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Old 07-09-14, 07:12 AM
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My CLS has an SD slot that goes in the headunit, I think I may start playing around with that...
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Old 07-09-14, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Lex2InfiN
And exactly how many lossless WAV files can a USB stick hold?
(Answer: not many... at all)
Way more than would be on a CD. A lossless track is maybe 50MB. How big is your USB stick? You can buy a 128GB stick for $40. That will hold 2,560 LOSSLESS WAV files. How many songs do you have?

That 2,560 songs would equal 182 CDs at 14 tracks a CD. Do you carry and select between 182 CDs in your car all the time?

AND a USB port can also be used for an iPhone, iPod, whatever so it has utility other than just a CD player.
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Old 07-09-14, 11:17 AM
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^Good to know that some units are already supporting lossless WAV files, although it'd be nice if they'd start supporting lossless compression formats that generally help cut the file sizes in half. Most of my music collection is in Monkey Audio or lossless WMA these days.
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Old 07-09-14, 11:26 AM
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I don't know about the Lexus, does it play WAV files? I'm out of town in the Jeep right now. It will try it when I get home. They play great off that USB stick in the Jeep.
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Old 07-10-14, 12:00 AM
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They should keep CD players because most cars (at least in "our" market of cars) play DVDs as well.
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Old 07-10-14, 05:41 AM
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I think CD players will go away but not until there is an efficient way to get high quality CD and 5.1 DVD-A recordings digitally to satisfy consumers like myself
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Old 07-10-14, 10:25 AM
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Pretty efficient. Rip CD in WAV lossless. Drag to USB stick. Play.
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Old 07-11-14, 09:19 AM
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sad to say, but they are 80 minutes per CD just aint cutting it
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Old 07-11-14, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by GSXMike
I took you for more of a wilson phillips and barry manalo type. I guess Im in disbelief that you might understand any of iron maidens lyrics, they are pretty deep on a few of their albums.
No way!

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