Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. The death of the CD has been predicted for some time now, ...
Look, it's not every day you get to listen to the all-new, just-unveiled elite Rotel Michi $6,999 / £5,500 CD player and transport DAC – and anyone who knows me knows I'm a sucker for the now ...
FiiO has been a nostalgic soul of late, having released a Walkman-inspired portable cassette player and a Discman-esque portable CD player into a world that waved goodbye to those audio devices many ...
Shanling’s EC Zero T brings hybrid tube/solid-state sound to a portable CD player with R2R DAC, Bluetooth 5.3, and high-end headphone amp—CDs just got cool again. For those of us who refuse to let ...
Canor's Gaia C2 is a high performance DAC with multiple tubes, an isolated power supply and extremely short signal paths. Unusually for a DAC, it also has a high precision CD drive. It does cost ...
Shanling has upgraded its CD80 CD player with a Mark II version. The CD80 II has balanced headphone sockets on the front and USB support to play Hi-Res Audio files, too. Shanling's new tray-loading CD ...