Portable CD players are back and now work with wireless headphones

It’s clip to excavation retired those CD binders you refused to portion with. Fiio, a Chinese audio cogwheel maker, is releasing a $179 portable CD subordinate successful September that brings with it modern upgrades the Sony Discman ne'er had — including enactment for the wireless headphones that didn’t beryllium successful the Discman’s heyday.

Following vinyl’s resurgence successful popularity, request for audio cassettes and compact discs has increased successful caller years. At CES 2024, Fiio debuted the CP13, an upgraded portable cassette subordinate inspired by the iconic Sony Walkman. Half a twelvemonth later, the Fiio DM13 gives portable CD players a likewise modern facelift.

The astir invited upgrade connected the DM13 is simply a Bluetooth transportation supporting the aptX, aptX HD, aptX Low Latency, and SBC codecs allowing the subordinate to link to wireless headphones. For compact disc purists who don’t privation to taxable their ears to Bluetooth’s audio compression, the DM13 besides includes a modular 3.5mm headphone jack positive a 4.4mm balanced headphone connection.

A rechargeable artillery provides astir 8 hours of playback connected the go, but the DM13 tin besides beryllium integrated into a location stereo system. Analog, SPDIF, and USB audio connections are included, and the rechargeable artillery tin beryllium bypassed portion the CD subordinate is successful “desktop mode” and connected to a imperishable powerfulness source.

Electronic daze extortion tin beryllium activated to buffer euphony and forestall it from skipping portion the DM13 is carried around, but it isn’t constricted to lone playing CDs. It’s besides compatible with MP3, FLAC, WAV, AAC, and WMA audio files burned onto a CDR.

At launch, the Fiio DM13 volition lone beryllium disposable with a metallic finish, but 4 further colors volition beryllium introduced later, including red, blue, black, and titanium.