In-car radio was the only real way of listening to music in the car until the late 1960s The in-car vinyl record player never really took off... The first in-car cassette deck landed in 1968; the last ...

On October 1, 1982, the first commercial compact disc, Billy Joel’s “52nd Street,” was released in Japan. In the 30 years since, hundreds of billions of CDs have been sold, Joel has stopped recording ...

It’s still possible to buy a decent compact disc player for not too much money and this Yamaha model that I’ve just added to my system is one of a kind. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The ...

On the afternoon of October 1, 1982, Sony introduced a new home stereo gizmo: the world’s first compact disc player. They called it the CDP-101. Weird name, that. But if you take it apart, it actually ...

Marantz's new CD6005 Hi-Fi Compact Disc Player is a $499 CD player that boasts high-quality components dedicated to getting the best possible sound out of your CD collection.

The very first automotive compact disc player — the Pioneer CDX-1 — launched in 1984, but it wasn't until a few years later that you could purchase a new car with a factory-equipped unit. At the time, ...

Thirty years ago today, Sony’s CDP-101 compact disc player went on sale in Japan. According to Benj Edwards at TechHive, the CDP-101 retailed for the equivalent of around $674, which today would be ...

Parasound introduced the versatile Zcd Compact Disc Player which provides high-performance CD sound, plus USB, and preamplifier features in a half-width sized rack mountable component. The Zcd has a ...

Parasound teams with Holm Acoustics to deliver a radically different approach to extracting the best possible sound from a Compact Disc Parasound introduced the Halo CD 1, which uses a new CD playback ...

With millions of used discs out there from just a few pence, and plenty of new releases, the compact disc is undergoing something of a revival, but who makes the best CD players for realistic money?