What CD gets played in your car?
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JonRB said:
CD? Who on earth still uses CDs?
My car came with a 6-CD changer connected to the radio-cassette head unit. I haven't ever put a cassette in it, though. I added the MP3 player (which the head unit thinks is a second CD changer) as it was a cheap way to get more selection and keep the same head unit. But my main reason for using the CD still is because I like live albums, and I don't like gaps between songs when I play them. If I transfer them to MP3 I either get gaps, or I have to record the whole gig as a single MP3 track which doesn't allow me to skip past a song, or replay one, just the entire gig. If it wasn't for that I probably wouldn't use CDs at all, though I don't use them much as it is.droopsnoot said:
My car came with a 6-CD changer connected to the radio-cassette head unit. I haven't ever put a cassette in it, though. I added the MP3 player (which the head unit thinks is a second CD changer) as it was a cheap way to get more selection and keep the same head unit. But my main reason for using the CD still is because I like live albums, and I don't like gaps between songs when I play them. If I transfer them to MP3 I either get gaps, or I have to record the whole gig as a single MP3 track which doesn't allow me to skip past a song, or replay one, just the entire gig. If it wasn't for that I probably wouldn't use CDs at all, though I don't use them much as it is.
Fair enough. Just as an aside, though, the gaps are usually put in at the ripping stage rather than by the MP3 player, and on some ripping software you can specify you want no gaps. Very useful.
Anyway, apologies for the digression.
JonRB said:
Just as an aside, though, the gaps are usually put in at the ripping stage rather than by the MP3 player, and on some ripping software you can specify you want no gaps. Very useful.
Cheers, I'll have to look into that as it would solve a problem - I know there's an option to burn CDs without gaps, but I'd always thought the MP3 player added the gap on playback.droopsnoot said:
JonRB said:
Just as an aside, though, the gaps are usually put in at the ripping stage rather than by the MP3 player, and on some ripping software you can specify you want no gaps. Very useful.
Cheers, I'll have to look into that as it would solve a problem - I know there's an option to burn CDs without gaps, but I'd always thought the MP3 player added the gap on playback.So I guess it's a case of "your mileage may vary".
Edit:
In fact, it looks like the lack of gapless playback is a fundamental flaw of MP3 and these are just workarounds. Does your player support FLAC or Ogg Vorbis?
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gapless_playback#Form...
(* - in fact, in the light of this edit, I'd say more like "complete bks" than "not entirely correct" )
Edited by JonRB on Friday 19th December 18:35
W220 S-Class, 6-CD Changer:
1. Elbow - Live at Jodrell Bank CD1
2. Elbow - Live at Jodrell Bank CD2
3. Stereophonics - Just Enough Education to Perform
4. Status Quo - Piledriver
5. Motörhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith
6. Travis - The Man Who
Also a tape-aux adaptor for my iphone.
S124 200TE, single in-dash CD player:
1. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
Land Rover 90 - the sound of a 300Tdi, no audio fitted!
1. Elbow - Live at Jodrell Bank CD1
2. Elbow - Live at Jodrell Bank CD2
3. Stereophonics - Just Enough Education to Perform
4. Status Quo - Piledriver
5. Motörhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith
6. Travis - The Man Who
Also a tape-aux adaptor for my iphone.
S124 200TE, single in-dash CD player:
1. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
Land Rover 90 - the sound of a 300Tdi, no audio fitted!
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