@reddit

I couldn't imagine listening to an artist for over an hour. So boring, I need variety. Only acceptable time is a concert

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jibegirl@reddit (OP)

Oh then you’ll really hate this, I’ll listen to the same song for 3 hrs lol

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BreakfastBeerz@reddit

We had a flood in our basement when my son was 5, he's 17 now, so 12 years ago. My CD collection was spared any damage, but my wife asked, "Do we need these?" I knee jerk response was "yes", so she set them aside. I got to think about it, and I couldn't remember the last time I actually used one of them and before the clean up was over, I had thrown them in the garbage. Haven't looked back.

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svenner2020@reddit

Yep. OP butthurt over nothing.

Things change. Grow up.

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theprocrastatron@reddit

I think this guy got lost on the way to the boomer sub.

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ambercrayon@reddit

I use them all the time. There’s something to be said for a simple experience with no ad breaks. I’ve already planned to install an aftermarket player when I get a new car.

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Designer-Bid-3155@reddit

You have ad breaks? Wtf you listening to?

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ambercrayon@reddit

Radio, podcasts

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jcstrat@reddit

My 2012 has a CD player. Disks still sound better than streaming and you can’t tell me otherwise.

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Designer-Bid-3155@reddit

The sound systems in cars make everything sound good

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Tigerzombie@reddit

CDs are back in popularity with teenagers. A lot of current artists release like 5 different versions of their newest album.

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seriouslynope@reddit

I was until I bought a mew car last year

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SpaceLemur34@reddit

The last time I used a CD player was the day I bought my previous car in 2008. It had a CD player, but I only used it that one time in the 13 years I owned it

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WheelOfFish@reddit

My car has one, it's hidden in the center console between the seats. Lower trim versions of my car don't even have that, perhaps it's an option that can be added but I'm not certain. That said I haven't relied on the CD player since I've had a car with BT and/or a USB port. Nowadays I'm using Android Auto all the time.

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Jintokunogekido@reddit

Haven't used CDs in cars since 2007. I've used the mpe player with FM transmitter until Bluetooth came along.

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Negative-Wrap95@reddit

Rip CDs and transfer them to your phone.

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-32768@reddit

RIP CDs, you will be missed.

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Negative-Wrap95@reddit

I still buy CDs. There have been plenty of albums where it was actually cheaper to buy the physical media, than pay for for the convenience of a download.

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CorgiMonsoon@reddit

Seriously. I started ripping CDs the second I got my first laptop in 2002. Those ripped CDs were on my first iPod and used with one of those FM transmitters in 2005, then on my phone in 2008 and used with a combination of aux cords or the FM transmitter until Bluetooth integration became commonplace

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Slippery-Pete76@reddit

I never liked lugging my CDs between my house and car, so I just recently noticed that my car that I've had for three years didn't have a CD player. I'm all about satellite radio now.

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Triscuitmeniscus@reddit

You no longer need the cassette adapter, you can plug directly into the aux input.

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OzarksExplorer@reddit

What decade is this? Where's my 8 track?

Ok grandpa, we'll find your was cylinders tomorrow, now it's time for apple sauce and jeopardy

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William_Shaftner@reddit

Some cars will take a CD player as an add on, but it ain’t cheap or convenient. Like my car you could add one on the glovebox.

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GristleMcThornbody1@reddit

I feel your pain. I ended up making a USB flash drive with a bunch of music on it and the car will read it. It's a little finicky with drive format and file type but they hold a ton of music.

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Big77Ben2@reddit

Some sort of data device into the USB port? Even an iPod? My 2017 VW has a CD and SD card slot (in the glove box). I have a shit load of music on the SD card from my CDs.

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Informal-Village-349@reddit

Most phones have 128+ GB of storage these days... way more than a stack of CDs hold. Just rip the CDs audio and put it on your phone. No need for a subscription if you already have all the music you want. Save them in a way that your vehicle is compatible with.

