Shanling will be demonstrating two disc players, DAC/Headphone Amp, DAC/Streamer, and HW-600 open-back headphones at High END. At $2,399, the Shanling ONIX Zenith XST20 SACD/CD Transport is here to ...

I turned to my old CD player. It is a Sony HCD-EH15 without speakers attached, which I use to play my CDs and listen to using a pair of Focal Elegia wired headphones. I love the sound of CDs ...

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Who would’ve thought that in 2025, there would still be new vehicles being sold with CD players? Well, we checked, and our research shows that there are just four of them left. We get that if ...

If you have a big CD collection and want to listen on the go, you might still be rocking your old Sony Discman or Walkman, or a similar device from another manufacturer. These portable players ...

Dubbed MusicFrame M1, the sleek transparent CD player doubles as an art piece, blending the functionality of a CD player with the aesthetic of a photo frame. Recently launched on Kickstarter, the ...

Early CD players, like this top-loading Sony D-50, didn’t use caddies. Credit: Binarysequence, CC BY-SA 4.0 The Compact Disc, as developed by Phillips and Sony, was first released in 1982.

We've picked out a selection of excellent discounted CD players that are still on sale - but these discounts could end at any moment When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Those of us driving cars built before 2015-ish may also enjoy the simple pleasures of a CD player, as the feature was largely omitted after that. I, personally, thought compact disc players weren ...

Last year was the first time since 2016 that the What Hi-Fi? Awards’ CD category included anything other than Marantz’s entry-level and Cyrus’s flagship players. Indeed, Arcam entered the fray with a ...

ROME, N.Y. -- Today marks National CD Player Day, and an interesting fact is that the inventor of CD-ROM technology was from Rome. John Dove was born on June 4, 1924, in North Carolina. After serving ...

Rotel is expanding its line-up of Michi-branded high-end electronics. The incoming Q5 is a large CD player/transport and DAC whose disc mechanism is spring-mounted. But it isn’t a slot-loader or a ...