I remember I got my very first CD player for Christmas from my mom back in 1997. I LOVED it!! She got me a CD player, a couple of CDs, a case for the CD player. I remember every Friday we would go to Sam Goody in the mall to get the latest CDs 😩😩 best memories with my mom ❤
I used to have a Sony D15 portable CD player in 1986-7-8 that was very similar to this. I set it on the dash of my car and used a cassette adapter to play it through my car system.
MP3 CD players were quite common in late 90's, and they all featured some volatile memory, when playing MP3s it was used to store full tracks of music without the necessity of spinning the disc, that was spun periodically just to read and buffer the track, since they had that amount of RAM they used it as well to "buffer" CD tracks, in the first seconds the CD spun fast to preload some 60 or 120 seconds of track, then the track was read from RAM and the CD continued to read some time ahead and had the time to correct an eventual loss of track, if it eventually ran out of buffer, (if the player was shaken for a long amount of time) it spun again at high speed and recouped the buffer, obviously they had the plus of reading CD-RW, so you could use them as a sort of iPod, some could even optionally be used with rechargeable batteries and had a switch to avoid trying to recharge alkaline batteries ;-D
I had one that played mp3 discs in the early 2000s too. It was great for traveling because you could just bring one disc and have hundreds of songs. It was less expensive than an ipod at the time.
I just got this CD player today. First portable CD player in many years. So far I very like it I put in Now that's what I call Music 11 and it plays it no issues and it looks very nice nicer than I thought. So far so good I'm enjoying my first portable CD in who knows how long and this is a massive upgrade compared to the one I had before
There are accessories you can connect to the audio jack and eventually connect to either Bluetooth headphones or speakers. Target might sell those. You should give it a shot!
They have a newer version that allows you to connect to Bluetooth now. Hold down and mode button. Also, you can eject the disc super easily if you push down the center.
rechargable batteries are good IF they are user replaceable....battery play times decrease as the battery ages...why throw away a perfectly good device just because the battery life is gone?
Portable CD players did have two jacks. One was for head phones and the other was like an Aux out so that you could hook it up to your stereo system and adjust the volume there.
@@Agamemnon2 I play two CDs a year if that. It's all about vinyl records for me. Vinyl records since the original wax cylinder in the late 1800s have outlasted every musical reproduction Source ever made. Last year the new vinyl records outsold CDs. CDs are dead and done and over with! I have about 700 CDs and they do their job. What's that you may ask ? Their job is to sit there and collect dust and take up space. Vinyl records are the best media to play music and get the truest reproduction. Unless of course you're using a Crosley or one of those other little novelty toy record players. Then you're doing yourself a serious Injustice! Unless you don't care how good music can really sound! You want to know how good music can really sound? Stop playing CDs add start playing vinyl records On a nice turntable. You don't have to spend a lot. You can get an Audio Technica turntable for under $200 or less and it will sound better than any CD player. I think Audio-Technica has a real nice small beginners turntable for around $100 and it's got USB and you can plug it into a nice pair of bluetooth speakers and you will be amazed! Vinyl records my friend!
Anti skip might be convenient but it often over compresses your music so it sounds like ass its one of the reasons i like players that let you defeat the anti skip
careful with ram based shock protection, often these units will use compression to get longer times. I've got an early 2000s cd walkman, comes with ESP, and the compression is audible. Most of the time though, the toggle to turn off the shock protection doesnt actually disable the protection, it simply disables the compression, and gives you a shorter ESP time. Even while hiking, an old chip of ram with no compression is more than enough to play even a scratched old cd-r reliably, assuming the batteries aren't getting flat. Plus, rechargable batteries in most old units will actually charge while the unit is on power, so you'll never have to open the battery compartment again. My own even has a power requirement within the range of USB, so I just found the right barrel jack to type a converter, and it runs out of anything. I even sometimes run it off my phone with an otg lead. The real selling point of your model to me is really the headphone splitter. And honestly, I'd rather find a unit with digital out, and get an external splitter.
