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This Affordable Portable CD Player Is Another Big Win for Physical Media Fans

In the past several months, the well-known Chinese hi-fi manufacturer has released an affordable home CD player, the CD80 II ...

Someone Made the Ultimate Portable CD Player, and I Need It Right Now

It has two headphone jacks, rips CDs in real time, and supports hi-fi wireless audio.

Is this the portable CD player that'll get you to swap from streaming? It's stylish, it supports aptX, and it's even a Hi-Res USB-C DAC

A CD player with aptX Adaptive and a Hi-Res Audio DAC A cheaper version of one that had a tube amp(!) built in too $319 ...
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Why Did They Stop Putting CD Players In New Cars?

Since the mid-2010s, fewer and fewer new cars have been decked out with CD players. In-dash stereos are instead usually equipped with the long-standing car radio and some kind of media playback option ...
The Drive

These Are the Last Four Cars With CD Players in 2025

A friend of mine named Mark recently bought a new car, and there was one feature he was lamenting about not being a thing anymore: a CD player. The year is 2025, and turns out he was wrong. Over the ...
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Portable CD Players Are Back—Because Cell Service in the Balkans Sucks and So Does Spotify’s Bitrate

Portable CD players are back, but with better sound, Bluetooth, and DACs. FiiO and Shanling are leading the charge in 2025’s retro revival. Staring out over the balcony at the Adriatic, feeling every ...