[SamAdams76]

I have a CD player in my 2014 car but it is still a virgin. Must easier to stream my playlists over the Bluetooth or just hit Shuffle on my music library. The compact disc format is quickly going the way of the 8-track. Just too cumbersome to deal with those cracked jewel cases and the crappy "eco-friendly" cardboard sleeves. Vinyl LPs are not so much making a comeback, it's just that CDs are fading away.

I also hear my car is capable of receiving AM/FM stations. If any still exist. Now I grew up with the "Big 68" in Boston - WRKO - when they played Top 40 radio on the AM band. I used to listen to Casey Kasem run down the Top 40 every Sunday. Good memories of a much more innocent time. In fact this morning, I just heard "Beach Baby" by First Class. That jogged some memories.

[Olog-hai]

I recall hearing that once CDs were phased out, their prices would drop to the level of vinyl records; back then, most new record albums were around $9 ($20 in 2019 dollars) while a new CD was over $15 (almost $34 in 2019 dollars). The vinyl went away, but the CDs stayed around the $15 level (even reissues of old albums) until the mid-2000s when I started seeing them for $7.99, and of late I’ve seen them as low as $4 (which would be $1.83 back in 1987).

[YogicCowboy]

They exist. I listen to certain college stations. They play indie music I would never otherwise discover, some of which has influenced me as both an audiophile and a composer.