I stored all my CDs in FLAC format on a portable computer hard drive. FLAC is lossless (no data compression, no lost data- it's as it was from the original distribution), just as a CD is lossless. If I want any of that music at CD quality on my "smart" phone I just copy it (ftp). Many of the newer stereo head units can do lossless (from other than CDs): the unit I got for my Kioti, which does bluetooth (how I play my own music), is able to play FLAC file format.
Anything that's lossless is original. One can generate most any other format from it, and any formats that come out in the future should be convertable to from your "original" source. For now I just got with MP3 (space) because I'm out banging in the tractor, and with the noises from tractoring, and the not-so-high-end stock speakers, I'm unlikely to be able to tell lower fidelity anyways.
Car is another matter. The cars I drive are still rather behind times
but I'm aiming to rectify that.
I'm not going to give up my CDs, but, digitizing them and using from some other media means I won't be scratching my CDs. I've worn out a couple of CDs: it happens.
Ha ha... with bluetooth in my tractor and a bluetooth speaker I have in my shop I can go from outside in my tractor, with the music playing over the tractor's speakers, to my shop and the speaker there will resume playing! It's like you're walking around and the music follows you! Was kind of weird when I first experienced it.
