CD and tape players used to get smaller every year. Here's why that's no longer the case.

In which Philips piles on the functionality without charging an arm and a leg –but is the Fidelio FT1 a music center for the 21st century?

The early 2000s were the halcyon days of physical media. While not as svelte as MP3 players became, why are those early 2000s machines smaller than all the new models popping up amidst the retro audio ...

The Envycloud Portable CD Player is just $34 for a limited time on Amazon. It's regularly $50, but right now you'll save 32%. Over 2,000 of these have been purchased in the past month, so make sure ...

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 ...

Which type of hi-fi component is better for your CDs and system?

Blu-ray Disc is poised to go mainstream in 2009–just as manufacturers start eliminating some of the more confusing points of differentiation among players, based on the products introduced at the ...

These days, a movie night usually involves cuddling up on the couch, turning on Netflix, and picking another rom-com movie from its list of never-ending shows. However, before the age of streaming ...

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 ...