Mine works just fine have you try different CDs ?
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You and me both.Ha! This made me realize that I've never used mine. Wonder if it works?
Wouldnt bother me I just don't buy CDs anymore.The Chevy Colorado Z71 Diesel model that I had to review for a week did not even have a CD player. It was weird to me to see the truck offered this way...
Wouldnt bother me I just don't buy CDs anymore.
It may be a dead format as far as sales are concerned, but it still sounds better than digitally compressed MP3 files. We do not buy CDs very often, but for SQ it is still pretty darn good!I agree it's a dead format, but I have hundreds of CD's and it's nice to just grab a few for a road trip.
You can make the bitrate of sound files as high, or higher, than the bitrate of the file that's burned on the CD. Even that file is technically compressed, just at a high bit-rate.It may be a dead format as far as sales are concerned, but it still sounds better than digitally compressed MP3 files. We do not buy CDs very often, but for SQ it is still pretty darn good!
The compression algorithm of MP3 does not lend to sound quality as well as a CD receiver decoding a CD. MP3 was designed to save space (file size) not sound good. You are starting with a CD and no matter what bitrate you encode it into MP3 you are still reducing the sound quality to lower than the original source material. You can't rip a CD at any bitrate and improve the sound quality of the original source material, it will not happen, it will simply take up more room and not compress the file as much.You can make the bitrate of sound files as high, or higher, than the bitrate of the file that's burned on the CD. Even that file is technically compressed, just at a high bit-rate.
Nothing beats listening to the blues on vinyl.I prefer vinyl. Actually I also have an old 78 player - the floor model that you wind up and I love the sound of those old 78s. Obviously the sound quality is far from lossless, but sometimes the loss in fidelity adds a certain "je ne sais quoi" to the music.