Has anyone tried the External CD Player for Car ?

[scorlee]

hi, I'm looking for a external CD Player for my 2024 Ford Maverick, does anybody have anything to recommend? thanks! my budget is $70

 

[scorlee]

I see this one is not bad, not take up much space, and the reviews are not bad, has anyone tried it ?

Amazon.com

 

[voodooless]

I guess any old portable CD player with decent shock protection and memory will do fine.. Just plug it into the AUX input of the car stereo.

 

[scorlee]

I guess any old portable CD player with decent shock protection and memory will do fine.. Just plug it into the AUX input of the car stereo.

you are right, but most ordinary CD players have average anti-vibration effects, and I think it may not be appropriate to put it directly in the armrest box

 

[voodooless]

There are plenty of players with 60 seconds of protection, or better. That should be more than enough. Just get one wth plenty of good reviews.

 

[scorlee]

does anyone tried the WOOPKER CD PLAYER for Car, or MICOCIOUS CD Player or others without brand, please give me some suggestion, thank you

 

[scorlee]

There are plenty of players with 60 seconds of protection, or better. That should be more than enough. Just get one wth plenty of good reviews.

Thank you, I think so too, but if someone tried it and shares its experience, then I don't have to test it again, as you can see, there are bad reviews below each one, very hard to choose

 

[voodooless]

Thank you, I think so too, but if someone tried it and shares its experience, then I don't have to test it again, as you can see, there are bad reviews below each one, very hard to choose

I know what you mean, and that's always the case. But one good experience here vs thousands of good experiences on Amazon... That statistic doesn't really make sense, even if you account for 80% of Amazon reviews as nonsense. And definitely look at the negative reviews as well, often they tell you more about the product than the positive ones.

 

[Ropeburn]

I guess any old portable CD player with decent shock protection and memory will do fine.. Just plug it into the AUX input of the car stereo.

I want DIN radio mounts back so I can use a cassette radio with a cassette line adapter and a cheap discman like a normal person.

 

[DVDdoug]

What's wrong with using your phone and Bluetooth? You can "rip" the CDs and put the files on your phone.

 

[scorlee]

Hey folks, thanks for your attention, I bought one last week. I’m really happy with this WOOPKER CD PLAYER. It’s not fancy, but exactly what I need - plays my CDs loud and clear, with good sound quality, I just want to say, it's amazing

 

[scorlee]

What's wrong with using your phone and Bluetooth? You can "rip" the CDs and put the files on your phone.

I'm sure you rarely listen to CDs, and the sound effects of the original lossless CDs are simply incomparable to Bluetooth or USB sticks

 

[scorlee]

I want DIN radio mounts back so I can use a cassette radio with a cassette line adapter and a cheap discman like a normal person.

Since the first time I listened to music on a CD, I have never used a USB stick or tape again, and this feeling is only known to those who have used it.

 

[Count Arthur]

I'm sure you rarely listen to CDs, and the sound effects of the original lossless CDs are simply incomparable to Bluetooth or USB sticks

I have several hundred CDs ripped as uncompressed WAV files on my phone, or rather the Micro SD card therein. If you used something like a dongle DAC with your phone you could connect your phone to your cars AUX in, and have uncompressed music.

Having said all that, in the far from ideal acoustic environment of a car, I think you'd be hard pressed to hear the difference between lossless and 320 kbps MP3. In fact, I find it pretty difficult in ideal conditions.

 

[Keith Flanker]

An interesting topic. I am also a firm supporter of CDs, and for me, I will buy a CD player; the actual sound quality does make a difference.

 

[DVDdoug]

An interesting topic. I am also a firm supporter of CDs, and for me, I will buy a CD player; the actual sound quality does make a difference.

Count Arthur said he's using lossless. The audio data is identical. And as he suggested you can make a direct electrical connection (no Bluetooth).

There is lossless Bluetooth but not all hardware supports it.

But lossy can be better than you think. Anybody who says MP3 or M4A "sounds bad" has not done a proper blind ABX test. With a good (high bitrate) lossy file you have to listen very carefully and A/B to hear a difference, if you can hear a difference at all. I listen to MP3s in my car and every time I thought I was hearing a compression artifact, it's turned-out that the CD had the same "defect".


...I used to have a case to carry about 20 CDs at at time. Now I've got almost 20,000 songs in my car with about 2000 on my everyday random "favorites" playlist.

 

[Gitfiddle]

Many cars being built don't even have AUX in anymore. Makes me sad I may become a "vintage car guy" just because I hate using phone apps to switch albums. (In a car specifically.)

 

[scorlee]

Many cars being built don't even have AUX in anymore. Makes me sad I may become a "vintage car guy" just because I hate using phone apps to switch albums. (In a car specifically.)

That's true. I don’t know what these car manufacturers are thinking, they've removed a lot of useful features and added some pointless stuff instead.

 

[scorlee]

Count Arthur said he's using lossless. The audio data is identical. And as he suggested you can make a direct electrical connection (no Bluetooth).

There is lossless Bluetooth but not all hardware supports it.

But lossy can be better than you think. Anybody who says MP3 or M4A "sounds bad" has not done a proper blind ABX test. With a good (high bitrate) lossy file you have to listen very carefully and A/B to hear a difference, if you can hear a difference at all. I listen to MP3s in my car and every time I thought I was hearing a compression artifact, it's turned-out that the CD had the same "defect".


...I used to have a case to carry about 20 CDs at at time. Now I've got almost 20,000 songs in my car with about 2000 on my everyday random "favorites" playlist.

Gitfiddle is right, it's not that I don't want to use an AUX cable to connect my phone, it's just that my car doesn't have an AUX port. Nowadays, many new cars have dropped the AUX jack, so I can only choose to connect via USB or Bluetooth.

 

[Keith Flanker]

I see this one is not bad, not take up much space, and the reviews are not bad, has anyone tried it ?

Amazon.com

Is this what you bought? a friend of mine also wants one, hope everything goes well.

Amazon.com