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CD player for 50 or more discs

Witchy Woman — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 11:59:59 GMT

The old 50 disc CD player we had died recently and, I know I'm a dinosaur with such things.

But, I'm wondering if such systems are still made.

I've done a quick search with no luck, and I KNOW there are other ways to play music, but, if I can find a replacement, I'd really be happy. I understand this is ancient technology.

Am I looking for something that doesn't exist?

Re: CD player for 50 or more discs

jackthebear — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 12:06:38 GMT

@Witchy Woman wrote:
The old 50 disc CD player we had died recently and, I know I'm a dinosaur with such things.

But, I'm wondering if such systems are still made.

I've done a quick search with no luck, and I KNOW there are other ways to play music, but, if I can find a replacement, I'd really be happy. I understand this is ancient technology.

Am I looking for something that doesn't exist?

ebay probably

at one point I put all my Cd into iTunes, now I just use Spotify, much easier

Re: CD player for 50 or more discs

jackthebear — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 12:08:03 GMT

@Witchy Woman wrote:
The old 50 disc CD player we had died recently and, I know I'm a dinosaur with such things.

But, I'm wondering if such systems are still made.

I've done a quick search with no luck, and I KNOW there are other ways to play music, but, if I can find a replacement, I'd really be happy. I understand this is ancient technology.

Am I looking for something that doesn't exist?

they might or might be more than you'd want to pay...is there Freecycle where you live, try that

Re: CD player for 50 or more discs

aroc3435 — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 12:25:55 GMT

@Witchy Woman Have you done a search on ETSY or Ebay? I understand what you are saying. I'm a "dinosaur" as well and I like what I like. Sometimes that "ancient" technology comes back--turntables for records, for instance. Good luck in your search.

Some nightclubs, and bars had them when they weren't featuring live musicians and switched over to the newer "computer/pod" type thing. Maybe Craigslist in your area might have one for sale.

If you can locate a sound technician or band musician somehow they might be able to help/have an old one they'd be glad to offload to you. They often keep older equipment for a while.

Hoping you are succesful in your search--fingers crossed for you!

Re: CD player for 50 or more discs

Witchy Woman — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 12:35:18 GMT

@aroc3435

@jackthebear

My husband says it will be impossible to find

He's the one who found the one we have....USED....and that was 10 years back.

We both know there are updated ways to get music, but he has our system wired to several speakers inside and outside the house.

I'm pretty sure we're going to be forced into doing something more "modern" but then there are all those CDs sitting around! Kind of like having all those albums I have stacked up now.

I'm going to search a bit more, but I suspect I'm not going anything "new."

Several of our younger friends laugh that we are still using a disc player

Re: CD player for 50 or more discs

KingstonsMom — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 12:55:51 GMT

@Witchy Woman

We have a Pioneer CD player that uses cartridges and each cartridge holds 6 CDs.

It came with a couple of cartridges and we also bought several more.

We keep each cartridge loaded with our favorite CDs and change the CDs in the cartridges when we're in the mood for something different.

I know we had to replace it after a power surge blew our existing one about 5 years ago, but not sure where DH ordered it from.

Maybe this will help even though it doesn't hold 50 CDs at one time, you just have to choose another cartridge after listening to 6 CDs.

Re: CD player for 50 or more discs

FranandZoe — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 13:22:28 GMT

I have tons of albums and CDs too. We did get rid of 8-tracks and cassettes. I bought a new car recently and really miss having a CD player in it. Just can't be bothered uploading everything to my phone or a thumb drive. Good luck in your search!

Re: CD player for 50 or more discs

SilleeMee — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 13:30:49 GMT

I own a JVC 200-CD changer. These are no longer made but you can still buy them. Look for it on Amazon...there's one there. That JVC CD player is a very good one. Never had any problems with mine and I've had it for years. @Witchy Woman

Re: CD player for 50 or more discs

Nuttmeg — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 13:43:20 GMT

@Witchy Woman

I did a Google search and found a used Sony 200 disc CD changer listed on Ebay.You can still find 5 or 6 disc CD players.

I streamed my iTunes library with server software for 10 years. The backbone of this system was an internet radio. This technology was nice as long as it lasted. I miss my own library.

Today, I play Amazon Unlimited and Napster.

Re: CD player for 50 or more discs

Witchy Woman — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 14:25:37 GMT

Thanks for your responses.

The 200 CD changers offer great promise.

DH keeps saying we need to update, but, I'm not going to be the one to do it.

