The whole auto industry has been deleting CD players for a while now. Our 'new' car (not a GM) has a CD player but is the last model year in its generation - the new ones don't have them.

I still prefer them for home use, but prefer to use a stick or mp3 player in the car, so you don't have to constantly change CDs while driving.  Two of our cars have 6-disc CD changers in them though, and the other two have singles (wife is the CD changer in those... lol).

There are only a few CD stores left, though you can still get them at places like Amazon.  The rest of the world has moved on to streaming - so you don't 'own' music anymore, you have to accept what is available for streaming.  This is a little problematic for me as I like a lot of music that has been out of style for a long time, plus I tend to like the less-common tracks on albums as opposed to the songs they killed on the radio.  I don't like the industry taking control of what I listen to, so I'll hang on to my CDs till my dying days... plus they have better sound quality IMHO.

66 Grande guy wrote:

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We are living in in a musical dark age right now with a massive lack of creativity and a corresponding massive amount of marketing.

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 Amen, brother.  You speak the truth.

66 Grande guy wrote:

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... I guess they (cd's) had a good run as far as tech goes these days. (40 years or so) but I agree with MC in that I prefer to actually own my music instead of renting it a song at a time. Owing albums, whether lps or cds  has led me to check out many cross connection between musicians and has resulted in a lot of great discoveries, musically.

The 6000 or so albums I have do kind of clutter up the house but they re like old friends I can revisit whenever i want or mix and match however it want.

I just seems to me that the cooperate bodies have finally achieved what they have wanted all along. They will choose what we hear, if we let them. For me,  it is depressing to actually listen for any length of time to the dreck that is out there.  We are living in in a musical dark age right now with a massive lack of creativity and a corresponding massive amount of marketing.

The indy stuff is really the only place to go these days. 

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 I agree with so much of this post, it's almost like it was typed by an older carbon copy of myself.
(no offence intended)

When big bands from the 1980's are all on independant labels (think Megadeth ect) then you know that something is wrong the mainstream music industry;
They seem to be more interested in putting out proven sellers or boring stuff that lacks any distinction... or stuf that tends to sound like it has an electronic skip as the basis of the sound.

With an extensive CD collection and a 2006 Chevy truck that only has a AM/FM  radio , I thought I should explore getting a radio with CD.

I lucked out at Pick n Pull today finding a Factory radio that fits my truck with not only a CD slot but also includes a cassette player. 

Now I can also play my cassettes. Cost ? $20.00

Greaser wrote:

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With an extensive CD collection and a 2006 Chevy truck that only has a AM/FM  radio , I thought I should explore getting a radio with CD.

I lucked out at Pick n Pull today finding a Factory radio that fits my truck with not only a CD slot but also includes a cassette player. 

Now I can also play my cassettes. Cost ? $20.00

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Nice!  I'd run a cleaner through it before I put my good tapes in it, though.

If you need to unlock the Theftlock system, there are how-to videos on youtube.

I hope it gives you many miles of cruising to great tunes!

North wrote:

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Whats a CD player? Tell you what I like though, those new fangled things called 8 tracks, absolutely amazing, you can actually play your own music while driving your car!

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 They play really good if you manage to wedge a matchbook in the sweet spot between the tape and tape door.