Neat portable CD player, Recordology! However, I need to disagree with you regarding the rechargeable battery. I used to enjoy sitting out in the back-yard lawn-swing while sipping my Scotch-On-The-Rocks and enjoying my portable Sony CD player under the headphones. Let me tell you, though, there was nothing worse than just getting started and having the built-in rechargeable battery crap out on the spot. It took a good 4 hours to recharge the damned thing, so.... so much for cocktail hour and tunes. My current Sony portable CD player operates on one AA battery! If it should die in the middle of cocktail hour, I simply pop out the dead AA battery, insert a new one,.and VOILA -- I'm back in business! I buy my AA batteries in bulk at Sam's Club which last seemingly forever at a cost of next-to-nothing compared to over-priced batteries bought at a regular store. Just wanted to let you know that rechargeable batteries are time-consuming. And they also hold less and less of a charge as time goes on. BTW, you look good in orange!!!!
I agree with that. One of my portable dvd players no longer last like it use to and now needs to be charged twice or even 3 times when it would last up to 6 hours on a full charge it’s a SONY FX970 9 inch and the battery is built in to the unit and since it’s a old dvd player I can’t send it out for a battery replacement since it would cost more than what it’s worth and since it takes a special battery I just keep it and plug it in it only last about 2 hours before the low battery light starts flashing. I replaced that Sony with a new one but still il have the same issue with the new dvd player down the line.
I've been looking for a replacement for my old Sony Walkman that finally gave up. Nothing came even close until I saw your review on this. So glad you did. I'm ordering one. Thanks!
It's certainly a nice-looking player but it is a shame that they don't seem to be able to use dust-resistant materials. I thought the upper-string sound was a wee bit overbright, but not excessively so.
A non-removable battery, takes the device with it, when the battery dies. You can buy rechargeavle AA bstteries and swap thrm as they die, and recharge them externally.
I really like this player, the design alone is somewhat unique. As for the rechargeable battery i'm not really a fan of that. It'll be great in the early months/years of use but what about when it won't take any more charge?
That's a concern of mine too. Rather than a built-in rechargeable battery, I'd rather that you put in two standard rechargeable AA or AAA batteries (like nickle-metal hydride) that you can charge in the player. That way you can replace the batteries when they wear out. When I used a portable CD/MP3 player that's what I used. I'd carry two sets of spare rechargeable batteries so I'd always have fresh batteries when needed. The only disadvantage is that they had a shorter play time on a charge, about half of that of disposable alkaline batteries. I rarely had to buy new batteries, and in an emergency I can just buy a pair of disposable batteries that are available everywhere.
Hello Mr. Record-ology. Tell me why an in bound battery is a great feature? In my opinion this is the most "stupid" thing to do. Imagine you are in the middle of an audiobook or on your way to work, in the train... and then the battery runs low or even dies. Boum, you are screwed. In the first case you need to recharge, in the second you have discard the device. With AA accumulators this never happens. Only take a second pair of batteries with you, or at home charge the second set while you use the first one. This common solution is so much more comfortable. I think that an inbound battery is a huge step back into the direction of non -reusable devices, what we see more and more in electronics. Greetings F.
I just invested in new Lithium ion rechargeable AA's for my minidisc walkmans too they have the same capacity as lithium ion energizers but can be recharged up to 500 times before replacing.
I just bought this. Great looking machine with lots of features, but I’m really not happy with the sound. Maybe my unit is defective, but it emits a light hissing sound intermittently, which I can hear even when using earbuds. And even when it’s not hissing, it sounds a bit like fuzzy a.m. radio. Will unfortunately be returning it. My search for a new portable player continues…
Unfortunately this CD player seems like it’s junk, atleast the one I have. Hiss and static noise in the background most of the time, random poping noises. It won’t read some of the songs properly on a given disc. This is all happening while the player is sitting flat on a table and I’m not moving it… it’s not even usable.
Beautiful design but What would've made this modern made device more appealing is a Bluetooth feature. But there are plenty of accessories available to make that happen..
The Battery life is a huge plus on this product..Nice video.....Sounds amazing !!!!,and the feature where the disc stops and music continues is great...Cheers Ade
7:57, what do you mean man? my sony discman which uses two conventional AA batteries, can recharge them into the discman. You connetct the unit to the power supply (4.5v 500ma) press the stop button and the recharge begins. The mini disc units had that feature first. My mz-r37 also uses 2 aa batteries and you can recharge them inside the mini disc. All you have to do is use rechargable batteries and your all set. The only downside to this is that you can't use everyday cell-phone charger but the dedicated power supply they had inside their box.
