However, the standout trend for 2025 is that many CD players now include digital inputs, allowing them to serve as DACs for our streaming devices. In this list, that’s the bigger Shanling, the Rotel, ...

Mixx Audio Analog Plus is a 2-In-1 vinyl record and CD player that fuses wireless audio playing options for musical nirvana.

There are many of you reading this who still have a lot of love for CDs. We certainly do. If you don't find streaming to be sonically satisfying and haven't been swept up by the vinyl revival, then ...

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 ...

It’s been a big few days for CD fans. Just last week, Onkyo revealed that it’s adding an all-new CD player to its upcoming Icon Series of hi-fi components (scheduled to be released this fall). And now ...

FiiO equips the Snowsky Disc with dual headphone outputs, including a 3.5mm single-ended jack and a 4.4mm balanced output.

There was a time when the best CD players category was in danger of going slightly stagnant. Perhaps the best way to think of the CD Awards category is one of peaks and troughs, or indeed stops and ...