For quality purposes, some people prefer to use home audio CD players over streaming to listen to their favorite tunes.

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The FiiO DM15 R2R CD Player is a brand NEW cd player for all your physical music CDs. Could it be worth the cash to go back ...

Which home audio CD player is best? In today’s fast-moving streaming-first world, it can be hard to comprehend still using physical music media. What many people don’t realize is that you pay in audio ...

Technics has a pricey new music maker that lets audiophiles who treasure tube amps and floor-standing tower speakers keep the analog faith and still embrace the best of today’s digital media. Seen, ...

If you were wondering if people still buy CD players, McIntosh just pulled back the curtains on a mighty player built for CDs and high-res streaming. During our tour of the WoM (World of McIntosh) ...

Japanese audio equipment brand Technics has unveiled the SL-G700M2, a successor to the SL-G700 network/super audio CD player. Available in black and silver, the SL-G700M2 is a multi-digital player ...

The renowned hi-fi company isn’t giving up on physical media. Far from it. If you buy from a link, we may earn a commission. Learn more It’s a good time to be a CD fan, as the tail end of 2025 has ...

A CD-ROM drive can be used as a stand-alone unit for playing digital audio CDs without interfacing with a computer. The stereo output of CD player available at the audio jack can be amplified using ...

Portable audio should by all rights by extinct, such is the ubiquity and ease of streaming music and podcasts from one’s smart device. Yet scan through the list of manufacturers supplying pocketable ...

On October 1, 1982, Sony ignited a digital audio revolution with the release of the world’s first commercial compact disc player, the CDP-101 (above), in Japan. It signaled the dawn of a new audio ...

After hearing reports of his own demise, Mark Twain is known to have remarked that such rumors were “highly exaggerated.” So too are the claims by music streaming champions that “the CD is dead.” Many ...