Portable CD players are back and now work with wireless headphones
Portable CD players are back and now work with wireless headphones
It’s time to dust off those old CD binders.
It’s time to dust off those old CD binders.
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It's not a bad idea if you have a good library, but $180 is crazy
It's got a balanced headphone output, so they are obviously targeting the audiophile market.
I don't know why anyone would want to use a portable CD player though. They scratch up your discs and skip if you move around too much.
What would a balanced output do for the 3 feet of cable that will most likely be connected to it? I mean sure, put it in if you can't help it, but even though it's a portable player, no one is gonna take that to the next motor fab where it would benefit from a balanced output, and at home an audiophile most likely already has a better player around.
And yes you're right - the whole idea is nonsense to begin with. CDs have always been fully digital, so better listening options exist.
A balanced output will have less crosstalk between the channels. I've never used balanced headphones, so I don't know if it's noticeable. My guess is the only really noticeable thing is that the higher output voltage swing from the differential amplifiers will make high impedance headphones louder.
I have a bunch of audio equipment in a studio and do run some balanced lines to stuff that requires longer cable lengths that are in proximity of unrelated, noisy devices (e. g. digital stuff).
Can't say I can tell any difference for headphones.
Why not just rip your CDs and play them on a DAP?