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I traded my car in for an older one, that is an upgrade in most ways, including a lower payment through a credit union instead of Capital One, and it has a cd player!!! I cannot wait to listen to my collection again! I just ordered two Pat Metheny albums that are highly sought on vinyl and I'm always outbid on to play in there on cd and not have to rely on my phone's data.
My credit was so great the guy said I could buy the whole lot. Hahaha! There was a 2019 Shelby Mustang with a 350 and manual transmission I wouldn't have minded having, I'll admit!
The thing about streaming is you can't control which version you're listening to. Often remasters are too hot or otherwise poorly done (very occasionally the reverse), so with physical media you can control which version you have.
For example, Men At Work's "Business As Usual" got remastered after the original CD without it even being marked as such - it was years before I found this out - it has WAY too much reverb on it (Hofmann forum very useful for this kind of research). So I got the original and HOLY COW they fucking trashed it. It sounds so much better without all the reverb smearing everything.
The original "FZ Remasters" of Zappa stuff, several of them suffer from this as well, this page details which ones got fixed. I can verify that Bongo Fury (the "weird" part is the dynamics are so much better, it took some getting used to! It's SO much better!) and Sheik Yerbouti are both 100% essential to have the 2012 vs the earlier ones.
The other big one I'm aware of is the Stones, the "DSD" mastered ones are phenomenal, easily some of the best stuff I've ever heard on recording (like hear the top of an acoustic guitar vibrate and stuff like that). The more-recent remasters are WAY too hot by all reports.
My husband and I have discussed the remastered music subject. One thing we noticed with remastered older music they are using a recording of the artist when they are older. Many artists voice isn’t as good at the older age. There’s a Walton Jennings album that was recorded maybe in the 80s, his voice isn’t as good. It’s not remastered. We pay for family Spotify & I like it a lot. I make playlists to avoid the bad remaster copies. I refuse to listen to the radio & they decide what I listen to. The only downside I find with streaming is the when my power is out so is my wifi. We live in a very dead cellar area & nothing loads relying on cellular. That’s something I don’t understand why in this age of technology we have so many dead zones. Having the vinyl album turntable is a big plus. We have Audio-Technica brand turntable.
Oy, I didn't know they were actually reMIXing, putting in new vocal parts and stuff like that. That's insane! Yet more to watch out for....
The cassette thing kills me. THAT is just nostalgia for mix tapes and shit. Why? Because cassettes have to be adjusted just right OR recorded/played back on the same machine to sound right, usually things are a bit off - this is what the Nakamichi Dragon ($$$) did right besides having a direct drive for each rotating thing instead of belts (I'm 98% sure), it auto-adjusted so it always sounded good.
I agree about cassettes. I don’t miss them at all. Probably the best thing I liked about then was recording music off the radio. I had radio clock cassette combo in high school and used it a lot. I’m thankful for better technology today.
CD? Is that older than the uh, oh 8-track thingy? My dad told me all about those. Made by Beta Max I think. They later came out with VHS or Cassette, I can’t remember since I iTune everything. But so CD huh? What does that stand for? :) :) :)
I feel old! I remember 8 tracks from my childhood.
This is the order of music released: Vinyl (I’m not sure when it started) 8tracks Cassette CD (compact disk)
Now we have gone full circle. Vinyl started making a comeback in the last decade. Most artists release vinyl and maybe a CD with their new music. I love the pop & crackle of old vinyl. It’s my favorite way to listen to music. I do stream on Spotify for convenience.
I think beta max was like a VHS for movies. Possibly before VHS.
Yes indeed. A lot of the Inde-pop and electronic synth groups do special/limited release vinyl LPs besides CDs. Kinda like collectors items.
All my old cds are scratched to hell
If you garden you can make a reflective device to keep away birds. I never got around to it. A few years ago birds were eating my tomatoes. I saw directions to string them together with fishing line.
Too funny, I was just missing having a CD player in my car. What to do with all of them with nowhere to play?
Get one of these?
https://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=BYBCD3&variation=17BLKWG
My husband has a PS4, but I never used it. Hold on to them! You may find a cheap system or player!
Ha, my car (a 2016) does still in fact have a CD player. The drive/slot is in the glove box.
(Fortunately, I never use the stereo in the car. I only listen to music at home anymore.)
I had a car that had a 12 disc changer in the center console.
My car 2006 Pathfinder still has CD player too. Sadly I never use it. I like my very low tech ride. Just hit 176K miles, I'm the original owner
Awesome!