km5’s Sp1 Speaker and Mp1 Mixer Give CD Listening a DJ-Style Twist
There’s something satisfying about choosing a CD, even if most of us have become accustomed to tapping a screen instead. The trouble is finding audio…
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Finally, a CD Player Gen Z Actually Wants to Own
It really warms my heart when I see Gen Z and Gen Alpha kids collecting physical media from their favorite artists. These are people who…
This CD Player Doesn’t Hide Its Mechanism, It Puts It on Display
If you think compact discs are a thing of the past, you probably haven’t been around a K-pop fan or a hoarder who still has…
This Clear Acrylic CD Player Turns Your Music Collection Into Kinetic Art
The iMac G3’s translucent Bondi Blue shell sold 800,000 units in its first five months, which was Apple’s way of proving that exposing a computer’s…
Your Dead Computer’s CD-ROM Drive Can Become a Real Audio Player Thanks To This Upcycled Project
Every household has one drawer nobody wants to open. It’s full of cables that match nothing, a phone charger for a handset you haven’t owned…
A BB Pod-Shaped CD Player Straight Out of Death Stranding
When Kojima Productions does something, it rarely feels like a simple product release. It feels like a statement. The new Instant Disc Audio Cp1 DEATH…
Streaming made music feel invisible. This $199 Portable CD player fixes that
Nobody really announced the CD comeback. It didn’t arrive with a glossy campaign or some grand industry reset. It just started happening quietly, then all…
Hiroshi Fujiwara reinterprets Bang & Olufsen’s iconic designs to redefine living room luxury in liquid black
Hiroshi Fujiwara has had his influence stamped in multifaceted spheres – Carrera Chronograph x Fragment Limited Edition and the MC20 Cielo Fuoriserie are some impressive…
The CD Player Is Back – And These 7 Designs Are Gorgeous
Streaming hasn’t killed physical media. It’s made us crave it more. CDs are back in rotation, showing up in record stores, apartments, and design studios…
km5’s Neon Yellow CD Player Just Made the Circuit Board the Star
Most brands spend their entire design budget hiding what’s inside a product. km5, the Tokyo audio label that’s been quietly rewriting how people think about…
MUJI-Meets-Cyberpunk Vinyl Record Player Glows Like an Ambient Light and Charges Wirelessly
Minimalism in product design has gotten boring. We’re swimming in smooth white rectangles, touch controls that offer zero feedback, and devices designed to vanish. Apple…
Bumpboxx BB-777 Plays Cassettes, CDs, Radio, and Bluetooth at 270W
Most portable speakers these days are designed to disappear. They’re compact, wireless, and largely anonymous, blending into whatever surface they rest on until a voice…
Your Unplayable CD Collection Just Got a $2,000 Solution
Remember when we all decided CDs were dead? When we shoved those jewel cases into storage bins and declared ourselves streaming converts, convinced that digital…
Fiio DM15 R2R CD Player fuels compact disk revival with modern day functionality
The music industry is in turmoil lately, as streaming services are seeing many musicians pull their music due to dismal royalty payments and AI-generated content…
Absurdist headphones come with their own CD player, remote, and shelf for storing discs.
We’ve seen weird gadgets, fancy wearables, and unbelievable designs all this long, but how far can one go with headphones? Apparently, to pretty out-of-the-box levels…
This Turntable for CDs is just pretentious in the most gorgeous way possible
Vivia is an innovative turntable concept designed specifically for Compact Discs, blending the charm of analog vinyl players with the convenience and clarity of CDs….