Is the CD dead??

[deep_blue]

The CD is not dead.

I loaded up all my CD music on my old computer for my new IPOD last xmas. It took forever.

About 6 months later, the hard drive cacked out on me. When I bought a new computer, I thought I could plug my IPOD into the USB port and the new computer would sync with the lap top.

Wrong a roonie.

I found out that it was a one way street. The IPOD will dowload only, it will not upload to prevent file sharing. You can not use an IPOD as a backup.

If I had of bought everything on line, I'd be fucked.

I had to reload my entire music inventory, this time at a MUCH higher resolution than the factory setting on the IPOD. (The 128 kbps factory setting frankly sounds like shit - I can easily hear the difference (playing the IPOD in my car)).

I set the resolution to the highest possible - 320 kbps. It sounds better, but it uses far more storage space -still, it's a compressed MP3 file. I strongly recommend changing the resolution.

I will only buy CDs as a result of this learning experience.

I still buy CDs too. While iTunes, Yahoo Music Unlimited and many other download services offer millions of songs, they dont have evertyhing, so buying CDs is still a necessity. Where else would you get The Beatles, Def Leppard, Metallica just to begin with? And all of the out of print and obscure stuff? CD buying is still a necessity if you are a true music fan.

I download to 192 kbps resolution to iTunes and load that to my 30GB iPod. When I hook the iPod up to the JBL stereo w/subwoofer in my 2007 Toyota Rav4 Limited, it wakes the dead!

 

[frankcastle]

Sure, but everything is just a series of zeros and ones. So as the storage technology gets better you will be able to play high res music from hard disks in a small size.

The problem is that to compress to a smaller size it's done by sacrificing information.

There is no such thing as a compressed music file (i.e. a file smaller than the CD WAV file) be it FLAC, MP3, or whatever that has the same quality as a CD.

Perhaps a time will come but it certainly doesn't exist right now which is why I say the CD is not dead. That won't happen until they solve the loss of resolution with compression of information.

I'll take it a step further a record actually sounds better than a CD if you have a good system and the record is in good condition. The catch is that a record wears out and it's cheaper to have a good CD based sound system rather than vinyl system.

 

[frankcastle]

I still buy CDs too. While iTunes, Yahoo Music Unlimited and many other download services offer millions of songs, they dont have evertyhing, so buying CDs is still a necessity. Where else would you get The Beatles, Def Leppard, Metallica just to begin with? And all of the out of print and obscure stuff? CD buying is still a necessity if you are a true music fan.

I download to 192 kbps resolution to iTunes and load that to my 30GB iPod. When I hook the iPod up to the JBL stereo w/subwoofer in my 2007 Toyota Rav4 Limited, it wakes the dead!

Don't mistake volume for quality. Anybody can throw a bunch of huge speakers in the back seat of their car. A good system doesn't need to be turned up loud to hear all the intricacies of the music.

Most car stereos just treat people to distortion and the vibrations of the car.

 

[deep_blue]

Don't mistake volume for quality. Anybody can throw a bunch of huge speakers in the back seat of their car. A good system doesn't need to be turned up loud to hear all the intricacies of the music.

Most car stereos just treat people to distortion and the vibrations of the car.

I came off sounding like one of those young punks didnt I? I can assure you the clarity is there along with the power, (the mids, the highs and the lows). The iPod and the JBL make a perfect combination, they sound better than the CDs or FM radio I play on it.

 

[Thunderballs]

Is the CD dead?

I believe they are now called shiny coasters.

 

[deep_blue]

I believe they are now called shiny coasters.

Especially the CDs by boy bands, Britney Spears and anything signed from American Idol.

 

[frankcastle]

I came off sounding like one of those young punks didnt I? I can assure you the clarity is there along with the power, (the mids, the highs and the lows). The iPod and the JBL make a perfect combination, they sound better than the CDs or FM radio I play on it.

Hmmm then there must be something wrong with your CD player. But yeah you did sound like a young punk much like I probably sound like a snobby audiophile.