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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 ...

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 ...