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SucoDeUnobtainium@reddit

Since of the audio CDs that you were carrying around can fit on one USB stick, you set aside an hour or so on the weekend and rip your CDs to MP3.

Are you without a computer with a CD drive?

Then realize everything in your audio CD collection is on YouTube, and there's many many sites available to download music from YouTube.

If you were concerned about the higher audio quality, then it's not that much work to find easy places to download music that's already an MP3 form.

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PurplePenguinCat@reddit

I can't find a laptop with a CD drive anymore. Do you have suggestions?

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SucoDeUnobtainium@reddit

nowadays, there are probably apps for both android and iOS that can do this, so technically a laptop's not even unnecessary minimum requirement.

Every published song you like is already on YouTube. Use a YouTube ripper site and pull down a backup copy that way.

But only for the CDs that you already own because we're not advocating for piracy, right? 😬

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tass_man@reddit

A lot of suggestions for ripping and putting on USB stick. But if you’re a little tech savvy, then consider hosting your own “Spotify” and stream your own music collection.

r/navidrome is a good place to start.

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rootofallstevil@reddit

I bought a 2015 Impreza new. Had to pay extra (or custom ordered, I forgot) to have it with a CD player. I do not expect any cars today to have them. I still drive my wifes college car (over 20 years old) to and from work. Still has a time capsule CD binder in 😄

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YourGuyK@reddit

The last manufacturers stopped putting them in cars for 2026.

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someguyfromsk@reddit

My last vehicle, which I sold 8 years ago, was the last thing I owned that played any physical media.

No VCR, no cassette tape, no DVD, no CD players anywhere in my house.

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EZ_Money87@reddit

My 2014 car surprisingly has one and I was glad

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Cael_NaMaor@reddit

Okay.... My 2015 has a usb drive. So I put my music (1k+ at this point) that I want to listen to on a Jump Drive & play that. If it plays something I'm not interested in, skip. But I'm pretty eclectic & okay with it just playing straight through.

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brilliantpants@reddit

You might have to go back a few years to find one. I was actually pleasantly surprised that my 2019 came with a CD player.

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cybah@reddit

Yeah I was miffed my new car doesn't have a CD player. It does have an aux port tho, check your car.. some do. But some require you to pull out the infotainment system to get to it.

I just use Airplay and a BT adapter. tbh better than CDs cuz I don't need to flip thru a book while driving to change the music.

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larryb78@reddit

As a former reach into the backseat and blindly pull the correct cd out of the binder guy I must say the ability to ‘hey Siri’ literally anything I want to listen to is absolutely glorious

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jibegirl@reddit (OP)

But does it sound the same?

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larryb78@reddit

Ngl it’s better honestly

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PFRforLIFE@reddit

there’s probably an aux in?

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Stabwank@reddit

So you don't want to pay Spotify a rental fee for the music you already own???

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Neat_Flounder_8907@reddit

Yep this is why I'm driving my 2004 Mazda6 until the wheels fall off. Great factory system with 6 disc changer

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EatsCrackers@reddit

2002 WRX here. 6 disc changer and a tape deck, and y’all can pry her out of my cold dead hands!

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jibegirl@reddit (OP)

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Ok_Percentage5157@reddit

There are plenty of other options besides Spotify, that are much better. I use YouTube Music, and it's far and away superior.

I am an avid CD collector, and the car I bought last year was the first one we've ever owned that did not have a CD player. While I enjoyed having my media in the car to swap out and listen to, I quickly adapted to Android Auto, and don't miss having CDs in the car.

It's a bit Angry Man Yelling At Couds, but the future moves on with or without us.

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MetalEnthusiast83@reddit

I don't think I even own a CD player besides my PS5. Have been on digital for music for decades now.

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harkonnen-hound@reddit

Use a pc to rip all your tunes. Find you an mp3 player or a used phone with no service. Use either via usb in car.

