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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:25:53 PM EDT
Wife’s Lexus with factory mark levinson stereo upgrade (which is absolutely incredible btw, fantastic tone and imaging) CD player isn’t reading CDs. So ask dealership to take a look on scheduled maintenance.
The dealership and techs/service manager raised eyebrows like we were fucking aliens. “Sir you can stream music, why would you use a CD?” Because it sounds way way fucking better, that’s why! Why do you think we paid so much for for this stereo option? My more polite response gave more puzzled looks. It boggles their mind that somebody was using the CD player. They probably had to call corporate “we got somebody that listens to CDs and we have no idea what to do”  Update CD player replaced via warranty. It sounds fucking amazing. Like real. Actual music and instruments. |
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:27:48 PM EDT
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Did your last car have an 8-track?
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:28:02 PM EDT
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That’s very rude of them, boomers should get the same customer service as normal people
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:28:27 PM EDT
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What year is the Lexus?
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:28:32 PM EDT
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Why would you use a CD?
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:28:42 PM EDT
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Quoted: Because it sounds way way fucking better, that’s why!  I have a turntable on my passenger seat.
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:28:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That’s very rude of them, boomers should get the same customer service as normal people This, report them for ageism. |
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:29:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What year is the Lexus? 2019 RX450h |
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:29:13 PM EDT
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Does a CD produce better music than digital audio file?
EDIT: Quick google, says that OP is right. Streaming music is compressed and lower quality than CD. My shitty ears certainly cant tell the difference. Either way, the sound system in my truck sounds great to me. |
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:29:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Did your last car have an 8-track? Mine has a cassette player ?? |
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:29:25 PM EDT
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Lol
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:29:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What year is the Lexus? My 2019 Ram has a cd player. I hoped it would play DVDs but it doesn't. |
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:29:48 PM EDT
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im the same way, ive always had CD players. I had one of the last Audis that had a 6 pack changer in the trunk!!
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:29:48 PM EDT
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lol
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:30:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Why would you use a CD? Because they sound way way way better than digitally and amplitude compressed shit. |
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:30:02 PM EDT
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lol this post represents arfcom gd perfectly.
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:30:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Mine has a cassette player Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Did your last car have an 8-track? Mine has a cassette player |
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:31:11 PM EDT
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Spotify and CD's both sample at 44.1 KHZ. How can your CD sound better?
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:31:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Does a CD produce better music than digital audio file? vinyl is best 
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:31:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Did your last car have an 8-track? My first two cars did! 
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:32:35 PM EDT
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What’s a CD? Isn’t that something like a bond? How did it even get in your car?
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:33:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I have a jazz trio in the back seat. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Did your last car have an 8-track? Mine has a cassette player I guess you don’t like music then, I hired Luciano Pavarotti as my driver |
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:33:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That’s very rude of them, boomers should get the same customer service as normal people This made me LOL super hard! And I’m a boomer. |
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:33:55 PM EDT
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Ha
My dad has a 2000 Explorer as a spare vehicle. Display LED stopped working. I bought all the stuff to install a bluetooth receiver for him. When he learned that he wouldn't be able to play his TAPES any longer, he said no thanks, can you please find a way to fix the screen so I can keep the stock stereo? Playing tapes was more important than being able to connect his phone and do hands free calling, etc. |
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:34:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Spotify and CD's both sample at 44.1 KHZ. How can your CD sound better? Because they are older recordings before the were dynamically compressed to shit. |
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:34:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My first two cars did! My first three or maybe four had manual tune radios with no removable media player at all. |
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:34:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 2019 RX450h @spidey07 |
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:36:08 PM EDT
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Can you even buy a CD anymore? Can’t remember the last time I saw any in a store. Few months ago I dug out some of my friends old band I burnt a long time ago. Kids were fascinated by the shiny object. Still haven’t found a place to play them.
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:36:20 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:38:21 PM EDT
[#29]
Download high quality audio files to your phone and use that for playback. Cheaper and easier than CDs.
Don't fault OP for wanting the things in his vehicle to properly work though. |
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:38:43 PM EDT
[#30]
Quoted: Wife’s Lexus with factory mark levinson stereo upgrade (which is absolutely incredible btw, fantastic tone and imaging) CD player isn’t reading CDs. So ask dealership to take a look on scheduled maintenance. The dealership and techs/service manager raised eyebrows like we were fucking aliens. “Sir you can stream music, why would you use a CD?” Because it sounds way way fucking better, that’s why! Why do you think we paid so much for for this stereo option? My more polite response gave more puzzled looks. It boggles their mind that somebody was using the CD player. They probably had to call corporate “we got somebody that listens to CDs and we have no idea what to do” Most professional audiophiles cannot tell the difference between a CD and a 320kbps mp3. Even less will tell the difference between FLAC and a CD. That said, CD player is broken, they should fix it. |
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:39:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Spotify and CD's both sample at 44.1 KHZ. How can your CD sound better? Doest thou even compress music, Bro? |
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:40:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Because they are older recordings before the were dynamically compressed to shit. Rip your CD collection to FLAC |
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:41:28 PM EDT
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I’m honestly surprised a vehicle that new even came with a cd player.
