A few weeks after FiiO revealed the CP13, a new-age portable cassette tape player with a super-cool transparent design, the hi-fi maker is diving back into old-school physical-media players that are ...

A deep dive into two legendary 1990s CD players—the Copland CDA 288 and YBA CD1 Blue Laser. Vintage, overbuilt, and sonically elite, these eccentric European classics still rival modern digital ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Let’s look inside cassette and CD players that mix retro looks with modernized features. Let’s look inside ...

In a year poised for portable tunes, the compact disc became readily available in 1986. The first iterations weren’t cheap though.One reporter visited a tech show in 1986 and explored the new ...

At $359, the Shanling CD80 II combines hi-res CD / media playback, dual headphone amps, and Bluetooth for modern or vintage hi-fi setups. Why are CD players making a comeback? Unlike vinyl—where the ...

Popping a disc into a CD player was a luxury that '90s kids cherished. In fact, I still have my device from my childhood somewhere in my parents' home, along many burned CDs with songs I took from ...

Q: What CD player would you recommend for use in a high quality component stereo system that originally cost around $2,000? A: I have received several variations of this question lately. With the ...

Danish home soundsystem manufacturer Bang & Olufsen have unveiled a new CD player, set to retail for £45,000. The Beosystem 9000c is the latest in Bang & Olufsen’s Recreated Classics line, and is ...

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At the cutting edge of technology, CDs were new, exciting and easy to take on the go. At the cutting edge of technology, CDs were new, exciting and easy to take on the go. At the cutting edge of ...