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In the line of music formats we still have vinyl going strong albeit in a niche market but cassettes have died as we don't need to analogue formats
CDs are just a digital storage mechanism and since there are much easier ways to deal with audio files which my today's standards are relatively small files it's almost certain the CD will disappear. I suppose 30 years is a good run for any format.
Mine already have. Most went in boot fairs, some went on Music Magpie, and a lot went up the tip. In their place 2 hard drives backing each other up, each taking less space than a VHS tape and accessible from any device on my network. The CD player in the car has been used once in its life, everything else coming from my phone.
Yep. I’ve been recently trying to get rid of much of my cd collection. I tried to sell some of them to a pawn shop and they didn't want anything to do with them (no, it's not because of my eclectic musical taste :p: ). I even offered them for free but the shop still didn’t want them as no one simply buys them anymore.
I ended up giving quite a few to a nephew and the rest are in boxes collecting dust in the basement :mark: .
Similar to Dave B, all my music now resides on a high capacity external HDD, about the size of a paperback novel.
I don’t think a cd has ever been inserted into the slot in either of our family vehicles.
"Will CDs die?"
I thought they were dead already. ;)
I also have a whole bunch of CDs as well currently positioned in the bookshelf in the living room.
Nowadays mainly all my music listening is done with Spotify or Youtube.
I have a massive movie DVD/Blu Ray and music CD collection. While I store a lot now on hard drives, there is nothing quite as satisfying as fingering down a row of DVD's late at night until you find the one you want to watch :)
I have hardly played a CD in my home for the last year or so...mainly played music from my computer...In my car though, some of my favourite CDs get a lot of rotation. Most likely though, CDs are on their way out but like 555 said, still there is nothing like taking a CD out of a jewel case, putting it on the player and blasting the hell out of it while looking at the artwork/liner sheet.
I have about 450 movies that I converted from my DVD collection to MKV files and store on a NAS box. My Blu-Ray players are on the LAN and can play the MKV movies. I've not got a Blu-Ray drive in my PC yet, but will do and will start to convert those. Currently have 8TB of storage. The other NAS box is for music and photos etc. Normally buy a CD, rip it, then flog it..... CD's do, apparently, deteriorate over time. And what with Spotify, and now Netflix etc, CD & DVD's will gradually die out IMO.
I still use CD's in my car but at home its the iPhone steamed via Wifi to speakers around the house. I read an article on this recently and CD's are less redundant than you think. They still account for more than 60% of record sales which I was very surprised at. There are still people who buy music and wish to have a physical copy. I know I do. :)
CDs will survive as a niche product. There always will be an audience, which likes to have something tangible, admire the coverwork etc. Same thing happened to vinyls. They occupy a very marginal share of the music market, but they have their customers.
My point is that vinyl occupies a space because of the quality of the analogue sound it produces. Nothing else can replicate what vinyl achieves. However a CD is literally just a digital audio file put into a disc, which you can store on a hard drive - so I don't see any point in their existance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rudy Tamasz
CD quality is still better than compressed files like MP3 though. There is still a large market for CD's as proven by the amount that are still sold.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
I used to have a Lin Sander turntable that played vinyl records with amazing clarity and quality. To this day I am yet to hear a better sound come from and other device that can match the old Lin Sander's quality :)Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
Yes CD can be better quality than MP3 but there's no reason why hard drives cannot store uncompressed music to the same quality.
I am yet to hear a stored music file (compressed or otherwise) that sounds as good as a CD does and I am also yet to hear a CD that sounds as good and a vinyl record played on a high quality turntable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
That's almost certainly subjective on your part. As I'm sure you're aware the data on a CD is just a file.
Yes I am :) and I still stand by what I said about the sound quality comparison for the different formats :) Vinyl, amazingly, is still the best quality if you have the right table to play them :)
It's not surprising as an analogue recording done well will always be better than digitally sampled.
I typed out a response earlier and it isn't showing up. Can't be bothered doing it again!
If you were listening 'blind' do you think you really could hear the difference between, vinyl or a good quality CD played on comparable equipment?
It's all in the equipment you play it back on. Compressed data on a memory stick will sound as good as a CD if played on, say, a computer with speakers speakers from Poundland. But play it back thrugh good quality equipment and you will be able to hear the difference. The same applies to CD vs vinyl - the playback system must be as good for both recordings.
Very true D-Type :) But you can hear a definite difference between CD's/digital and vinyl. Vinyl has a more natural sound than the other formats. But as you say, you need the best equipment on both sides to distinguish between them :)
I had a look at what it would would take to install a bluetooth audio dongle into my Civic which doesn't even have a audio jack on the front. Looking at how much of the dashboard I have to rip apart, I'd say CD's won't be replaced any time soon in my car. :)
Someone needs to create a cd-version of this. :D
http://cdn-c.verkkokauppa.com/images...01-300x225.jpg
:rotflmao:
Original music recorded directly to digital format will sound much better than cd and far better than vinyl. Music transferred or “ripped” from another format to digital requires compression that relies on processing by algorithms resulting in a loss in sound quality. The compression and resulting audio quality is only as good as the complexity and thoroughness of the algorithm used.
