Discmans are back, baby!
Fiio
Vinyl is expensive and not portable.
New cassette decks use cheap, bad parts.
It’s not going to fit in your pocket, but don’t you just want one anyway?.Fiio
Now we’re talking.
Fiio’s newDM13 portable CD playeris a Discman for the 2020s.
It’s retro, but not too retro.
Take it for a walk, man.Fiio
CDs don’t require an internet connection and offer a nostalgic[…] experience."
CD Baby
Of all the physical music formats, CDs are easily the most practical.
you might buy brand-new CD players today at both the budget and audiophile ends of the market.
Colors are coming later.Fiio
Pretty great for homemade mix “tapes.”
Let’s Get Physical
So why go for a physical format?
Aren’t they impractical?
Doesn’t one CD cost more than an entire month of streaming on Tidal or Spotify?
Yes, to all of those.
But physical formats have advantages.
One is that they don’t disappear on you.
So, you own it.
Cassettes are cooler and smaller than CDs.
But the part I like most about thisnew Fiio playeris that it is equally at home.
