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What Hi-Fi? Awards 2025: new faces meet old favourites as five-star CD players keep the humble disc alive and kicking

Once again, our go-to choice as the most affordable winner in What Hi-Fi? ’s best CD players category is the Marantz CD6007, ...
ecoustics

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 ...
ecoustics

Nostalgia Tech Returns: Gen X Leads Revival of CD Players, Walkmans, and Retro Cameras — because streaming feels like eating soup with a fork.

Gen X drives the vintage tech revival with CD players, Walkmans, and retro cameras—because streaming feels like shouting into a void. Discover why owning physical media is making a serious comeback.
Ars Technica

MD vs portable CD players: Sound quality??

Alright, I'm seriously considering getting a portable MD player/recorder and getting rid of my portable MP3 CDP and an older philips discman (which I love as long as I don't listen too closely). Both ...