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Surely I can't be the only one who still have cars which do not stream music, and so I have to put MP3s on CDs and USB sticks. Also, my wireless earbuds have bu

by shard 6y ago

Surely I can't be the only one who still have cars which do not stream music, and so I have to put MP3s on CDs and USB sticks. Also, my wireless earbuds have built-in storage, so I load a bunch of music onto it and work out without carrying my phone with me. I also have a bunch of DJ mixes which are not available on online streaming services. Finally, I load MP3s onto my phone when I fly so that I can listen to music on the plane and in foreign countries. For all those reasons, I still keep and curate a pile of MP3s.

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SkyMarshal 6y ago
Same, and I will do everything I can to never have my frikkin car connected to the Internet. I’d rather just put my whole music library onto an SD card and plug into my car stereo, or use a Bluetooth connection to my iPhone.
asdfasgasdgasdg 6y ago
I used to have one of those. Then I fixed it. Installing a new head unit is not terribly difficult and we'll worth doing.
MrGilbert 6y ago
Well, I upgraded my car with an aftermarket headunit, that is capable of Apple CarPlay. This + a Wifi/LTE-Stick, which opens a hotspot as soon as I start the car. While I preload mostly everything (sh*tty mobile, because germany), thanks to my phone being attached to my car, I can open a VPN tunnel to my music library at home. A really appreciate the "hackability" of older cars.
kristofferR 6y ago
A Xiaomi Roidmi 3S (good Bluetooh>FM car stick) is just $15, that'll enable you to easily play whatever is on your phone on your car radio.
- shard 6y ago
  Interesting solution, do you have one? Doesn't transmitting through FM significantly degrade the audio quality? I can definitely hear the difference between FM radio music and music from the MP3 on the CDs.
  - WalterBright 6y ago
    > Doesn't transmitting through FM significantly degrade the audio quality? Yup.
  - kristofferR 6y ago
    Yeah, I have one. It's way better than FM quality from radio stations, but it's not full CD quality. It uses a higher frequency range than broadcasting stations and obviously it's much closer to the antenna, that's why the quality is higher. I've only compared it to FM on short trips to Sweden though, since FM has been shut down for years here in Norway (except for local radio stations), so my experiences may be positively impacted by the mostly interference free life here. My car speakers aren't exactly high end either. Worth a buy regardless though, it's really nice to be able to listen to whatever you want without planning it beforehand. I found this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30AGunxyMeA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30AGunxyMeA
WalterBright 6y ago
> I also have a bunch of DJ mixes which are not available on online streaming services. I taped a bunch of episodes of Brain Pain from the late 80's. That stuff ain't available anywhere. Some C89.5 shows from 30 years ago, too. Wish I'd taped a few more of them.
soylentcola 6y ago
My 2011 Honda Fit is in a similar boat. I have no need or desire to deal with the hassle of replacing the integrated stereo system (god, I miss being able to just unclip the crappy stock tape deck and plug/slide in a slightly better one with a CD player), much less replace the car. When phone makers all decided to ditch the headphone jack, I wanted to still be able to charge the phone while also streaming music/podcasts and hearing nav over the speakers. Picked up a cheap Bluetooth receiver that plugs into the aux-in and went back to playing my personal music library from Google Music while on the road. I'm not a "millenial" as I'm rapidly approaching my mid-40s. I don't want more subscriptions to streaming services, but I did love the convenience of easy access to my backed up music. On one hand, I try to be realistic with things like this and with Google Photos. It's shitty when you find something that really works well and doesn't cost extra. But I also understand that by virtue of not having an easy drop-in replacement for free (or cheaper than similar offerings from Amazon, Apple, etc) there is certainly value in such services. Value implies a cost and I'm not surprised when an eventual price tag shows up. My gripe is partly (admittedly) that I'd become spoiled by the free service, and partly that these things are only free for as long as they serve some other purpose--whether that is training photo algorithms, rapidly growing a userbase, or just having a product to compete in a market. When they go away, it makes me feel like I fell for something, even though I was already getting something for (nominally) nothing. It's not logical and I'm still working out my opinion on these sorts of things.

by shard 6y ago

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SkyMarshal 6y ago

Same, and I will do everything I can to never have my frikkin car connected to the Internet. I’d rather just put my whole music library onto an SD card and plug into my car stereo, or use a Bluetooth connection to my iPhone.

asdfasgasdgasdg 6y ago

I used to have one of those. Then I fixed it. Installing a new head unit is not terribly difficult and we'll worth doing.

MrGilbert 6y ago

Well, I upgraded my car with an aftermarket headunit, that is capable of Apple CarPlay. This + a Wifi/LTE-Stick, which opens a hotspot as soon as I start the car. While I preload mostly everything (sh*tty mobile, because germany), thanks to my phone being attached to my car, I can open a VPN tunnel to my music library at home. A really appreciate the "hackability" of older cars.

kristofferR 6y ago

A Xiaomi Roidmi 3S (good Bluetooh>FM car stick) is just $15, that'll enable you to easily play whatever is on your phone on your car radio.

shard 6y ago
Interesting solution, do you have one? Doesn't transmitting through FM significantly degrade the audio quality? I can definitely hear the difference between FM radio music and music from the MP3 on the CDs.
- WalterBright 6y ago
  > Doesn't transmitting through FM significantly degrade the audio quality? Yup.
- kristofferR 6y ago
  Yeah, I have one. It's way better than FM quality from radio stations, but it's not full CD quality. It uses a higher frequency range than broadcasting stations and obviously it's much closer to the antenna, that's why the quality is higher. I've only compared it to FM on short trips to Sweden though, since FM has been shut down for years here in Norway (except for local radio stations), so my experiences may be positively impacted by the mostly interference free life here. My car speakers aren't exactly high end either. Worth a buy regardless though, it's really nice to be able to listen to whatever you want without planning it beforehand. I found this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30AGunxyMeA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30AGunxyMeA

WalterBright 6y ago

> I also have a bunch of DJ mixes which are not available on online streaming services. I taped a bunch of episodes of Brain Pain from the late 80's. That stuff ain't available anywhere. Some C89.5 shows from 30 years ago, too. Wish I'd taped a few more of them.

soylentcola 6y ago

My 2011 Honda Fit is in a similar boat. I have no need or desire to deal with the hassle of replacing the integrated stereo system (god, I miss being able to just unclip the crappy stock tape deck and plug/slide in a slightly better one with a CD player), much less replace the car. When phone makers all decided to ditch the headphone jack, I wanted to still be able to charge the phone while also streaming music/podcasts and hearing nav over the speakers. Picked up a cheap Bluetooth receiver that plugs into the aux-in and went back to playing my personal music library from Google Music while on the road. I'm not a "millenial" as I'm rapidly approaching my mid-40s. I don't want more subscriptions to streaming services, but I did love the convenience of easy access to my backed up music. On one hand, I try to be realistic with things like this and with Google Photos. It's shitty when you find something that really works well and doesn't cost extra. But I also understand that by virtue of not having an easy drop-in replacement for free (or cheaper than similar offerings from Amazon, Apple, etc) there is certainly value in such services. Value implies a cost and I'm not surprised when an eventual price tag shows up. My gripe is partly (admittedly) that I'd become spoiled by the free service, and partly that these things are only free for as long as they serve some other purpose--whether that is training photo algorithms, rapidly growing a userbase, or just having a product to compete in a market. When they go away, it makes me feel like I fell for something, even though I was already getting something for (nominally) nothing. It's not logical and I'm still working out my opinion on these sorts of things.