Where do you find this stuff? It's like when I watch your videos and you have all this stuff and I never heard of it before and I never imagine ever hearing of it at all. Where do you tap into all this stuff? I think you just wake up in the morning and walk out your kitchen and boom! There's just this box with this thing inside of it but you just can't wait to open up and see what's inside and then see how inefficient the thing is in the long run!😎
Those kids that are shown in the commercial towards the end of the video would wreck that mini CD player in no less than 3.5 mins max just trying to figure out what the hell it is!
I don’t know about this, but I’ve been looking for a CD player that can connect to that Trond Bluetooth transmitter that I saw off of Amazon. Yeah, could be something that has more seconds of anti-Skip than 60 seconds. I’m sure any of them will do. I’m saying this because I don’t use the car radio and my dad‘s 2021 RAV4, but I feel like I need to use it not just for when I’m listening from my iPhone, and it’s got to have a carrying pouch. If it had to be some CD player that has more than 60 seconds of anti-Skip, maybe even 2 minutes, I would have to tell mom that I need to save some more money for this in order to add more dollars to my Amazon account, because what you might have there is going to be pricey, like it could be $70 or more. I am having this for my birthday wish on March 21.
Looks like Samsung made the top cover! I have multiple black Samsung products that look exactly the same, but dusty and matte because of all the scratches 😅
It's not technically a rechargeable portable CD player like the one in the video but I have a Sony CD Walkman D-NF430 from around 2004 that only takes a single battery and a modern rechargeable 2000 mAh Duracell AA cell is good for at least 4 or 5 hours of CD playing per charge (re: I can play full-length ~80 minute CDs such as ABBA Gold around 4 times on a single charge) or, if I'm just listening to the radio (which this particular CD Walkman includes), I think I can listen all day.
The inbuilt battery isn't a great thing.it will wear out and not be replaceable. They planned that so u throw it out and buy a new product like smart phones these days .
I'm sorry. I have the stop this video at 1:28 because I can't get over how excited this grown man get's when he opens things up. He goes crazy with excitement! It's like he's lived on some other planet and never opened up an electronic device inside of a box before with manuals and accessories and the unit itself and how it's packed in and how cool the box is and all that! I am age 55 and I'm terrible with guessing ages and I will not guess this man's a but he has to be probably at least around 20 years younger than me maybe even more but he's still a grown man and he freaks out when opening new things! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Do MP3’s skip?,,,never had a MP3 player....till I phone...lol ...I was never a huge cd guy.... I always ended up scratching the hell out of them... but it is good to see any and all physical media getting love... another great review buddy
No, they won't skip. It appears to be functionally very similar to one I had back in 2005(? I think?), though mine had considerably less memory capacity and ran on 3 regular AA alkalines (and it didn't like rechargeables, either). Since most songs are less than 5 min (300 seconds), it'll simply read the Mp3 into memory and decode it from there. If the song exceeds memory capacity, it'll play until it's almost out of memory, then load more of the song and continue to play, usually without interruption, and then the disc will spin back down. I don't think I ever played a regular CD in it, so I can't remark on its anti-skip behavior Pretty nifty little player. Apparently some unknown person also thought so, 'cause it got filched from my desk at work. I had like six MP3 CDs, which each had 120-150 songs each (basic 128k bitrate, averaging about 3-1/2 minutes each, I guess).
It looks interesting, but based on that sound test, it sounded a little harsh and there's a lot of amplifier hiss. That promotional material is hilarious.
EDIT Update 4-9-20 I contacted the importer about the issues I'm having. Their quick response is below: Hi Mark, Thank you so much for your feedback. I am so sorry about this issue. We have contacted the manufacturer regarding this bug. We hope we will resolve it sonn. Once again, thank you so much for your support. Sincerely, Lina ========================================================================= Update: EDIT Update: The replacement came today 4-4-20. Same issue. See below for the issue. ========================================================================= Well, the CD player arrived yesterday. Unfortuantly, I had to send it back for an exchange even though there probably wasn't anything wrong with it. Here's the deal. It's amplifer is gutless! This thing appears to be only good for earbuds or other low power listening devices. I use enclosed studio headphones for my music. This player simply won't drive larger headphones. My main set has a 50mm drivers and even with a headphone amp, it barely delivers. I'm trying another one to see and will update. So as a suggestion, when you do your reviews for any kind of walkman device, you may want to see how the products deliver with studio headphones. Just sayin'.
