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Do you prefer CD-R or CD-RW for music? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 8 months ago by lseif@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For those who use CDs for music, which writable CD type do you use, and why?

Main differences:

CD-R can only be written once
CD-RW is more expensive

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[–] sxan@midwest.social 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm sincerely curious: why?

Hipsters claim vinyl sounds better than digital, despite a complete lack of evidence, but at least there's a measurable difference between analog and digital, if only in the additional dirty noise produced by the hardware. With CDs, though... digital is digital. There's literally no difference between a wav and a CD; in fact, you can get more bits in a flac recording if it's recorded right, which would only be degraded by recording to a CD.

So, is it the form factor? Some tactile benefit? Or you like the mandatory ritual of switching out CDs every 60 minutes? Why do you like CDs... because it isn't for the sound.

[–] lseif@sopuli.xyz 18 points 8 months ago (2 children)

driving. my car has a sort-old cd player, no smart-stuff. i dont like to connect my phone everytime i get in the car. cds are just convenient for my case :-)

[–] BurningRiver@beehaw.org 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I drive a 20 year old Toyota, and swapped out the double din for a carplay compatible unit for $299, plus the cost of a custom wiring harness. You get the best of technology, without the worst of car manufacturers poaching your data. I still have my book of CDs that I compiled over 25 years or so, but without the headache of having to load disks while I’m driving. The phone connects automatically when I turn the car on. I’ve only had to connect to it once, when I first installed the new head unit.

FWIW, the factory stereo I replaced had a cassette / 6 disk cd deck in it. I just don’t like swapping disks when I’m driving 75 mph on the freeway.

[–] lseif@sopuli.xyz 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

if i am driving for long enough, i will just pull over to change discs when im sick of the album repeating.

[–] variants@possumpat.io 2 points 8 months ago

That reminds me of a work van I used to drive where the cd player would overheat and stop after a while so I had to stop at an electronics store to get one of those Bluetooth to radio cigarette lighter things

[–] sxan@midwest.social 3 points 8 months ago

Good reason.