G30 LCI without CD player !

new5 · 04-09-2021, 03:09 AM

Hi,

It appears that USB drive has taken over the single CD player which G30 used to have. Mp3 sounds lose out to CDs, anyone has a good suggestion how to put back a CD player in a nice position ?

Which brand CD player can you recommend?

Thanks in advance..

LogicalApex · 04-10-2021, 12:50 AM

CD player was removed in MY2020+

Using a USB drive, iPod, Spotify, CarPlay, Bluetooth, etc is expected now.

I theory it could be added back as the drive is sold on the car in some countries. But likely not worth the hassle.

Lancelot · 04-11-2021, 12:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by new5

Hi,

It appears that USB drive has taken over the single CD player which G30 used to have. Mp3 sounds lose out to CDs, anyone has a good suggestion how to put back a CD player in a nice position ?

Which brand CD player can you recommend?

Thanks in advance..

Is there no option for flac or other lossless formats? Mp3 is crappy but is not the only format out there too

As for me i'm using HD streaming (Qobuz), there's Tidal too and more services are starting to offer "hd" (= at least CD quality)

AP · 04-11-2021, 01:31 AM

Just put .wav or lossless wma on a usb drive

Lossless wma will obviously maintain full cd quality and retains metadata images if that is of interest

Agree though it's a penny pinching excercise, maybe bmw feel cds are old fashioned? I disagree and they have a lot to offer , other than the sound quality, should last a lifetime

Rant coming up!,why is it that consumers typically always pick the worst technology standard?

Conventional tv versus trinitron
VHS versus Betamax
Type 1. Cassette versus type 2 or 4
MP3 versus cd
LCD versus plasma/ oled

paquet · 04-12-2021, 02:13 PM

there's FLAC support on USB for at least pre-LCI.
Is that not the case for LCI?

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AP Major General 2774 Rep 5,089 Posts Drives: G30 M550 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	Just put .wav or lossless wma on a usb drive Lossless wma will obviously maintain full cd quality and retains metadata images if that is of interest Agree though it's a penny pinching excercise, maybe bmw feel cds are old fashioned? I disagree and they have a lot to offer , other than the sound quality, should last a lifetime Rant coming up!,why is it that consumers typically always pick the worst technology standard? Conventional tv versus trinitron VHS versus Betamax Type 1. Cassette versus type 2 or 4 MP3 versus cd LCD versus plasma/ oled
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paquet Lieutenant 630 Rep 433 Posts Drives: 2019 540i M Sport etc Join Date: Sep 2020 Location: FL iTrader: (0)	there's FLAC support on USB for at least pre-LCI. Is that not the case for LCI?
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