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dreadpiratemyk@reddit

GenX style typing detected lol

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bjgrem01@reddit

I have all my cds backed up as flac and set up so I can stream to myself from my NAS. Works great in the car.

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B4SSF4C3@reddit

You’re finally ready to step into bright new year of 2001 and buy an iPod. Welcome to the new century!

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SmoothSlavperator@reddit

1.) Rip CDs to a digital format
2.) Copy them onto USB Stick

3.) put USB stick in USB port of car stereo.

And then you don't have to fuck with CDs anymore. Tehy're a pain in the ass and i haven't used them since the mid 90s.

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jibegirl@reddit (OP)

Mid 90’s! What alchemy is this!

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SmoothSlavperator@reddit

Pentium 133 with a 4X CDROM drive lol

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symonym7@reddit

chefs kiss troll post.

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jessm307@reddit

My most recent car purchase was a 2018 in part because it still has a cd player. In reality, though, I only use it on brief stretches with no service. Podcasts, Pandora and FM radio most of the time.

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munchonsomegrindage@reddit

Fun fact: the truck I still drive had a tape deck (that I replaced with a head unit many years ago). It's a 2005.

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DoriansSelfie@reddit

I wonder if it’s a Toyota thing. We have gotten two separate Lexus (Lexuses? Lexi? Lol) that come with a cd player. I actually found my old cd book from my teens/college years just so I could play them. The cars are only 2 and 3 years old.

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Auntie_Venom@reddit

Crutchfield still exists, you can get CD players with removable faces still. I bought a double-DIN one for my truck on Amazon a few years ago.

It is harder now since everything is integrated into a touch screen now but there are other options besides Spotify. I use Sirius/XM in two of my vehicles, my 2010 has a CD player that I use once in awhile but not often, because if I want to listen to something specific I just use Bluetooth from my phone. Apple Music has my old iTunes song libraries from my iPod days, I also have Amazon Music with my Prime acct., there’s a lot of free albums on there, and a premium subscription available that’s a lot cheaper than Sirius/XM.

If you have an Aux port, you can plug in an old iPod or a DiscMan if you must have physical media. My car without the CD player still has an Aux port.

My husband insists on physical media too, except…He buys CDs on Amazon then rips them to put on his external hard drive to listen at work, with headphones in his PC. Like dude they’re ripped anyway just use your phone! That said, his car is so old the Aux cable doesn’t stream media which is weird, when he gets a new one soon, we’ll have a third Sirius/XM subscription because when he’s in one of my cars he immediately turns on the Maximum Metallica channel. He’s yet to embrace- “Driver picks the music, shotgun shuts his cakehole”

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_ism_@reddit

My CD slot holds my phone holder. I lost all my CDs in a vehicle breakin 15 years ago

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Comfortable-nerve78@reddit

Yeah cars come with touch screens now. I use my phone I had kick ass speakers installed replacing the factory set up with some quality speakers. You can keep your cd’s I’m in Arizona they melt in your ride here even hidden. I get needing tunes but cd’s come on we’re in 2026 get with times. Lolz. Then the scratches on CD’s skipping and shit I don’t miss it. There’s some really cool after market decks look into one. I bet there’s a CD player one still floating around shop around.

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YourStinkyPete@reddit

I miss having the stomp button on the floor to change the headlights from high beam to low beam. But I did take the CD player head unit out of my 2010 car and replaced it with Bluetooth touchscreen unit that I got from Crutchfield. I’m sure they have a CD player that you could install in your new car.

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CheesyRomantic@reddit

Same here.

We had to replace our vehicle. Got a second hand car in great condition.... no CD player. What will we listen to on road trips?

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Spiritual_Smile9882@reddit

Last car I bought that had a CD player was a 2012 model. When I got a 2018 model car there was no CD player and I can't think of any car I looked at during that time that had one in it. They phased out pretty quick. You can get an aftermarket unit probably, but with how most screen units are so integrated into the car these days, that's not the simple swap out of a head unit that it used to be.

