No CD player.?..Why?

[SyndicateZ]

My 2019 limited stealth doesnt have a cd player. Do all newer/new expeditions no longer play cd's? Kinda wish they still kept it as well...dumb

 

[ManUpOrShutUp]

Most vehicles come without them now. Virtually no one uses them anymore. I had a collection of over 400 CDs and even I moved over to USB. Solid state storage is so cheap now that CD just doesn't make sense.

 

[SyndicateZ]

Most vehicles come without them now. Virtually no one uses them anymore. I had a collection of over 400 CDs and even I moved over to USB. Solid state storage is so cheap now that CD just doesn't make sense.

Understandable.

I just feel like music played from a cd just sounds better than via bluetooth/usb

 

[ManUpOrShutUp]

Understandable.

I just feel like music played from a cd just sounds better than via bluetooth/usb

Generally speaking, wired connections are usually going to provide better quality than wireless connections, whether that's BT, WiFi, etc. Via USB the quality will be the same provided that the music on the USB is in a lossless format just as it is on the CD.

 

[dlcorbett]

2018 was the last year, but no new vehicles have them save 1 or 2. Did you not know this before purchasing? It's right in front, and even ur salesman shoulve told you.

 

[SyndicateZ]

2018 was the last year, but no new vehicles have them save 1 or 2. Did you not know this before purchasing? It's right in front, and even ur salesman shoulve told you.

I knew this before purchase and totally fine not havingbthe "option" to play a cd. I just feel like the music pumped from a CD hits better.

 

[ManUpOrShutUp]

I knew this before purchase and totally fine not havingbthe "option" to play a cd. I just feel like the music pumped from a CD hits better.

As I posted above, USB can provide equal quality if you rip the CD to USB in a lossless (FLAC, WAV, etc) format.

 

[dlcorbett]

I knew this before purchase and totally fine not havingbthe "option" to play a cd. I just feel like the music pumped from a CD hits better.

Agreed, however, i didnt use the cd player much. With the b&o, bt music was rele good, but USB music was phenomenal depending on file quality.

 

[GixxerJasen]

8 track sounds so much better than a CD.

 

[SyndicateZ]

As I posted above, USB can provide equal quality if you rip the CD to USB in a lossless (FLAC, WAV, etc) format.

 

[JohnSC]

8 track sounds so much better than a CD.

If you have the media. Of course, the real issue with 8 track is the volume of space a library requires, and with these vehicles that issue is much reduced. You can likely fit dozens of cassettes in the back of even a standard size Expy.

 

[SyndicateZ]

Meh, CD's always got stuck in the CD players anyways (especially the multidisc).

 

[Deadman]

The CD player In my 18 works great! lol

 

[2020FordRaptor]

My 2019 limited stealth doesnt have a cd player. Do all newer/new expeditions no longer play cd's? Kinda wish they still kept it as well...dumb

Yah it is a feature I miss but SiriusXM is good enough for me.

 

[sjwhiteley]

People still have CDs? Is one of those ‘back in my day, up hill, both ways…’ moments?

I’d go ahead and rip them and store them on a thumb drive, before you can’t get a CD player anymore. You’ll get as good quality as the CD, but no better (but you can go worse). There are a variety of hi resolution digital formats that meet or exceed CD rate (something like 1kbps?). Understandably, MP3 is less (300kbps or so), most people won’t be able to tell the difference, and the audio playback system, or the listening area, may be the bottleneck.

 

[GixxerJasen]

If you have the media. Of course, the real issue with 8 track is the volume of space a library requires, and with these vehicles that issue is much reduced. You can likely fit dozens of cassettes in the back of even a standard size Expy.

Which proves the point, how many CD's can you fit on a modern USB drive the size of your thumbnail?

 

[dlcorbett]

Which proves the point, how many CD's can you fit on a modern USB drive the size of your thumbnail?

One of my usb drives has over 3k songs. It's actually so big, our current mazda cx9 can't download and play even half of the songs. Never had that issue with any other older vehicle. I bought another with less space with only 1500 songs and it still can't play all of them, it's very annoying.

 

[bigwilly]

One of my usb drives has over 3k songs. It's actually so big, our current mazda cx9 can't download and play even half of the songs. Never had that issue with any other older vehicle. I bought another with less space with only 1500 songs and it still can't play all of them, it's very annoying.

That's weird. I have a 128G Samsung USB on my 2017 F150 with Sync3 with about 11,000 songs and haven't had any issues. Takes a bit of time when you first insert it for the system to index all the files, but after that it's good.

Come to think of it, I had the same USB drive in my 2014 Mustang with the older Sync system and it worked great as well.

As for sound quality, I usually end up buying the CD so I can rip it to whatever quality I like.

 

[SyndicateZ]

Are there any new expys with the cassette option?

 

[dlcorbett]

That's weird. I have a 128G Samsung USB on my 2017 F150 with Sync3 with about 11,000 songs and haven't had any issues. Takes a bit of time when you first insert it for the system to index all the files, but after that it's good.

Come to think of it, I had the same USB drive in my 2014 Mustang with the older Sync system and it worked great as well.

As for sound quality, I usually end up buying the CD so I can rip it to whatever quality I like.

It's the same USB I used for my 18 wxpy and absolutely no issues. It worked properly in our prior armada and mdx and currently works well enough on our 12 focus. Only the cx9 has issues n it's a 22.