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Goldnote CD-10 CD Player – First Look All Image Credit: Goldnote Joining their 10 Series, Goldnote have just released the compact CD-10, a high-end CD transport with integrated D/A converter. Measuring just 80 x 200 x 260mm (HxWxD) it is designed to sit amongst the Italian brand’s 10-series products. This […]

Goldnote CD-10 CD Player – First Look

March 27, 2024 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged CD Player / CD Transport / CD-10 / DAC / Goldnote by fromvinyltoplastic

Exposure 3510 CD Player – Quick Look All Image Credit: Exposure Electronics Celebrating 50 years in the business, Exposure Electronics has just announced the release of the 3510 top loading CD player that completes the 3510 family of hi-fi products. Clearly, despite the lack luster sales of CD media there […]

Exposure 3510 CD Player – Quick Look

February 26, 2024 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 3510 / CD Player / Exposure Electronics by fromvinyltoplastic

Shanling Releases SCD1.3 SACD/CD Player All Image Credit: Shanling Earlier this year Shanling released the high end CD-T35 CD player and streamer and has now followed that up with an affordable SACD player that is also a DAC, or is it the other way around? This new DAC/player supports local […]

Shanling Releases SCD1.3 SACD/CD Player

January 22, 2024 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged CD Player / DAC / SACD Player / SCD1.3 / Shanling / Streaming DAC by fromvinyltoplastic

Shanling Announces The CD-T35 CD Player And Streamer All Image Credit: Shanling Shanling was founded in 1988 and returns to the very high-end CD player market since its release in 2004 of its first luxury model the CD-T300. This latest model, the CD-T35, retains the CD-T300’s three-legged design and tubed […]

Shanling Announces The CD-T35 CD Player And Streamer

January 9, 2024 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged CD Player / CD-T35 / Network Streamer / Shanling by fromvinyltoplastic

dCS Vivaldi Transport II – First look All Image Credit: dCS Despite the popularity of streaming, physical media still draws many audiophiles to its format, providing, as it does, some of the highest levels of audio quality. dCS, like several other high end audio manufactures, seem to agree with their […]

dCS Vivaldi Transport II – First look

November 1, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged CD Player / CD Transport / dCS / SACD Player / Vivaldi Transport II by fromvinyltoplastic

Marantz CD 50n CD Player & Streamer – Preview All Image Credit: Marantz Marantz have just announced their latest CD player, the Marantz CD 50n. What makes this player quite unique is the fact that it also comes with a HEOS-based hi-res-capable network streamer that supports Apple AirPlay 2 and […]

Marantz CD 50n CD Player & Streamer – Preview

October 25, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged CD Player / CD50n / Marantz / Network Player / Network Streamer / Streamer by fromvinyltoplastic

Arcam Announces Radia Series – Preview All Image Credit: Arcam UK audio company Arcam has just unveiled its latest audio line, the Radia Series. It includes; the Arcam A5, A15, and A25 integrated amplifiers, the Arcam CD5 CD player and Arcam ST5 high-resolution streamer. This new lineup boasts an industrial […]

Arcam Announces Radia Series – Preview

October 12, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged A15 / A25 / A5 / Arcam / CD Player / CD5 / Integrated Amplifier / Network Streamer / Radia / ST5 by fromvinyltoplastic

Rotel Readies A10MKII, A11MKII & CD11MKII CD player All Image Credit: Rotel Rotel, the Japanese audio equipment manufacturer, has unveiled three updated and enhanced models; the Rotel A10MKII Integrated Amplifier, Rotel A11MKII Integrated Amplifier and Rotel CD11MKII CD Player. All three are said to benefit from upgrades to critical components […]

Rotel Readies A10MKII, A11MKII & CD11MKII

July 28, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged A10MKII / A11MKII / CD Player / CD11MKII / Integrated Amplifier / Rotel by fromvinyltoplastic

Hegel Viking Reference CD Player – Preview All Image Credit: Hegel Norwegian audio specialists Hegel Music Systems have like others shown their continued support for the plastic CD format by announcing a new new CD player called Viking. Several years ago Hegel had to discontinue their Mohican CD player due […]

Hegel Viking Reference CD Player – Preview

June 27, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged CD Player / Hegel / Redbook / Reference / Viking by fromvinyltoplastic

Goldmund Announces Eidos SACD Player All Image Credit: Goldmund Luxury audio company Goldmund of Geneva, Switzerland continue to support the plastic SACD and CD formats with the release of their latest high-end and more “affordable” Eidos SACD CD player. Supporting a wide variety of available CD and DVD audio formats, […]

Goldmund Announces Eidos SACD Player

June 10, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged CD Player / Eidos / Goldmund / SACD Player / USB DAC by fromvinyltoplastic

Cambridge Audio Announces EVO CD Transport All Image Credit: Cambridge Audio Despite the overall continued growth of vinyl and the drop in sales of plastic, many audiophile manufacturers continue to support the CD formats releasing new players and transports like this Cambridge Audio EVO CD. I just wonder if the […]

Cambridge Audio Announces EVO CD Transport

May 19, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Cambridge Audio / CD Player / CD Transport / EVO CD by fromvinyltoplastic

Basement Bargains – My Used HT Equipment As the years have rolled by I have managed to collect a significant amount of well cared for equipment, vinyl and plastic that has been upgraded and is no longer required. So I have decided to offer this hardware and physical media to […]

Basement Bargains – My Used HT Equipment

April 10, 2023 in Basement Bargains - For Sale / Equipment / Movies SD, HD & 4K / Vinyl tagged Active HDMI Cable / AV Receiver / Basement Bargains / Cassette Deck / CD Player / Crestron / Equipment / Evertz 7700 Cards / HD Projector / HDMI Extender / Home theater equipment / Laser Discs / Pre-Owned / Subs / Surround Speakers / UPS by fromvinyltoplastic

Luxman Introduces D-07X CD/SACD Player & DAC All Image Credit: Luxman Luxman America, based in Ballston Spa, NY, was founded in 2017 as a subsidiary of Luxman Corporation of Yokohama, Japan. Luxman was among the world’s first consumer electronics companies being founded in 1925. The company is synonymous with timeless […]

Luxman Introduces D-07X CD/SACD Player & DAC

March 20, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged CD Player / D-07x / DAC / Digital Player / Luxman / SACD Player by fromvinyltoplastic

Denon DCD-1700NE CD/SACD Player Now Available All Image Credit: Denon Clearly Denon are reaffirming their commitment to that unbikqatous plastic disc and giving physical media an additional push with the release of the Denon DCD-1700NE CD/SACD player. The Denon DCD-1700NE incorporates Denon’s advanced AL32 Processing Plus algorithms, as well as […]

Denon DCD-1700NE CD/SACD Player Now Available

January 23, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged CD Player / DCD-1700NE / Denon / SACD Player by fromvinyltoplastic

Technics Grand Class SL-G700M2 – Quick Look All Image Credit: Technics With the imminent release of a MK2 version of its Grand Class SL-G700 it looks like Technics is not giving up on that silver plastic disc just yet. This second generation hybrid machine is said by Technics to […]

Technics Grand Class SL-G700M2 – Quick Look

October 10, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged CD Player / Networked / SACD Player / SL-G700M2 / Technics / USB DAC / Wireless by fromvinyltoplastic