Shanling EC Play gives CDs a Gen Z reboot with Bluetooth 6.0, USB DAC support, balanced output, and a $199 price. Is this Discman war real? Shanling has launched the EC Play portable CD player, a ...

KM5 CP2 brings Bluetooth playback, wall-mount options and Turntable Lab availability to the resurgence of tactile compact ...

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 ...

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.

At $269, FiiO’s DM15 R2R portable CD player debuts with an in-house DAC, balanced and single-ended headphone outputs, Bluetooth transmit mode, and a high-voltage amp stage which brings real modern ...

Much like how Millennials brought back a love of vinyl over a decade ago to record shops, Gen-Z seems to be obsessed with bringing back CDs in a big way. Call it nostalgia, call it frustration with ...

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AXPONA Audio Show and Technics SL-50C turntable savings: I just returned from the 2026 AXPONA show and saw lots of amazing gear, much of it priced well into the six-figure range. It’s fun to see and ...

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 ...

The convenience of streaming music is unmatched, but in my opinion, it’s missing the intentionality that comes with physical media. My aunt passed her Sony CMT-NE3 CD player down to me as a kid, and ...