The Innioasis Y1 is quite the potent piece of nostalgia. I vividly remember getting my first Apple iPod on Christmas 2006 and proceeding to spend the day ripping every angsty CD in teenage me’s ...

After Subaru redesigned the Outback in 2025, and Lexus updated the IS and discontinued the RC, the automotive market put an end to an era: There now are no new cars sold with a CD player from the ...

Does your station have an old Denon CD player in your storage closet? Here’s a way to repurpose it. Frank Hertel of Hertel Engineering reports that many Denon players have simple remote control ...

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 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. How we listen to music and enjoy media in general has changed radically over the past few years with the growing dominance of streaming.

Microsoft has quietly removed support for one of the oldest features in its media player, directly affecting users who still use physical discs on their computers. Without any prior notice, the tools ...

The digital era has reigned for a long time already, but in recent years, many brands and companies have developed modern retro technology, including the resurrection of MP3 players. MP3 players ...

You're probably familiar with the vinyl resurgence. The trend, which has been happening for years now, sees a new generation becoming acquainted with vinyl records, as well as record players or ...

The new FiiO DM15 R2R is a new next-generation portable CD player that is designed to redefine what a portable CD player can do with Bluetooth streaming, CD ripping and DAC duties. Hardly a week seems ...

What’s happened? PlayStation 5 was never meant to be a regular CD player. Sony intentionally disabled CD support on both the PS4 and PS5, so inserting a standard CD into the console simply doesn’t ...

Shanling is doing its best to keep CD fans happy. In the past several months, the well-known Chinese hi-fi manufacturer has released an affordable home CD player, the CD80 II ($349), as well as a ...

A recent Wall Street Journal feature touted new interest in CDs and portable players among young people. The trend is largely explained as an embrace of less-complicated tech that’s also fueling a ...