Truth be told, when he is NOT home, I rarely play music. Maybe I'm an oddball, but I like the house very quiet. Even if I turn on the TV, it is down extremely low.

He likes music playing when we are outside the house, but with winter coming, how much time will we be out there?

Re: CD player for 50 or more discs

hckynut — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 18:18:59 GMT

@Witchy Woman

I had a 300 CD player I lost in our basement sewage flood a few years ago. Best I could find was a 5 CD player Sony, which I bought. The morons that cleaned our basement not only mistakenly threw out my player, I had 300 of my best CD's in it.

I had just gotten out of the hospital and was too weak to go down into the basement. Getting down there was tough for me, getting up those stairs was harder for me than the two 26.2 mile marathons I ran. I am still po'd over that deal as I couldn't replace the player nor most of my favorite CD's.

Yep, technology moves on!

ETA: I did locate a couple 200 CD players, but obviously used, and they wanted over 1,000 bucks for them. Wasn't worth the risk to me because I had no idea if they even worked for these multiple play uses.

hckynut

Re: CD player for 50 or more discs

Witchy Woman — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 18:33:10 GMT

@hckynut

300!

Wow, that would be perfection. Not sure we even have 300 CDs anymore.

I would have been heartbroken at such a loss...but, I guess those cleaning out didn't see the value. Such a shame. The cost of replacing all of that would be daunting. If you were already sick, that just added to it, I'm sure.

While I do like some technology, I'm caught in a time warp with music. First, they took away our vinyl, now, they want us to stream or download or whatever.

No, and no

I'm looking at the 200 player mentioned above. If my husband agrees to it, I'm going with that.

I don't know why they stop making some things, but it's not always better!

Re: CD player for 50 or more discs

gardenman — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 11:48:15 GMT

Depending on how it broke, you might be able to get the old player repaired. If it's a common component that failed like a capacitor or resistor, getting it fixed would be fairly easy, assuming you found the right technician. If it was a specialized, unique chip that failed, then it would be more of a problem. If the failure was something mechanical, the right repair person with a 3D printer could make pretty much anything that broke if it couldn't just be patched.

Re: CD player for 50 or more discs

Witchy Woman — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 14:31:05 GMT

@gardenman

Thanks for your idea, but not sure it is worth fixing at this point.

My husband bought it used and we've had it for close to 10 years I think. So, it doesn't owe us anything.

He's going to be in charge of finding something new because he's the only one that understands the requirements for our hookup.

I've turned over what I know to him, and he'll either do something or not

Re: CD player for 50 or more discs

gardenman — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 14:38:28 GMT

@Witchy Woman

Since you already have a stereo system, you might want to look at the Echo Input. It's a pretty neat little gadget that lets you turn your home stereo into an Echo and listen to Amazon Music, Pandora, iHeart Radio, etc. through your stereo system. It's on sale now for around $20. I've got one and it works pretty well.

Re: CD player for 50 or more discs

Mz iMac — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 22:48:56 GMT

@Witchy Woman Go to your local B&M BestBuy or any B&M store that sells electronics. If there are a lot of them in your area, call them. Will save you a trip.

Not everything in stock is listed online.

Re: CD player for 50 or more discs

patbz — Sat, 12 Oct 2019 21:05:01 GMT

Years ago we downloaded all our CDs to iTunes and put everything on an ipod; that served us for years until we switched to Echo and Amazon's (free) music service.

Re: CD player for 50 or more discs

Nuttmeg — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 12:25:56 GMT

@patbz wrote:
Years ago we downloaded all our CDs to iTunes and put everything on an ipod; that served us for years until we switched to Echo and Amazon's (free) music service.

Amazon offers unlimited prime music for Echo devices for $3.99 a month. The free service has 2 million songs and the paid version has 50 million.

Amazon may have some good promotions for Prime members during the holiday season.

Re: CD player for 50 or more discs

tampalady — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 11:38:02 GMT

Our Bose changer just broke and we found a changer at Best Buys..on website...store actually ordered for us and sent to store. Name is ONKYO....it has 6 slots for CDs to use.

Good Luck on your search, my husband was determined to find something that would work with our Bose and he did.

Re: CD player for 50 or more discs

juperier3 — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 23:00:40 GMT

I'm just now kicking myself for getting rid of the 6-disc changer I got rid of about a year ago. I figured I had enough dvd players. But being able to play a group of cds definitely has it's advantages. I have way more than 300 cds. A lot of them are long out of print.

My guess is that cds will be the next audio media to make a comeback. Vinyl sure has. And I guess cassettes are now making a comeback too.