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And people who listen to talk/information radio, and people who listen to local sports broadcasts, and people who still want local sources for local news. People listening to radio in their cars is probably what's keeping the industry alive.
I'm the opposite, I listen to XM because I want to tune out anything local. When I'm listening to the radio in the car it's my escape from the local drama and goings on.
I don't know anyone other than collectors and hobbyists that want to mess with anything involving a disc or tape anymore.
I also question how long traditional AM/FM radio receivers will remain in cars.
Radio will remain because it's a very good medium for streaming audio compared to Cellular radio. FM does not have as much interference issues and easier for towers to repeat the signal than cellular.
A FM radio can run on 1 AA battery for days while a smartphone cannot play streaming music for a whole day on a 2000maH battery which is over 8xAA batteries.
Did not read the whole thing, but I will chime in that I much much prefer just shoving a CD into a slot, versus fiddling around for hours to move files from CD to computer to memory stick or equivalent, then figure out how to play the files in my car. Oh, don't forget that for a large number of CDs you also have to figure out how to defeat the anti-copying provisions before you can store the files.
I also am resisting paying Apple, Sirius, or equivalent a monthly fee in perpetuity to listen to music.
"Cloud" storage sounds like a wonderful idea. Store your critical files (OK, music is not critical) on a server owned by "someone" located "somewhere" with security of "some type". What could possibly go wrong?
Just like Bic pens and spiral notebooks have not been eliminated by e-mail and word processing, CDs will not be eliminated by successor technologies. Less common, yes, but not eliminated.
I dread the day which has not yet arrived when my chosen vehicle is not available with a CD player and I have to rig up some kind of kludge.
You should start working on copying your CDs and if you use iTunes you can store the songs there
Some of us have full time jobs and families, plus other interests that don't involve computers. Taking a CD out of the case and shoving it into the slot is near zero time investment.
Frankly, I consider every second fiddling with a computer (as opposed to using it as a tool) a second lost from my life.
But again, that sounds like a lot of work, and half the videos I find on YouTube have TERRIBLE sound quality. I don't want to have to convert anything, I just want to stick the stupid cd into the slot and play it.
Ok, you make a good point. I felt the same way when Apple iMacs came with no floppy disk drive in the late 90's.
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I just got a car with an auxiliary chord input but I still like CDs. Sound quality is much better and it's easier to control from the steering wheel. Plus the songs stay in order, many MP3 players sort album songs alphabetically.
Yeah I don't know anyone who listens to AM radio, expect for a couple of hardcore religious people who want to listen to preaching and gospel music all day.
I listen to sports talk.
I also love baseball on the radio. They used to be on AM but they moved to FM a couple of years ago.
I also listen to AM radio sometimes, in the car and in the house. Mainly KNX 1070 news radio and a few talk stations.
also talk radio sounds better on AM - it just doesn't sound right on FM
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