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MisRandomness@reddit

I’ve heard they make car usb cd players now because Gen Z wants to use CDs.

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Love_003@reddit

I bought a handful of used cds at the thrift store a couple weeks ago. It’s been over a decade since I’ve shopped for used cds. When I got back to my car I put a cd in and it felt amazing!! The excitement of finding the albums based on the cover, not knowing all the songs, being able to handle them and insert them into a physical player, and hearing the first track was just as much fun as it used to be. And they were still cheap, $2/cd. Searching for albums digitally is no comparison.

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Da_Fish@reddit

I never actually had a vehicle with one. I've only actually had 3 vehicles in my life time. A little green 94 Dodge Dakota. Then a 2004 Ram basic work truck with no extras, surprised it even had AC. Now by first new car a 2020 Soul. I was rocking that aux cord tape deck life.

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illinoishokie@reddit

YouTube music will let you upload your own tracks (up to 100,000 files). Rip the CDs and upload the mp3s. It's amazing having your whole CD binder in your phone and never having to worry about licensing bullshit making the music you want to listen to unavailable.

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Millennial_Falcon_85@reddit

“The world went and got itself in a damn hurry” - Brooks, Shawshank Redemption

I rip my CDs to a thumb drive now and go that route

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Rare-Recover-5032@reddit

It’s been at least 10 years since new cars regularly had CD players in them.

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odin_the_wiggler@reddit

Just installed an in-dash CD/DVD player in my ride. It's sweeeet

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Neither-Mycologist77@reddit

My husband just got a 2023 Forester that has a CD player!

I use my MP3 player with an aux cable in my car.

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zoobernut@reddit

This is really concerning if you live in a rural area with no cell signal so you can’t stream music.

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Comfortable_Tale9722@reddit

I have a 2015 Acura that has one and I will drive that thing until it’s dying day. I also don’t want a computer touch screen in my next car. I just want a simple car!

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DJSfromthe1900s@reddit

I ran into this issue in 2016 when I bought a new vehicle. I started just ripping my CD's to mp3 and putting them on a USB drive, then I keep the USB drive plugged into my car. It's nice to have a big library right there to use without having to change discs or connect with bluetooth. My only complaint is that it is not gapless playback.

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Lazy-Objective-1630@reddit

Buy a DAP (MP3 player). Copy all your CDs to the DAP. Aux your DAP in.

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mwalker324@reddit

We use Apple Music but I put a CD in my 2011 4Runner one time and my 9 yrs old was like “whoa” 😳 Hahaha

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No_Bobcat_No_Prob@reddit

I probably wouldn't own any CDs anymore but I have musician friends who put out merch who I want to support. And they all end up in the older car because that's where the CD player is.

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Jr5309@reddit

Our most recent car, 2018 Ford Explorer, came with CD player. But I unloaded most of my CDs, so it’s just Beatles & Vampire Weekend in there.

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LazierMeow@reddit

I feel ya. I'd got the LOOK from the sales associate in 2019 asking for a laptop w a cd rom.

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jibegirl@reddit (OP)

A valid question

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ManiacRichX@reddit

seriously though, how can you be this out of touch with things? Rip your CD's and plug a USB drive into your USB port?

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Jets237@reddit

A few years ago I wanted to burn a CD for nostalgia reasons... realized I no longer own any computers with an optical drive... at all...

So... my CD player in my 2016 is officially a relic of the past.

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jibegirl@reddit (OP)

How did we even get here 😢

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Jets237@reddit

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BibFortunaCookie@reddit

The same thing happened to me. I dont go through cars quickly, our last vehicle was from 2008 and had a cd player. We recently "upgraded" to a new vehicle and i didnt even notice til i bought a soundtrack that there is a CD slot but its covered with dashboard like its an OPTION now. Im so mad I didnt notice before.