@@Recordology What earphones are you using? With the earbuds or small open style it barely does fair. With anything of any size it's just gutless. Compared to my laptop, (which has been my main CD player) this player will only deliver about 30% volume at max. (maybe). Anyone hard of hearing would be totally out of luck. I dunno, maybe I ran into a bad batch. I sending it back too. Still enjoy your reviews. Cheers!
I actually really liked the ones it came with. I also used my Grado GW100's which I think have a 50mm driver (maybe 30) and they seemed to work fine as well. It is possible you are tapping into a bad batch.
I got one just like that and I can't make it work... i turn it on and stays on the 3 dots. The cd moves but no sound at all. I tried everything possible. Any ideas? Thanks
Hi, I have one question. Can we expect to have a good quality sound if we connect an old discman to a modern speaker? Or the discman were made specifically for headphones/earphones? You have great videos!
I purchased one this CD players, I used it one time for one song only, the second time that I wanted to use it didn't work. I feel like I just wasted 60+ dollars.
Have this one. Ditch the ear buds - they do nothing for it. I use a pair of Sony micro headphones from the late 80's and the sound is much better. The EQ hardly does anything. The charging light can be seen when charging - when it changes the led is not viewable unless you tilt the machine at an angle to see. No stop button! It has the retro Panasonic look going for it. Sound - not as good as the old Sony's and Panasonics. Battery charged only - when it goes the whole unit has to be ditched. Another downside to this type charging is, it will need charging when you don't use it or I guess the battery will die unlike a player that takes separate batteries than can be removed when stored. This is just a throwback to the old days of cd. I bought it from Amazon. If someone is not used to good quality - then this is for them. I am still old fashioned and use cd's - will be interesting how long this will live - My old Sony and Panasonic is still going after 20 odd years. I like the very retro fake wood effect and styling. Remember get rid of the horrible ear pieces - they sound crap! Used the unit first time today and either headphones or lead into portable speaker, this thing keeps stopping on it's own. Battery was fully charged this morning and is showing empty after five hours use on normal volume. It's going back to Amazon. Stick with the reputable companies.
The very first model of Sony Walkman (the cassette walkman) had 2 headphone jacks. I think they discontinued that in the subsequent models but I always liked it.
I got mine last week. It's my first portable CD player in at least 11 years or more I felt like going old school again and don't feel like carrying a portable DVD player to listen to my CDs so this CD player does the job and looks pretty cool. Battery life is good as well. Overall I'm enjoying it so far
Hey I just tried this CD player and couldn't figurre out how to get the door to stay close and I might've broken it when I took the film off as I pulled the door still could have been my fault but I couldn't figure out how to get the door to stay close so I ended up returning it
Lettore CD portatile o bilancia elettronica ?!?! 😄😆 Bellissimo portatile ultrapiatto ma CD-ROM compatibile con computer tramite cavo USB ?? Magari modificare chip-driver per USB.
I remember I got my very first CD player for Christmas from my mom back in 1997. I LOVED it!! She got me a CD player, a couple of CDs, a case for the CD player. I remember every Friday we would go to Sam Goody in the mall to get the latest CDs 😩😩 best memories with my mom ❤
That sounds really nice man 👍
Good times man, hold on to them memories
With the fake wood and smoked translucent cover, it looks like a scaled-down 1970s music center.
I used to have a Sony D15 portable CD player in 1986-7-8 that was very similar to this. I set it on the dash of my car and used a cassette adapter to play it through my car system.
the D15 was a work of art.. they don't make em like they used to
MP3 CD players were quite common in late 90's, and they all featured some volatile memory, when playing MP3s it was used to store full tracks of music without the necessity of spinning the disc, that was spun periodically just to read and buffer the track, since they had that amount of RAM they used it as well to "buffer" CD tracks, in the first seconds the CD spun fast to preload some 60 or 120 seconds of track, then the track was read from RAM and the CD continued to read some time ahead and had the time to correct an eventual loss of track, if it eventually ran out of buffer, (if the player was shaken for a long amount of time) it spun again at high speed and recouped the buffer, obviously they had the plus of reading CD-RW, so you could use them as a sort of iPod, some could even optionally be used with rechargeable batteries and had a switch to avoid trying to recharge alkaline batteries ;-D
I had one that played mp3 discs in the early 2000s too. It was great for traveling because you could just bring one disc and have hundreds of songs. It was less expensive than an ipod at the time.