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:42:28 PM EDT
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Pretty sure you'd got that look at the height of CD usage.
Even today very few auto techs know anything about complex electronics. |
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:43:22 PM EDT
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My 2007 Tahoe has a 8 CD player than if you leave CD’s in it, it starts changing CDs in the middle of the night until the battery goes dead. Not playing anything just changing. Can’t be fixed. So no CDs for me.
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:43:27 PM EDT
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I used to have a CB radio and an 8 track
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:43:37 PM EDT
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How did she break the CD player? What did she shove in there? Was it mail? I bet it was mail.
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:44:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How do you like it? @spidey07 Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: 2019 RX450h @spidey07 Incredible luxury for the price. I’d compare it to bmw/mb in terms of luxury, better actually. For way way less money. The hybrid drive train is very nice. Torquey. |
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:44:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That’s very rude of them, boomers should get the same customer service as normal people CD = Gen X. 
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:44:55 PM EDT
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My 22 GTi doesn't have a cd player.
I know the sound quality is better, but I'd never be able to hear the difference driving on the surface of the moon (which would be an improvement over South Carolina roads) |
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:45:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Most professional audiophiles cannot tell the difference between a CD and a 320kbps mp3. Even less will tell the difference between FLAC and a CD. That said, CD player is broken, they should fix it. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Wife’s Lexus with factory mark levinson stereo upgrade (which is absolutely incredible btw, fantastic tone and imaging) CD player isn’t reading CDs. So ask dealership to take a look on scheduled maintenance. The dealership and techs/service manager raised eyebrows like we were fucking aliens. “Sir you can stream music, why would you use a CD?” Because it sounds way way fucking better, that’s why! Why do you think we paid so much for for this stereo option? My more polite response gave more puzzled looks. It boggles their mind that somebody was using the CD player. They probably had to call corporate “we got somebody that listens to CDs and we have no idea what to do” Most professional audiophiles cannot tell the difference between a CD and a 320kbps mp3. Even less will tell the difference between FLAC and a CD. That said, CD player is broken, they should fix it. This is pretty much the correct answer. CDs aren't magic. They are just another physical storage medium for digital information, and they often are subject to the same compression and sampling shenanigans as other digital mediums. There's also the issue of cars being noisy and acoustically terrible environments. Something USB or Apple Car Play/Android Auto based would likely match the quality of CDs with far greater convenience. I don't think I've had the phone book size CD binder in a vehicle since 2009, and I don't miss that even a little bit. OP deserves to have his vehicle made whole, but let's be realistic about what's being accomplished here. |
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:46:11 PM EDT
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Bro, do you even SACD?
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:48:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Did your last car have an 8-track? You gots a problem wit dat?   |
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:49:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ha My dad has a 2000 Explorer as a spare vehicle. Display LED stopped working. I bought all the stuff to install a bluetooth receiver for him. When he learned that he wouldn't be able to play his TAPES any longer, he said no thanks, can you please find a way to fix the screen so I can keep the stock stereo? Playing tapes was more important than being able to connect his phone and do hands free calling, etc. @mancat  +  Or 
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:50:40 PM EDT
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You probably just need to rewind all those CDs, get one of these:
 Seriously though, have you tried one of the head cleaner discs? If it's the controller arm that is the problem you may be screwed and have to get a junked one and get it put in. Check youtube for anybody with the same problem swapping out the player. |
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:51:53 PM EDT
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I will have to try it out. Her car and she listens to XM Jimmy Buffett.
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:53:32 PM EDT
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I still plug my Ipod in with an auxiliary cable to play it in my truck. I keep CD's for when I forget my Ipod, or the battery is dead. There's also times I'll have a new CD I haven't gotten around to putting on my Ipod yet.
It's one of the old Ipods before they went touch screen. If there was a way to get my music files off of it, and put them on a different device, I would, but the damn thing has been going strong for over 15 years. |
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:54:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Does a CD produce better music than digital audio file? EDIT: Quick google, says that OP is right. Streaming music is compressed and lower quality than CD. My shitty ears certainly cant tell the difference. Either way, the sound system in my truck sounds great to me. |
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:54:22 PM EDT
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I had an extended warranty on one of my Tundras and when the CD player broke I took it in and they fixed it, it wasn't that long ago and well into the streaming time. It's broke, you want it fixed.
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Posted: 12/13/2022 5:54:55 PM EDT
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My 16' Honda and my 15' Taco have CD players, use them all the time. My 93' Mazda has a cassette deck, that I don't use.
Bat out of hell is a great road CD. |
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