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Routine_Ask_7272@reddit

Very similar. I had a vehicle from 2008, which I used until late 2022. It had a CD player and an Aux input jack.

Over time, I used an iPod with an Aux cable, then later purchased an Aux to Bluetooth adapter.

OP has a few options:

Purchase a portable CD played with Bluetooth
Rip CDs to MP3 or AAC or FLAC. Store on a dedicated USB flash drive.
Rip CDs to MP3 or AAC or FLAC. Store on your phone then play using Bluetooth.

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directrix688@reddit

This feels like a post for a different generation sub.

I gave up my CDs with my iPod. 20 years ago.

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nochumplovesucka__@reddit

I drive a 2010 Mazda 3 with a CD player..... that I've never used. I use the Bluetooth

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Asleep_Onion@reddit

There are a ton of ways you can still play a CD or cassette or even a vinyl or a live mariachi band in your car if you really wanted to. Aux cables, Bluetooth dongles, etc.

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jibegirl@reddit (OP)

I dunno I guess I got busy with having kids and forgot to step outside and see how the world moved on

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avalonfaith@reddit

The day star is blinding, but you can do it!!!

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BreakfastBeerz@reddit

Rip all of your cds to mp3 or FLAC format and save them to a thumb drive. You'll be probably be able to get your entire CD collection on a 32GB flash drive. Plug that into the USB port on your car. You now have an 8000 song "CD" changer. You'll never go back.

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fivenightrental@reddit

Yeah, I experienced this phenomenon back in 2017. No more burning the perfect CD mix 😭😂

Does it have USB? Because you can just rip all of your CDs and put them on a flash drive and it's kind of amazing lol

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SadAcanthocephala521@reddit

Just rip your CD's to a PC, then organize playlists via itunes, and sync your phone. Bam, your CD's are now on your phone and you can play them on the car stereo via bluetooth.

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babyBear83@reddit

See, that’s why you stay broke and still have a car from 2007, like me. 6 disk CD changer lol. I don’t even listen to music in that car anymore unless it’s a long drive. Want to trade?

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redditydothis@reddit

You are 40 something and haven’t ripped your cds to mp3 yet? Come on man get with the times. CD was always a terrible format and prone to scratches, even in a protected case somehow.

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jibegirl@reddit (OP)

Opening the case, handling the cd, sliding it in the slot…twas a beautiful experience

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TheConsoleGeek@reddit

I downloaded all my CDs into my iTunes account several years ago so I can play my music via CarPlay. I haven't owned a car with a CD player in probably a decade at this point. Just like computers, they simply don't come with them any longer as it isn't a medium that's used on any type of regular basis as we've moved past it.

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Ditzy_Davros@reddit

I uploaded all my ads onto my computer and then onto my phone. Connect to the car via Bluetooth and there you go.

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sleepy_unicorn40@reddit

I bought a 2019 vehicle and it came with a CD player! The salesman said it was the last year they put in the CD player in.

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jibegirl@reddit (OP)

Wish I’d paid attention in class

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Tylerdurden389@reddit

If you have the time to burn all your cds into mp3s, a surfans brand mp3 player is only about $120. Before that I had an old used ihome and went through God knows how many double A batteries lol.

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

I use a USB with all my CDs on it. What a pain in the dick it was to get all the album art and songs to play in order.

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HorribleDear@reddit

Does anyone remember the device that sent your .mp3 player to the stereo via radio station? You had to use the lowest station. If you drove next to someone also using the device, broadcasting to that same station, you could hear their music.

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giraffemoo@reddit

This is why I love my old car so much! You can pry my 2004 Jetta from my cold dead hands! (I baby her and she runs better than a 22 year old car should, in case y'all are wondering)

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Mrrectangle@reddit

You think that’s bad. My Subaru can’t read my old IPod I’ve used forever. The tech is too old.

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Mrrectangle@reddit

As a side note, a usb cd player may work. Maybe.

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iheartpyrex@reddit

Our 2016 car has a cd player, but the car we bought last year does not.