It resembles a digital food scale 😂
Lol true!
I noticed that after you mentioned it.
Also my first thought!
In sound playback quality ? 😎
I was thinking why it looks soooo familiar 😂
I just got this CD player today. First portable CD player in many years. So far I very like it I put in Now that's what I call Music 11 and it plays it no issues and it looks very nice nicer than I thought. So far so good I'm enjoying my first portable CD in who knows how long and this is a massive upgrade compared to the one I had before
This would be a pretty nice portable cd player, if it could connect to other devices via bluetooth.
There are accessories you can connect to the audio jack and eventually connect to either Bluetooth headphones or speakers. Target might sell those. You should give it a shot!
But it would lose the cd quality by transmitting to BT
They have a newer version that allows you to connect to Bluetooth now. Hold down and mode button. Also, you can eject the disc super easily if you push down the center.
It can actually!!
rechargable batteries are good IF they are user replaceable....battery play times decrease as the battery ages...why throw away a perfectly good device just because the battery life is gone?
Portable CD players did have two jacks. One was for head phones and the other was like an Aux out so that you could hook it up to your stereo system and adjust the volume there.
I meant specifically two headphone jacks
These headphones look identical to the AKG that came with my Samsung phone a few years ago, after they acquired Harmon.
I still can't figure out what that CD player can do that my CD player can't...
🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Maybe the 45 second buffer?
the shape of it is different from yours，lol
@@Agamemnon2 You are really imaginative
Maybe it's just not necessary to even have the player in the first place?............Isn't this Channel called "Record-ology"???....Hmmmm...... 😉
@@Agamemnon2 I play two CDs a year if that. It's all about vinyl records for me. Vinyl records since the original wax cylinder in the late 1800s have outlasted every musical reproduction Source ever made. Last year the new vinyl records outsold CDs. CDs are dead and done and over with! I have about 700 CDs and they do their job. What's that you may ask ? Their job is to sit there and collect dust and take up space. Vinyl records are the best media to play music and get the truest reproduction. Unless of course you're using a Crosley or one of those other little novelty toy record players. Then you're doing yourself a serious Injustice! Unless you don't care how good music can really sound! You want to know how good music can really sound? Stop playing CDs add start playing vinyl records On a nice turntable. You don't have to spend a lot. You can get an Audio Technica turntable for under $200 or less and it will sound better than any CD player. I think Audio-Technica has a real nice small beginners turntable for around $100 and it's got USB and you can plug it into a nice pair of bluetooth speakers and you will be amazed! Vinyl records my friend!
I just ordered this cd player. Love the sound quality from a CD than digitally... so im hoping this could be it. Cant wait for it to come in.
Anti skip might be convenient but it often over compresses your music so it sounds like ass its one of the reasons i like players that let you defeat the anti skip
I was concerned about that ASP buffering. Yet that issue is something that I couldn’t hear.
Ik this comment is very late but you can actually turn off asp with this unit. That’s why I’m considering buying it!
Built in batteries are not that great. Only if you still have the option to pop in some regular batteries in a pinch (no charger).
careful with ram based shock protection, often these units will use compression to get longer times. I've got an early 2000s cd walkman, comes with ESP, and the compression is audible. Most of the time though, the toggle to turn off the shock protection doesnt actually disable the protection, it simply disables the compression, and gives you a shorter ESP time. Even while hiking, an old chip of ram with no compression is more than enough to play even a scratched old cd-r reliably, assuming the batteries aren't getting flat. Plus, rechargable batteries in most old units will actually charge while the unit is on power, so you'll never have to open the battery compartment again. My own even has a power requirement within the range of USB, so I just found the right barrel jack to type a converter, and it runs out of anything. I even sometimes run it off my phone with an otg lead. The real selling point of your model to me is really the headphone splitter. And honestly, I'd rather find a unit with digital out, and get an external splitter.
