At least not according to this:
http://wardsauto.com/blog/cd-players-not...&YM_MID=827
If nothing else I thought the statistics were interesting.
Quote:
According to WardsAuto installation-rate data, CD players started replacing audio cassette tape players in the mid-1990s. Almost 10% of U.S. light vehicles were equipped with them in 1995. Their popularity peaked 10 years later, enjoying a 93.7% installation rate in ’05 cars and trucks.
But since then, their demise is occurring at a positively glacial pace considering the rapid advance of superior MP3 and digital-streaming technology.
Installation rates dipped to 90.9% for the ’10 model year, then 86.6% for ’12 models. And they slid from 86.3% in ’13 models to 83.4% for the just-ended ’14 model year. The ability of the CD player and the cassette player before it to live long past their expected departure date should be a lesson to all technology forecasters. They are pretty good at predicting when new technologies will be available for early adopters, but not so good at determining when mainstream buyers will let go of old technology they still like.
I'm not sure anymore if I "want" a CD player in my car. Gimme Bluetooth and an 1/8" jack and I'll probably be content. A USB port is nice but I'm not sure yet about navigation using "dumb" head units vs an iPod. I'm not quite sold yet on expensive LCD's in cars, so I'd rather have a dumb stereo and an some sort of other device for nav and music (although I do 90% of my driving using neither).
Most of my CD's are pretty old and anything I like got ripped to an iDevice already. I do once in a while buy used CD's at garage sales (when I can get 'em for a buck) but I've noticed that I've already grown tired of having "only" 70min of music, if that.
http://wardsauto.com/blog/cd-players-not...&YM_MID=827
If nothing else I thought the statistics were interesting.
Quote:
According to WardsAuto installation-rate data, CD players started replacing audio cassette tape players in the mid-1990s. Almost 10% of U.S. light vehicles were equipped with them in 1995. Their popularity peaked 10 years later, enjoying a 93.7% installation rate in ’05 cars and trucks.
But since then, their demise is occurring at a positively glacial pace considering the rapid advance of superior MP3 and digital-streaming technology.
Installation rates dipped to 90.9% for the ’10 model year, then 86.6% for ’12 models. And they slid from 86.3% in ’13 models to 83.4% for the just-ended ’14 model year. The ability of the CD player and the cassette player before it to live long past their expected departure date should be a lesson to all technology forecasters. They are pretty good at predicting when new technologies will be available for early adopters, but not so good at determining when mainstream buyers will let go of old technology they still like.
I'm not sure anymore if I "want" a CD player in my car. Gimme Bluetooth and an 1/8" jack and I'll probably be content. A USB port is nice but I'm not sure yet about navigation using "dumb" head units vs an iPod. I'm not quite sold yet on expensive LCD's in cars, so I'd rather have a dumb stereo and an some sort of other device for nav and music (although I do 90% of my driving using neither).
Most of my CD's are pretty old and anything I like got ripped to an iDevice already. I do once in a while buy used CD's at garage sales (when I can get 'em for a buck) but I've noticed that I've already grown tired of having "only" 70min of music, if that.