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Originally Posted by Pete
Personally I have been worn down and I mostly use Spotify nowadays just for convenience, but something important has been lost since the days of CDs.
Audio quality. CDs have a bit rate of 1411 compared to only 256 for high quality mp3s, and streaming quality is ...a mixed bag at best.
Amazon music offers a high quality setting(HD setting or something like that) and that has better quality than any other streaming service I've tried, but it's not approaching the quality of a CD, and you have to pay extra for that tier, and the desktop app is pretty bad compared to Spotify.
.FLAC files are the best sounding digital file I have used and are generally comparable to CDs, but (years ago, it may be easier now) I had to find a special media player for my phone to even play them. .FLACs sound much better even over a bluetooth connection. But, they are the opposite of convenient to use, and it is hard to find them without paying an arm and a leg. Everyone wants to sell you crappy .MP3s.
A whole generation is being raised without even knowing what good quality music sounds like. I could rant about this topic for a while, I love high quality audio even though the equipment I can afford at home is far from the best.
So, I could see why someone might want a CD player, particularly if they already have a collection of CDs.
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I am an audiophile as well, but have moved to Spotify for convenience at 50 years old.
You may not know but these cars have Harmon Kardon head units which are awesome at taking streamed music and making it sound better. It isn't perfect but it is pretty damn good. Just set Spotify to highest quality and save your music on your phone for best sound. Then I mess with my phone's equalizer to get a good sound and put the head unit bass up a bit, treble down a bit and mid up a tiny bit. Sounds pretty awesome in my Legacy and wife's Forester. Crossing fingers for BRZ. But I do have confirmation it is a Harmon Kardon head unit. With the good sound processing.
I am hoping for a sub woofer that connects. The old ones say they aren't compatible, but I still have hope they are.