Hello

I am curious if people here are still using these devices to play their CDs at home or out and about.

I remember in the heyday of these players and how they were promoted in TV commercials, newspapers, magazines,etc and some had cool features and fancy looks. Even though they are still around, they're hardly mentioned or promoted like in the past. I guess since CD sales has declined, the enthusiasm for CD players has declined as well.

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I still buy over 90% of my music on CD (I've grudgingly bought a couple of albums on MP3 that I couldn't get any other way and have bought an album of FLAC then later bought the CD). If I could buy all my music as FLAC I'd not buy another CD though as spinning discs are noisy and troublesome in my experience and certainly not portable.

I have a nice home stereo system with a CD player (and an Ion turntable!), but I don't use it much. These days, I listen mostly to Linux and news podcasts on my podplayer.

with a big component stereo ( 500 watts /channel and 4 channels and 4 15 in. woofers and a sub-woofer ....)

i still use the both 6 disk changers i got in the late 90's
and still use the vinyl turntable

it is great for playing
def leppard, Judas priest , Motorhead , Black Sabbath , and DEEP PURPLE !!!!!

I have a stereo system which is fine for both CDs and radio. Why should I buy decent speakers for my computer as well, and waste time transferring my CDs to the computer?

As for the idea that CDs are disappearing, that is hardly true for classical music or jazz. Even vinyl is still with us in the pop world!

I'm still playing CDs at home here (and, I enjoy playing my cassette tapes, too!). But I hardly ever use a portable music player; I've got music on my phone, but but I rarely use that for listening to music, either.

One of my New Year resolutions was to stop buying CDs and switch to digital purchases whenever possible. For the past, like, decade, I've mostly listened to CDs only after ripping them anyway.

I've been exploring streaming options, but in Canada the options are limited. I tried rdio, but the sound quality was atrocious. aupeo (which is a music station and not an on-demand service) sounded much better, is cheap, and might possibly get my subscription money.

why t would any one really want to RENT / Lease music

digital downloads are LEASES for a one time payment
you do not own them

( unless one uses say TPB , and that might not be legal in your country )

I've bought both MP3 files from Amazon and FLAC from the artist and both are mine to keep both in practice as they're portable formats and in law because they were classed as a sale at purchase (Amazon is very proud of this and made a point of telling me, as did Trent Reznor).
I can understand scepticism about things like Spotify or iTunes (especially in the old days) but it is now possible to actually buy music as files.

No, digital music downloads (which are always DRM free these days) are purchases in the same way that CDs are. They are "leases" only to the extent that any purchase of a copy of someone's intellectual property is: including CDs.

The question of why anyone would want to rent from a streaming service, on the other hand, has an obvious answer: because it's economical and convenient to do so.

The last CD I bought was a soca mixtape I bought at carnival (certain things you just can't get from amazon). I ripped the tracks to my fone as flac.

Like many of you, I did had all those types of systems and boomboxes at one time. I have to admit, I don't have a CD player except for a DVD/RW drive in my computer. I use mostly an android phone as a media player for all music and videos.

I agree nothing beats a HiFi stereo system with CD player but I do use a high quality headphone for playing music on the phone and the music sounds great with this headphone.

My main reason for not buying CDs today is because I not a fan of today's music. I love music from the 50's to the 90s. There are some songs I like from this generation and it is more convenient to spend a dollor or two on these songs as to buying a whole album of songs I don't like.

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I can dig it. I would much rather listen to my father's music than to my kids' music.

Benny Goodman rocks--er--swings.

Yeah, I also like old time radio songs and artists of that generation like Eddie Cantor for example.

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I've a home stereo system but I just use it for LP records