The list below includes both fully integrated CD players, which have a digital-to-analogue converter built in, and CD transports, which can only read the data on the disc and require an external DAC to work. If you want to give your CD collection a fresh spin and are looking for the best disc player to buy, you'll find multiple suggestions for both here, from budget to high-end recommendations. This Marantz model has been around in various guises for a long time, and remains the best budget option at this price.

As well as the coaxial and optical inputs, the M3scd also feature an asynchronous USB interface. This type of USB interface is the best for computer audio as it bypasses your computer's built-in soundcard and instead utilises the high quality 24-bit DAC built into the M3scd. With the CD player effectively controlling the output from your computer, it delivers audio from your computer to its highest potential. Bosch, Xavier (2001). "Fungus eats CD". Nature. doi: 10.1038/news010628-11. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013.

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IEC 60908 Audio recording - Compact disc digital audio system". Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Understanding CD-R & CD-RW". Osta.org. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013 . Retrieved 25 July 2013. Super Audio CD (SACD) is a high-resolution, read-only optical audio disc format that was designed to provide higher-fidelity digital audio reproduction than the Red Book. Introduced in 1999, it was developed by Sony and Philips, the same companies that created the Red Book. SACD was in a format war with DVD-Audio, but neither has replaced audio CDs. The SACD standard is referred to as the Scarlet Book standard. CD + Extended Graphics (CD+EG, also known as CD+XG) is an improved variant of the Compact Disc + Graphics (CD+G) format. Like CD+G, CD+EG uses basic CD-ROM features to display text and video information in addition to the music being played. This extra data is stored in subcode channels R-W. Very few, if any, CD+EG discs have been published. Amy HarmonPublished: 12 October 2003 (12 October 2003). "MUSIC; What Price Music?". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 12 May 2013 . Retrieved 25 July 2013. {{ cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link)

The official Philips history says the capacity was specified by Sony executive Norio Ohga to be able to contain the entirety of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on one disc. [17] Kees Schouhamer Immink received a personal technical Emmy award for his contributions to the coding technologies of the Compact Disc, DVD, and Blu-ray disc. Campaign For Digital Rights (5 December 2001). "Copy Protected CDs (via Archive.org)". Archived from the original on 5 December 2001. Compact Disc Hits 25th birthday". BBC News. 17 August 2007. Archived from the original on 18 February 2010 . Retrieved 1 December 2009. Sharpless, Graham (July 2003). "Introduction to CD and CD-ROM" (PDF). Deluxe Global Media Services Ltd. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2016 . Retrieved 3 May 2016.

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CD-R recordings are designed to be permanent. Over time, the dye's physical characteristics may change causing read errors and data loss until the reading device cannot recover with error correction methods. Errors can be predicted using surface error scanning. The design life is from 20 to 100 years, depending on the quality of the discs, the quality of the writing drive, and storage conditions. [24] Testing has demonstrated such degradation of some discs in as little as 18 months under normal storage conditions. [25] [26] This failure is known as disc rot, for which there are several, mostly environmental, reasons. [27] ISO/IEC 10149 Information technology -- Data interchange on read-only 120 mm optical data disks (CD-ROM)". Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Compact Disc + Graphics is a special audio compact disc that contains graphics data in addition to the audio data on the disc. The disc can be played on a regular audio CD player, but when played on a special CD+G player, it can output a graphics signal (typically, the CD+G player is hooked up to a television set or a computer monitor); these graphics are almost exclusively used to display lyrics on a television set for karaoke performers to sing along with. The CD+G format takes advantage of the channels R through W. These six bits store the graphics information. IEC 60908:1999 | IEC Webstore". webstore.iec.ch. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016 . Retrieved 9 July 2020.

We are always impartial in our testing and ensure we hear every CD player at its optimum – connected to the appropriate kit and placed on a sturdy and level surface. We'll use them in their best use case with different partnering amplifiers and speakers, as well as play plenty of discs in different genres of music through them. Naturally, we give them plenty of listening time (and time to run in) too. Compact disc ( CD): CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, 5.1 Music Disc, Super Audio CD ( SACD), Photo CD, CD Video ( CDV), Video CD ( VCD), Super Video CD ( SVCD), CD+G, CD-Text, CD-ROM XA, CD-i, MIL-CD, Mini CD

DVD: DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DS, DVD+R DS, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, DVD-D, DVD-A, DVD-Video, HVD, EcoDisc, MiniDVD Standard CDs have a diameter of 120 millimetres (4.7in) and are designed to hold up to 74 minutes of uncompressed stereo digital audio or about 650 MiB of data. Capacity is routinely extended to 80 minutes and 700 MiB by arranging data more closely on the same-sized disc. The Mini CD has various diameters ranging from 60 to 80 millimetres (2.4 to 3.1in); they are sometimes used for CD singles, storing up to 24 minutes of audio, or delivering device drivers. Those who already own an amplifier and have more to spend should consider the Technics SL-G7000M2 as well.

It’s an expressive and punchy performer that builds its performance around a solid framework of surefooted rhythmic drive and expressive dynamics. Detail levels are good, but it is the confident way this unit organises that information into a cohesive and musical whole that really impresses. a b Andy McFadden (8 August 2007). "CD-Recordable FAQ". Archived from the original on 20 September 2007 . Retrieved 20 September 2007.Sony chairman credited with developing CDs dies", Fox News, 24 April 2011, archived from the original on 21 May 2013 , retrieved 14 October 2012