Yes.. The box is very important😂
Neat portable CD player, Recordology! However, I need to disagree with you regarding the rechargeable battery. I used to enjoy sitting out in the back-yard lawn-swing while sipping my Scotch-On-The-Rocks and enjoying my portable Sony CD player under the headphones. Let me tell you, though, there was nothing worse than just getting started and having the built-in rechargeable battery crap out on the spot. It took a good 4 hours to recharge the damned thing, so.... so much for cocktail hour and tunes. My current Sony portable CD player operates on one AA battery! If it should die in the middle of cocktail hour, I simply pop out the dead AA battery, insert a new one,.and VOILA -- I'm back in business! I buy my AA batteries in bulk at Sam's Club which last seemingly forever at a cost of next-to-nothing compared to over-priced batteries bought at a regular store. Just wanted to let you know that rechargeable batteries are time-consuming. And they also hold less and less of a charge as time goes on. BTW, you look good in orange!!!!
I agree with that. One of my portable dvd players no longer last like it use to and now needs to be charged twice or even 3 times when it would last up to 6 hours on a full charge it’s a SONY FX970 9 inch and the battery is built in to the unit and since it’s a old dvd player I can’t send it out for a battery replacement since it would cost more than what it’s worth and since it takes a special battery I just keep it and plug it in it only last about 2 hours before the low battery light starts flashing. I replaced that Sony with a new one but still il have the same issue with the new dvd player down the line.
I've been looking for a replacement for my old Sony Walkman that finally gave up. Nothing came even close until I saw your review on this. So glad you did. I'm ordering one. Thanks!
I just got this cd player so far I very like it it’s my first cd player in many years. How’s yours doing is it still working
Mr Record-ology Dude Man! Stay safe and healthy during these uncertain times!
You too...
I wish they made these as a transport with a digital out.
It's certainly a nice-looking player but it is a shame that they don't seem to be able to use dust-resistant materials. I thought the upper-string sound was a wee bit overbright, but not excessively so.
This piece of equipment seems real nice.
A non-removable battery, takes the device with it, when the battery dies. You can buy rechargeavle AA bstteries and swap thrm as they die, and recharge them externally.
Pity they didn't bother getting a license for the CD-DA logo.
3:22 it looks like a mini weight scale 😂
I really like this player, the design alone is somewhat unique. As for the rechargeable battery i'm not really a fan of that. It'll be great in the early months/years of use but what about when it won't take any more charge?
This is a valid point...
That's a concern of mine too. Rather than a built-in rechargeable battery, I'd rather that you put in two standard rechargeable AA or AAA batteries (like nickle-metal hydride) that you can charge in the player. That way you can replace the batteries when they wear out.
When I used a portable CD/MP3 player that's what I used. I'd carry two sets of spare rechargeable batteries so I'd always have fresh batteries when needed. The only disadvantage is that they had a shorter play time on a charge, about half of that of disposable alkaline batteries. I rarely had to buy new batteries, and in an emergency I can just buy a pair of disposable batteries that are available everywhere.
The best would be an interchangeable rechargeable battery
I love the retro look on this one
Hello Mr. Record-ology. Tell me why an in bound battery is a great feature? In my opinion this is the most "stupid" thing to do. Imagine you are in the middle of an audiobook or on your way to work, in the train... and then the battery runs low or even dies. Boum, you are screwed. In the first case you need to recharge, in the second you have discard the device. With AA accumulators this never happens. Only take a second pair of batteries with you, or at home charge the second set while you use the first one. This common solution is so much more comfortable. I think that an inbound battery is a huge step back into the direction of non -reusable devices, what we see more and more in electronics.
Greetings F.
I just invested in new Lithium ion rechargeable AA's for my minidisc walkmans too they have the same capacity as lithium ion energizers but can be recharged up to 500 times before replacing.
Good idea. I am going to pull out some treasures again.
Looks like a fancy digital kitchen scale.
I just bought this. Great looking machine with lots of features, but I’m really not happy with the sound. Maybe my unit is defective, but it emits a light hissing sound intermittently, which I can hear even when using earbuds. And even when it’s not hissing, it sounds a bit like fuzzy a.m. radio. Will unfortunately be returning it. My search for a new portable player continues…
Having same problem
Unfortunately this CD player seems like it’s junk, atleast the one I have. Hiss and static noise in the background most of the time, random poping noises. It won’t read some of the songs properly on a given disc. This is all happening while the player is sitting flat on a table and I’m not moving it… it’s not even usable.
Beautiful design but What would've made this modern made device more appealing is a Bluetooth feature. But there are plenty of accessories available to make that happen..
