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This Affordable Portable CD Player Is Another Big Win for Physical Media Fans

In the past several months, the well-known Chinese hi-fi manufacturer has released an affordable home CD player, the CD80 II ...

Is this the portable CD player that'll get you to swap from streaming? It's stylish, it supports aptX, and it's even a Hi-Res USB-C DAC

With multiple outputs and USB-C input, the ECZero AKM can rip your CDs in real time to USB storage, transmit music to your ...

Someone Made the Ultimate Portable CD Player, and I Need It Right Now

It has two headphone jacks, rips CDs in real time, and supports hi-fi wireless audio.
The New York Times

The Best Portable CD Player

We independently review everything we recommend. We may get paid to link out to retailer sites, and when you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Brent Butterworth Brent ...
eCoustics

Shanling’s ECZero AKM Portable CD Player Swaps DAC, Costs Less

For $319, Shanling’s ECZero AKM delivers high-quality headphone listening, Bluetooth streaming to wireless headphones or speakers, and CD ripping—all in a sleek portable design.

This ultimate portable CD player brings back everything we love, and more

The EC Zero AKM Portable CD Player is, at its heart, a portable optical disc player. It features an AKM AK4493S DAC for smooth and natural ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

RETRO TECH: Portable CD players took the world by storm in 1986

In a year poised for portable tunes, the compact disc became readily available in 1986. The first iterations weren’t cheap though.One reporter visited a tech show in 1986 and explored the new ...