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RustyAndEddies@reddit

Without the CD player how are you supposed to install the phone mount?

/s

The solution is to get portable player and adapter that plays through your radio. Also most cars have a 1/8” DI port.

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moles-on-parade@reddit

In 2004 my brand new Hyundai came with a CD player that could read discs burned full of MP3s. It was amazing! My friends put together road trip mixes for me of eight or ten of their favorite albums on a single disc.

That was the height of Xennial car audio, right there.

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tlivingd@reddit

My 2022 ascent has a cd player. I think it’s gone in 23 though and you don’t want earlier than 21 due to various issues

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Grammarhead-Shark@reddit

I'm that weirdo that owns a record player AND a gramophone, but no CD player!

Yet I have all my CDs still in a box in a cupboard incase one day I need them again!

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jcstrat@reddit

I have all my disks ripped to FLAC and stored. I stream them to PlexAmp in my car. It’s the next best thing I think as long as the phone is connected to the car through USB and not Bluetooth.

The ripping takes an age though.(There are other ways but we’re not going to talk about that)

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Ok_Breakfast5425@reddit

Got a computer with a cd rom? Rip the discs, load the files on your phone, play them over bluetooth in the car

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NotAPreppie@reddit

Yah, just put those MP3s on a flash drive, gramps.

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Scalytor@reddit

Or put the MP3s on your phone and use bluetooth.

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NotAPreppie@reddit

I don't want to scare them away. We'll babystep them forward from 1980's tech to 2000's tech. After that we can move them up to Bluetooth and smart phones.

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Fianna9@reddit

Yup. I was so disappointed when I bought my 2020 that cars don’t have them anymore

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Cisru711@reddit

Why didn't you copy all your cds to a usb drive 15 years ago? No need to switch cds. Can play single albums if you want, but otherwise can have random songs from your collection forever.

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DoctorAvailable6601@reddit

I'm still rolling in my 2002 Jeep with 6 disc cd changer. I'm not giving it up. 😂

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Blackbird136@reddit

My 2012 (that I traded in in 2023) had a CD player. But I think it’s been commonplace for them not to for sevvvvveral years? Like more than 5, maybe closer to 10.

Why not do an aux cord and mp3 player if you’re not wanting to stream?

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_Xee@reddit

Back to the roots - rip CDs to MP3s

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NPC261939@reddit

Most, if not all cars now will allow you to stream from your phone. I'll do this on occasion. There's also the option to create a playlist on a usb drive. My car (Subaru) likes to randomly scramble my playlist so I don't bother. I'm sure there's a work around, but the whole thing annoys me to the point that I drive in utter silence like a fucking psychopath. If someone mentions the lack of music I just say I don't want to talk about it.

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Common_Juggernaut724@reddit

To not pile on with the "get with the times" posts: does your car have an aux in that a portable CD player could plug into?

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EnviroRockPlant@reddit

I’m there with you OP. When my 2008 car dies, it must have a CD player. I’ve been revisiting my CDs during my commute, some of which I have not listened to in years, so it’s been a good way to be stuck in traffic. I kept my CDs all these years so I may as well listen to them.

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jibegirl@reddit (OP)

Exactly

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FixEfficient2144@reddit

They make usb portable cd players. Shouldn’t cost you much. It’ll definitely be cheaper than the faceplate cd player.

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caryn1477@reddit

Progress is okay OP....

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jibegirl@reddit (OP)

I love progress but don’t mess with my mf music

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Bacteriobabe@reddit

I just connect my phone to my car & play music that way. I don’t have any streaming services.

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CaterpillarIcy1056@reddit

Not only that, but the auxiliary cable port is also a thing of the past!

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Thirsty_Comment88@reddit

Calm down grandpa

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jibegirl@reddit (OP)

It’s grandma

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Thirsty_Comment88@reddit

Sorry Grandma.