The Battery life is a huge plus on this product..Nice video.....Sounds amazing !!!!,and the feature where the disc stops and music continues is great...Cheers Ade
7:57, what do you mean man? my sony discman which uses two conventional AA batteries, can recharge them into the discman. You connetct the unit to the power supply (4.5v 500ma) press the stop button and the recharge begins. The mini disc units had that feature first. My mz-r37 also uses 2 aa batteries and you can recharge them inside the mini disc. All you have to do is use rechargable batteries and your all set. The only downside to this is that you can't use everyday cell-phone charger but the dedicated power supply they had inside their box.
Looks like a digital kitchen scale.
I saw this on amazon and thought they were off their rocker. 60 bucks for that thing
Is the rechargeable battery user-replaceable? If not, that is a problem, since they will all eventually fail.
Where do you find this stuff? It's like when I watch your videos and you have all this stuff and I never heard of it before and I never imagine ever hearing of it at all. Where do you tap into all this stuff? I think you just wake up in the morning and walk out your kitchen and boom! There's just this box with this thing inside of it but you just can't wait to open up and see what's inside and then see how inefficient the thing is in the long run!😎
I wish it were that easy!
I wish it was even a lot harder!!!..............🎶🤣
The design reminds me of some of the linear tracking turntables Technics used to make.
It's superficially attractive, but bound for the landfill soonerrather than later. "Awesome!"
Those kids that are shown in the commercial towards the end of the video would wreck that mini CD player in no less than 3.5 mins max just trying to figure out what the hell it is!
I don’t know about this, but I’ve been looking for a CD player that can connect to that Trond Bluetooth transmitter that I saw off of Amazon. Yeah, could be something that has more seconds of anti-Skip than 60 seconds. I’m sure any of them will do. I’m saying this because I don’t use the car radio and my dad‘s 2021 RAV4, but I feel like I need to use it not just for when I’m listening from my iPhone, and it’s got to have a carrying pouch. If it had to be some CD player that has more than 60 seconds of anti-Skip, maybe even 2 minutes, I would have to tell mom that I need to save some more money for this in order to add more dollars to my Amazon account, because what you might have there is going to be pricey, like it could be $70 or more. I am having this for my birthday wish on March 21.
Don't you ever do tings about minidiscs. Although the are not being manufactured anymore they still have a following.
This is a nice unit, I had one and sold it, might buy another one... but I already have a collection of portable CD players from Sony and others.
Very cool!
is Chinese cd player like this can compete with sony discman in terms of sounds?
interesting portable cd player, the sound quality seems decent and i like the looks of it, thanks for sharing
Looks like Samsung made the top cover!
I have multiple black Samsung products that look exactly the same, but dusty and matte because of all the scratches 😅
Yeah it's got all sorts of cool features, buy may gods, it looks so _cheap..._
It's not technically a rechargeable portable CD player like the one in the video but I have a Sony CD Walkman D-NF430 from around 2004 that only takes a single battery and a modern rechargeable 2000 mAh Duracell AA cell is good for at least 4 or 5 hours of CD playing per charge (re: I can play full-length ~80 minute CDs such as ABBA Gold around 4 times on a single charge) or, if I'm just listening to the radio (which this particular CD Walkman includes), I think I can listen all day.
There's a bunch of low thumping in this video's audio. Kept thinking there was someone else making noise in my house.
This looks like a food scale.
I had a few people say that when I showed it to people it basically does
Why can't anyone tell me if the player plays recorded CDS ??????
Can this be connected to large speakers?
Great review!!! What cable /software do you use to connect the cd player directly to smartphone camera?? Thanks!
I actually had to record it to a portable audio recorder and then edit in the audio.
Wow it looks like a late 80's Discman. Very Nice :)
Actually, my CD player can do that. For sure.
The inbuilt battery isn't a great thing.it will wear out and not be replaceable. They planned that so u throw it out and buy a new product like smart phones these days .
I'm sorry. I have the stop this video at 1:28 because I can't get over how excited this grown man get's when he opens things up. He goes crazy with excitement! It's like he's lived on some other planet and never opened up an electronic device inside of a box before with manuals and accessories and the unit itself and how it's packed in and how cool the box is and all that! I am age 55 and I'm terrible with guessing ages and I will not guess this man's a but he has to be probably at least around 20 years younger than me maybe even more but he's still a grown man and he freaks out when opening new things! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wow, just let people enjoy things will you? Who says we all have to become boring when we hit 35?
