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's EC Play is understated, yet offers loads of features and tools that defy its retro looks.

A decade ago I was moderately surprised to find that companies like Sony were showing off portable music players at CES, because I figured most people had moved on to using smartphones to listen to ...

Coming this fall for $179, FiiO’s first-ever portable CD player supports Bluetooth, balanced headphone-out, and USB digital audio playback. FiiO is turning back the clock on portable audio playback ...

The FiiO DM13 is probably the fists high-end portable CD player to be launched in more than a decade or two. Recently, audio brand FiiO announced a see-through Walkman-style cassette player. The ...

Once upon a time portable cassette players like the Sony Walkman revolutionized the way people listened to music, by introducing the concept of carrying your music with you and listening privately on ...

The new FiiO DM15 R2R is a new next-generation portable CD player that is designed to redefine what a portable CD player can do with Bluetooth streaming, CD ripping and DAC duties. Hardly a week seems ...

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In a nutshell: Sony isn't the only company reviving retro-inspired gadgets. Japanese electronics maker Maxell has introduced a new portable cassette player that blends old-school tape playback with ...

Shanling has been making CD players for the last three decades, and, judging by its recent releases, it doesn’t appear to be stopping anytime soon. In the last several months, the Chinese hi-fi ...

Last year, Fiio introduced the DM13, a portable CD player with modern features (such as USB-C charging and built-in Bluetooth) and priced at $150, making it a relatively affordable excuse to revisit ...