If you were wondering if people still buy CD players, McIntosh just pulled back the curtains on a mighty player built for CDs and high-res streaming. During our tour of the WoM (World of McIntosh) ...

Krell announced its new Cipher SACD/CD player combining elegant industrial design with advanced the state of the art SACD/CD reproduction. Housed in a classic Krell machined aluminium cabinet and ...

The Denon DCD-1700NE is a high end CD/SACD player engineered to bring out the best possible sound from optical media. The death of physical media has been greatly exaggerated. Just look at how vinyl ...

You probably know that CDs are having a bit of a resurgence. It’s not nearly to the same level as vinyl, but CD sales increased last year for the first time in decades. And brands are taking notice.

Elegant, refined control system, very strong SACD performance and, in some ways, even more impressive as a CD player. In both cases, the sound is bold and well-defined, with high levels of detail ...

It will surprise many to find that this CD/SACD player merely represents the entry point into the company’s five-strong disc player range. The range-topper is an extravagant four-box affair with a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. The death of the CD has been predicted for some time now, ...

McIntosh has just launched the MCD12000, a new range-topping SACD/CD player that doubles as the company's "reference-level" DAC. The beefy spinner, which is based on two 32-bit/8-channel DACs (one for ...

Marantz is launching the SA-7S1, which promises to be the Dreadnought of Super Audio CD players. The gold-colored player’s main claim to fame is the built-in anti-vibration electronics (or so says the ...

If you want to hear how good digital audio can sound check out Oppo's latest universal Blu-ray player, the BDP-83. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...