You need one of these bad boys

Pioneer DEH-P6600 CD Player With Dolphins

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theMightBoop@reddit

I hate to break it to you but it’s 2026. CD’s are dead

You can probably put everything on a USB drive.

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SmellyFloralCouch@reddit

I just love that you phrased it as went to the dealership to "grab another one" like you're grabbing candy at checkout, LMAO

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LeftHandedGuitarist@reddit

It sucks, doesn't it? I've made sure all my cars up to now have CD players in them.

Hopefully you're car has an AUX input? Rip those discs and put the files on another device. You can play MP3s from your phone, iPod or similar. Or I suppose bluetooth if we're insisting on living in the 2020s.

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Flashy-Share8186@reddit

I’m on my 3rd car with no cd player. I went back to the radio which isn’t ideal but it’s less to think about than having to worry about the storage and battery life and data plan on my phone.

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wingman_anytime@reddit

Yeah, I haven't used physical CDs since like... 2014 or something, and even then, it was a rare occurrence.

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icanhaztuthless@reddit

My last fun car had a cd player in the glovebox that never got used once. 🤣

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wicawo@reddit

copy to usb?

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platypus_farmer42@reddit

Find an old click wheel iPod on eBay, rip all your CD’s to it, plug it into the USB in your car. Most car stereos can still control them, and the quality is far better than any streaming service.

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SpilldaBeanz@reddit

Time to move into the 2000s

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BabyFartMacGeezacks@reddit

2000s was the decade of putting cd players standard in every vehicle, that's a bad example. 2010s I'd give you.

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crazycatlady331@reddit

I drive a 2010 car and I'm not shocked as I travel frequently for work and often have rental cars.

I hook my phone into the rental car and use Amazon music. More often than not, I just have an album or playlist going.

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Alice-Stargazer@reddit

.flac on a 64gb flash drive is my CD collection, plugs into the back seat USB.

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manthursaday@reddit

I have a 2018 vw Tiguan and the CD player is in the glove box. Apparently they dropped that around 2020 and new tiguans have a piece of plastic covering the hole where my CD player is.

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larryb78@reddit

My wife drives the same. Didn’t even realize it was there till my kid was playing around in the car and asked what that thing in the glove box was

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mr_snartypants@reddit

Who wants to deal with physical CDs in a world in which CarPlay exists?

I haven’t touched physical CDs in over a decade at this point. I do still have my ancient 244 disk behemoth CD book that I rocked back in the early ‘00s, it’s in a storage tote somewhere.

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Unusual_Piano7118@reddit

Same. I stopped using CDs by 2010 and from there onward was using Bluetooth

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LarryGoldwater@reddit

I keep my last set of burned CDs in my old truck as a backup to when the Bluetooth or signal issues cause me to yell in elderly rage and frustration. Current = Johnny Cash 2020 Mix.

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jambr380@reddit

Yeah, I have a 25 cd book ready to go at a moment's notice. I am kind-of bummed that my next car likely won't have a cd player. I don't drive new cars, though, so maybe it actually will

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edasto42@reddit

By 2015 cd players were starting to get phased out of cars. By 2020 almost all mainstream cars stopped offering them as standard. But acting like they outlawed music ownership and forced you into a government Spotify camp. You can still rip CDs, use Bluetooth, USB drives, local files, aftermarket players, Plex, Bandcamp, whatever. On top of many other streaming services (I personally use tidal). But treating a discontinued convenience feature like civilization collapse isn’t it.

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zyberteq@reddit

Does you carradio have USB? Then rip your music to MP3 and you have all your music. It's not as physical as changing CD's, but at least it works without network access.

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Rivas-al-Yehuda@reddit

Not too long ago, I had a very custom Lexus with a sweet Panasonic CD player in it. People thought it was funny that I still had the CD player, but I thought it was pretty cool. I could plug an ipod or phone into it too. Unfortunately, that car got stolen.
I have not seen a CD player in any other car in the last 15+ years.

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