A CD changer is a fun and handy addition to your car stereo system, no matter how simple or sophisticated your system may be. You gain the benefit of having 6, 8, 10, or even 12 of your favorite CDs stored and ready to play with just a few button pushes. Some CD changers will even play MP3s, making it easy to add MP3 playback to your factory stereo!

Another great thing about a CD changer is that you can store your favorite discs in it, instead of letting them rattle around in the backseat or floorboard, where they inevitably get scratched up or sunburned. There's nothing worse than reaching for your favorite disc only to find it damaged beyond all playability. That, of course, assumes your factory stereo plays CDs to begin with.

And that brings us to the point of topic: adding a CD changer to your factory stereo. You have a car with a factory stereo and for whatever reason, you can't or don't want to change it. Perhaps you have a leased vehicle or you get the mom-mobile on the weekends. Maybe it's actually a decent factory stereo, but you just want to jazz things up a bit. Maybe you just want to keep the cassette player in the dash. (C'mon, I know you people are out there!)

Whatever the reason for maintaining the factory deck, you can still expand your listening options with a CD changer.