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Discman-like FiiO DM13 may reginite your love for CDs
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While vinyl records are all the rage and casettes are enjoying a rebirth, the compact disc – the best-sounding physical media humans have ever created – doesn’t get all that much love.
FiiO wants to change all that by rebirthing a portable CD player akin to the classicSony Discmanplayers of the nineties and noughties. And it’s got a Gen-Z nostaglia for things they didn’t experience purchase written all over it.
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The forthcoming FiiO DM13 – the company’s first personal CD players announced this week – is a follow up to theequally fanciable CP13 cassette playerthe specialised audio company launced at CES 2024.
However, this is far from just a remake of a product from yesteryear, it’s got some important upgrades. Firstly, there’saptXHD Bluetooth, meaning you can enjoy something approaching CD-quality, high resolution audio wirelessly.
For the real deal, there are 3.5mm and 4.4mm headphones jacks so you can use your best set of wired earphones to listen the best-sounding physical media out there, as well as your favourites speakers via SPDIF or USB. The attractive player, also plays digital files like FLAC, WAV, AAC and MP3.
You won’t need a significant stockpile of AA batteries either, thanks to the eight hours of battery life and ability to connect to the mains to play your compact discs.
Key features are listed by the company as follows:
It’s coming out in September in silver, red, blue, black and titanium and will cost £179 in the UK and $179 in the United States.
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Chris Smith is a freelance technology journalist for a host of UK tech publications, including Trusted Reviews. He’s based in South Florida, USA. …
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