When was the last time you have used your CD player?

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  • chargerman426
    chargerman426 Posts: 419
    edited May 2011
    Now your talking like mark whats next bob carver is a roob? ;)
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 29,388
    edited May 2011
    Dont get me wrong - I "like" tubes...

    But (IMO) Tube preamp, amps, cdps, buffers, dacs, all that in the same system is just crazy...

    I like a little bit of tubes...
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  • chargerman426
    chargerman426 Posts: 419
    edited May 2011
    Hey to each his own. But for me the more tubes the better that is if they are good tubes.
    If life had more tubes it would be a lot smoother.
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  • packetjones
    packetjones Posts: 1,059
    edited May 2011
    I have gone almost all digital at this point. I was looking for a car stereo for the new ride and all I was interested in is an input for the iPod or so something. I realized that I don't know where my CDs are ( I am moving) and it doesn't bother me at all. I know I have my hard drive and I am good.
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  • NewHTguy
    NewHTguy Posts: 584
    edited May 2011
    A few times a week. There's something about the ritual. Not logical but feels good.
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  • Jetmaker737
    Jetmaker737 Posts: 1,103
    edited May 2011
    Every freaking day
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,945
    edited May 2011
    Face wrote: »
    Like it or not, downloadable music is the way of the future. Done right, it can sound just as good, if not better than those shiny plastic gold or silver disks.
    Hmmm, reminds me of what the CD crowd said about vinyl back in the day. Better?
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited May 2011
    treitz3 wrote: »
    Hmmm, reminds me of what the CD crowd said about vinyl back in the day. Better?

    Apples and oranges. That is a poor analogy. Comparing vinyl to wax cylinders is a more apt analogy.

    With CDs and downloads we are comparing digital files to digital files.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,945
    edited May 2011
    All due respect, not to my ears.
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • Beta
    Beta Posts: 267
    edited May 2011
    I haven't turned on my CDP in well over a year.

    100% digital files now.
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  • PrazVT
    PrazVT Posts: 1,607
    edited May 2011
    I don't even have a dedicated CD player. Everything goes to FLAC (including HD CDs and dvd audio). But I'm still buying CDs left and right. Hmm.
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited May 2011
    I don't even have one connected anymore, unless you count the PS3, which I've never used to play CDs.
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 9,085
    edited May 2011
    Last time I used my CD player was March 26, 2011 when Jay (agfrost) popped in. The SB Touch with external DAC gets lots of use, vinyl some use.
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited May 2011
    The only CD player I use is in my cars, and even that is rarely.

    The house runs Flac or Lossless, and Vinyl.

    I can't tell the difference between my CDP or my Computer/Ipod.
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  • coolsax
    coolsax Posts: 1,826
    edited May 2011
    used my CD/SACD player a few weeks ago when my dad was in town trying out a new Hybrid SACD I had just purchased so it wasn't ripped yet, and he was listening to the my system for the first time. however that was last time i've used it as everything is ripped.
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  • leftwinger57
    leftwinger57 Posts: 2,917
    edited May 2011
    I barely no how to use a computer ,so i still go to the library or friends to burn CDs. For my living rm it actually looks good w/ all the CDs and books then tv then audio rack. I do have an i-pod inter wired for both avr and 2-chl rigs and use mostly for continous greatest hits.I do appriciate the unlimited time of music.And finally have streaming computer i-net tunes , I'm just not that advanced yet w/ all the other gear your talking about.I really need instruction of all the conversion technics all you guys are talking about.
    I'm the the dinosaur that has just awoken....lol.lol.......lw

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  • aviator
    aviator Posts: 159
    edited May 2011
    Will anyone admit to using a cassette deck (not in a car) recently?
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,945
    edited May 2011
    Um, no. Not since about 2 decades ago.
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited May 2011
    aviator wrote: »
    Will anyone admit to using a cassette deck (not in a car) recently?

    NO!!!!!:biggrin:
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  • kefranklin
    kefranklin Posts: 141
    edited May 2011
    I guess I am like the unabomber or something because I only play records. My 160gb ipod is completely empty and i dont feel like stocking it. I havent had a cd player in two years, but i have bought 3 or 4 cds in that time. That is sorta pointless, so I guess i need a cd player.
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  • packetjones
    packetjones Posts: 1,059
    edited May 2011
    aviator wrote: »
    Will anyone admit to using a cassette deck (not in a car) recently?

    Yesterday. I just bought a 2001 Jetta that has a tape player. Rocking Steve Millers greatest hits with my son.
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    edited May 2011
    Not for several weeks at least. Sold both my sacd players and went all digital. I have listened to albums in the last month that I haven't heard in years because I can simply pull out my phone, pull up the squeezebox app, and choose from hundreds of albums in an instant. Especially with young kids in the house, I will get to enjoy a lot more music that way. And the sq difference is minimal (at least in my modest rig). If I had an external dac I don't see how there would be any difference.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 51,678
    edited May 2011
    coolsax wrote: »
    used my CD/SACD player a few weeks ago when my dad was in town trying out a new Hybrid SACD I had just purchased so it wasn't ripped yet, and he was listening to the my system for the first time. however that was last time i've used it as everything is ripped.

    You cannot rip SACD.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited May 2011
    aviator wrote: »
    Will anyone admit to using a cassette deck (not in a car) recently?
    packetjones wrote: »
    Yesterday. I just bought a 2001 Jetta that has a tape player. Rocking Steve Millers greatest hits with my son.


    Duh. :rolleyes:
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited May 2011
    I have a pretty extensive collection of Cassette tapes from the 80s or so. And a decent AIWA 3 head player I had repaired and refurbished a year ago for that reason. Still, I doubt that I load it up and take it through its paces more than once a month. Which is even less than I spin the little Vinyl that I own....mostly from my youth?

    But then again I don't own a 2K+ TT and a 1K Cartridge. But is that really my problem? When I used to listen to Classical Stations in NYC (and you'd assume that they had all top notch equipment--the 'background' noise still drove me 'crazy'--don't care what the vinyl aficionados say--you can't 'eliminate' that. You can 'reduce' it but that's about it).

    I spin Vinyl, mostly out of nostalgia, these days. But, as I said, my system is lower end there.

    cnh
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 9,085
    edited May 2011
    aviator wrote: »
    Will anyone admit to using a cassette deck (not in a car) recently?


    Yes, in the basement retro rig.:biggrin:

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    With this player now after a rebelting.

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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    edited May 2011
    aviator wrote: »
    Will anyone admit to using a cassette deck (not in a car) recently?

    Yes actually Rush cassette that I didnt get the cd to replace.
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,502
    edited May 2011
    Keiko karma'd me a nice Yamaha cassette deck a while ago that needed a minor repair so I sold the Nakamichi deck I'd owned for years.

    I have cassettes with music from the rock band I used to play out with in the '70's and right now a working deck is the only way I can reproduce that music.

    The sound quality isn't bad, and is by no means up to today's standards, but I still enjoy reliving those moments.
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  • DON73
    DON73 Posts: 516
    edited May 2011
    Listening now.
    Ipod sounds like something from outer space.
    Download, upload, burn, rip, stream all give old guy very pretty good headhurt.

    Had a cd stuck in my pc for weeks and just as I was typing this it ejected itself.
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  • dfledezma
    dfledezma Posts: 148
    edited May 2011
    Although I listen to mp3 at work, and sometimes in the bedroom, when I want to really listening to music, I prefer to load the CD tray. I?m a bit old school for that.
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