Nowadays uncompressed audio files are available with fantastic (“lossless”) sound quality however the file size is huge. Some bluray movies are now available with uncompressed audio formats, although to experience it requires an audio playback device (receiver or bluray machine) that recognizes the format.
Is your car not equipped with Bluetooth audio? This is what I use to listen to my iPhone music in my car (when no listening to satellite radio) :)Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
My car is a 58 plate so no it's not.Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
Even a £50 aftermarket head unit will support bluetooth and/or USB, and most can control iPhones directly. I don't even have to get my phone out of my pocket, it just syncs automatically and I use the steering wheel controls. I could use voice control but screaming "OK Galaxy" tends to make one look a bit of a twunt.
My CDs aren't going to die. Beyond the tactile element, I hate lossy formats. As Schmenke mentioned above, most lossless formats these days sound really good, but they take so much space there is little if any advantage to them. For me the tactile thing is more just quickly and easily looking through some CDs vs scrolling up and down on the computer to find what I'm in the mood for. For any mobile application this gets even worse, whether it be phone, car audio, etc.
As for digital formats, most original music these days is recorded with the CD quality output as the standard. Though there are formats that allow higher sampling rates and such, once again many if not most PC, car audio, or other mobile platforms don't have the hardware to take advantage of it. So essentially you could get a recording with a sound quality level your equipment can't handle regardless.
As for vinyl, I'm not one that gets that warm fuzzy feeling from it. I still have some around, mostly in hopes that at some point someone who loves vinyl will grossly overpay for it because it's vinyl. In terms of sound quality it gives me nothing I can't hear on a CD unless the CD conversion was complete crap, which does sometimes happen with the older music. Remasters from original recordings IMO have a lot more dynamic range and impact on CD vs vinyl. I have some of the gold remasters that will expose sounds I never knew existed when I had the recordings on vinyl.
I used to have one of these! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by janneppi
That is just another example of all this fancy new tech stuff.
I used to have one of these....
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDAwWDcyMA..._id=880000500F
:D
My phone syncs via bluetooth to the hands-free built into the car and if I decide not to trust the sat nav in the dashboard, I can use it on the phone and it seems to speak through the speakers in the car. Not sure if a bluetooth dongle would interfere with all this? I tend to listen to the radio in the car these days as most of my travelling is to and from work. For a car that has pretty much all the gadgets, auto wipers, sat nav, climate control, cruise control, parking sensors.. why has it not at least got an AUX port built into the radio? I bought the car second hand obviously and its an ex demonstrator, and the radio/sat nav was a £1200 optional extra when new, you'd think it would be iPod capable. :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave B
We got one of these, which does pretty much everything.
Is there an equivalent for your car?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-DVD-GP...item27d4be806c
This is the one in my car Dave and I dare say I could get it upgraded rather than buy a complete new stereo, but cheers.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/28/ageju8u4.jpg
I'd be happy with an aux port so at least I could plug a mini jack into it :)
Good to see your missus is camera trained :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
I drive a 2013 Hyundai Elantra, and although it has the furthest thing from a premium audio system (well, to be frank, it has the furthest anything premium :mark: ), it is equipped with an aux jack input and a USB port, not to mention the hands-free Bluetooth, which as Dave mentioned, syncs automatically with the music library on the iPod.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
Snap! I bought a white 2013 Hyundai Elantra 5 weeks ago to run the kids to school and back :D I was actually quite surprised how comfortable it was and took it straight after the test drive :)Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
My car is 5 years old and I didn't spec it new because I bought it second hand. If I could have afforded the 20 grand it cost new, I would have made sure it was included. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
Yeah, it is a decent little car. When purchasing about a year ago, I researched (and test-drove) many competitor vehicles including the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, Nissan Somethingorother, Mazda 3, Ford Focus and probably a couple of others. The Elenatra turned up on the top of my list as best bang-for-buck (the Mazda 3 was on my short list).Quote:
Originally Posted by 555-04Q2
I'll bet you opted out of the heated seats option? :p:
We have a natural heater over here, it's called the sun! You'll see it in a few months boet :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
Yeah I was blown away by the Elantra! I was actually going to go buy a 2013 VW Jetta 1.4 TSI when a friend of mine said I should check out the Elantra rather and pocket the extra cash 50k for beer money. Glad I did!
Will CDs die?
Most compact discs are made from non-living material so I think it'll be ok.
Already dead for me, along with DVD's.
Between cloud, phone, and flash drives my content is available without the need for optical disks.