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Originally Posted by mcphelps I use it to rip CD's to the hard drive. Thats about it. Fix the poll question to include Music Box. . I get confused when

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View Poll Results: Do you use your CD player regularly?
Yes - I love those silver discs!!! Listen to it everyday! 28 19.31%
Nope - Give me an iPod, MP3 player, XM/Siruis, or good ol' AM/FM 117 80.69%
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Old 03-23-2011, 10:34 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I use it to rip CD's to the hard drive. Thats about it.

Fix the poll question to include Music Box.
. I get confused when I leave a CD in the player, as I always use the music box. I have never used an Ipod, MP3, etc. attachments.
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I'd use the CD player even more if the car wasn't so damn noisy inside. You ipod generation youngsters don't even know or care that the music is compressed and seriously compromised in order to store it in that fashion.
But then again if your are listening to Chris Brown and other currently popular artists it doesn't matter.
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I'd use the CD player even more if the car wasn't so damn noisy inside. You ipod generation youngsters don't even know or care that the music is compressed and seriously compromised in order to store it in that fashion.
But then again if your are listening to Chris Brown and other currently popular artists it doesn't matter.
I guess that's why the tracks played by my iPod through the Aux port are so much weaker than the songs played on cd's through the cd player. I don't suppose there's anything I can do to improve that. The iPod is so much easier to use than all those cd's---which were a great improvement over all those cassette tapes I used to carry around----which were a great improvement over those 8 tracks I was thrilled to use, etc. etc. etc. but all true. How far we've come from the days of only an AM radio in my first car!
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I guess that's why the tracks played by my iPod through the Aux port are so much weaker than the songs played on cd's through the cd player. I don't suppose there's anything I can do to improve that. The iPod is so much easier to use than all those cd's---which were a great improvement over all those cassette tapes I used to carry around----which were a great improvement over those 8 tracks I was thrilled to use, etc. etc. etc. but all true. How far we've come from the days of only an AM radio in my first car!
play your iPod using the USB cable it will sound way better
Than the aux cable. and you should be able to control your ipod features from your HU

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play your iPod using the USB cable it will sound way better
Than the aux cable
I have the base model---no music box, so there's no ability for me to use a USB cable, right? Or, am I missing something?
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I guess that's why the tracks played by my iPod through the Aux port are so much weaker than the songs played on cd's through the cd player. I don't suppose there's anything I can do to improve that. The iPod is so much easier to use than all those cd's---which were a great improvement over all those cassette tapes I used to carry around----which were a great improvement over those 8 tracks I was thrilled to use, etc. etc. etc. but all true. How far we've come from the days of only an AM radio in my first car!

If you have USB use it . It will sound a lot better
Than using the aux cable
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I'd use the CD player even more if the car wasn't so damn noisy inside. You ipod generation youngsters don't even know or care that the music is compressed and seriously compromised in order to store it in that fashion.
But then again if your are listening to Chris Brown and other currently popular artists it doesn't matter.
Whoa! Dad, did you create an account on the forum with the screen name "Dwight Frye"?

I'm sorry but this is a crock. My dad has said the exact same thing and I know for a fact he has never actually A/B'd a recording on a CD and an MP3. He is simply parroting back something someone told him or he heard somewhere. Even if he is partially right, it has nothing to do with the compression of the storage format, it has to do with the compression done in the production of the music. Seriously, look up "Loudness War" on Wikipedia. It's really nerdy but it explains what you're hearing.

The main reason this is a crock is that the sound fidelity on a car stereo, especially when road/wind/engine noise is factored in (not to mention that you're sitting inside a metal can), is not close to high enough to discern the difference between a CD and a properly done MP3 recording. You would need a proper, quiet room and audiophile components to do this.

The other thing is that people made this EXACT SAME argument when CD's came out in the 80's. All the purists claimed that you could hear the difference between a sampled, discreet recording and a continuous sound wave generated on a vinyl LP.
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The other thing is that people made this EXACT SAME argument when CD's came out in the 80's. All the purists claimed that you could hear the difference between a sampled, discreet recording and a continuous sound wave generated on a vinyl LP.

And they were right. That's why I stick to vinyl in my Z courtesy of Phillips

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And they were right. That's why I stick to vinyl in my Z courtesy of Phillips

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