All your music - This stylish micro system ... CD player can read MP3 CDs and recorded CDs. Bass-reflex loudspeakers. Richer low tones - These bookshelf-style loudspeakers give you clear sound ...

In an age of streaming media it’s easy to forget the audio CD, but they still remain as a physical format from the days when the “Play” button was not yet the “Pay” button. A CD player ...

making your journey to audio nirvana much easier. The hi-fi system is an eclectic category that varies wildly in form factors, features and, of course, prices. There are all-in-one microsystems ...

When playing audio CDs, CD-ROM drives output analog sound to both a headphone jack and external connector just like a CD player. This method is still the way audio CDs are played on a computer ...

One final option is to buy a portable CD player and connect it to your new car’s entertainment system (most have either a USB or 3.5mm audio input). This isn’t without issues, though, and even on the ...

However, the Japanese audio giant will charge approximately ten times for its super high-fidelity NW-WM1ZM2 model, competing with the likes of South Korea’s Astell&Kern for a small but lucrative ...

First appearing in the mid-90s, the ESP (Electronic Skip Protection or Electronic Shock Protection) button enabled a data buffering feature on portable CD players to help prevent audio playback ...

What Hi-Fi?, founded in 1976, is the world's leading independent guide to buying and owning hi-fi and home entertainment products. Our comprehensive tests help you buy the very best for your money, ...

CD players, or other portable audio devices. Bonus points if it's one you used in the 2000s, keep the e-waste to a minimum. I can understand why this might not be an appealing idea for many ...

A surround sound system with a height layer. The Immersive Sound designation was coined by Auro-3D creator Wilfried Van Baelen and adopted by the Society of Motion Picture and TV Engineers (SMPTE).

Most of this is dubious, at best, but [Techmoan] brings up something we must have missed back in the day: shaving CDs with a gadget that was marketed as the “CD Sound Improver.” The theory is ...