Rude
thats a nice looking kitchen scale
Do MP3’s skip?,,,never had a MP3 player....till I phone...lol ...I was never a huge cd guy.... I always ended up scratching the hell out of them... but it is good to see any and all physical media getting love... another great review buddy
No, they won't skip. It appears to be functionally very similar to one I had back in 2005(? I think?), though mine had considerably less memory capacity and ran on 3 regular AA alkalines (and it didn't like rechargeables, either).
Since most songs are less than 5 min (300 seconds), it'll simply read the Mp3 into memory and decode it from there. If the song exceeds memory capacity, it'll play until it's almost out of memory, then load more of the song and continue to play, usually without interruption, and then the disc will spin back down. I don't think I ever played a regular CD in it, so I can't remark on its anti-skip behavior
Pretty nifty little player. Apparently some unknown person also thought so, 'cause it got filched from my desk at work. I had like six MP3 CDs, which each had 120-150 songs each (basic 128k bitrate, averaging about 3-1/2 minutes each, I guess).
They skip when u load them on a cd, which is what they meant by that
It looks interesting, but based on that sound test, it sounded a little harsh and there's a lot of amplifier hiss. That promotional material is hilarious.
EDIT Update 4-9-20 I contacted the importer about the issues I'm having. Their quick response is below:
Hi Mark,
Thank you so much for your feedback. I am so sorry about this issue. We have contacted the manufacturer regarding this bug.
We hope we will resolve it sonn.
Once again, thank you so much for your support.
Sincerely,
Lina
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Update: EDIT Update: The replacement came today 4-4-20. Same issue. See below for the issue.
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Well, the CD player arrived yesterday. Unfortuantly, I had to send it back for an exchange even though there probably wasn't anything wrong with it. Here's the deal. It's amplifer is gutless! This thing appears to be only good for earbuds or other low power listening devices. I use enclosed studio headphones for my music. This player simply won't drive larger headphones. My main set has a 50mm drivers and even with a headphone amp, it barely delivers. I'm trying another one to see and will update. So as a suggestion, when you do your reviews for any kind of walkman device, you may want to see how the products deliver with studio headphones. Just sayin'.
Interesting - I seem to get plenty of volume on mine.
@@Recordology What earphones are you using? With the earbuds or small open style it barely does fair. With anything of any size it's just gutless. Compared to my laptop, (which has been my main CD player) this player will only deliver about 30% volume at max. (maybe). Anyone hard of hearing would be totally out of luck. I dunno, maybe I ran into a bad batch. I sending it back too. Still enjoy your reviews. Cheers!
I actually really liked the ones it came with. I also used my Grado GW100's which I think have a 50mm driver (maybe 30) and they seemed to work fine as well. It is possible you are tapping into a bad batch.
@@Recordology That's my hopes too. The importer is checking into this.
I got one just like that and I can't make it work... i turn it on and stays on the 3 dots. The cd moves but no sound at all. I tried everything possible. Any ideas?
Thanks
That battery can never be changed though and it'll slowly take less and less charge over time...
Hi,
I have one question. Can we expect to have a good quality sound if we connect an old discman to a modern speaker? Or the discman were made specifically for headphones/earphones?
You have great videos!
Great Review! How’s the CD player now ? Am thinking of getting one too .
I love it! The lid scratching very easily...
I purchased one this CD players, I used it one time for one song only, the second time that I wanted to use it didn't work. I feel like I just wasted 60+ dollars.
Have this one. Ditch the ear buds - they do nothing for it. I use a pair of Sony micro headphones from the late 80's and the sound is much better. The EQ hardly does anything. The charging light can be seen when charging - when it changes the led is not viewable unless you tilt the machine at an angle to see. No stop button! It has the retro Panasonic look going for it. Sound - not as good as the old Sony's and Panasonics. Battery charged only - when it goes the whole unit has to be ditched. Another downside to this type charging is, it will need charging when you don't use it or I guess the battery will die unlike a player that takes separate batteries than can be removed when stored. This is just a throwback to the old days of cd. I bought it from Amazon.
If someone is not used to good quality - then this is for them. I am still old fashioned and use cd's - will be interesting how long this will live - My old Sony and Panasonic is still going after 20 odd years. I like the very retro fake wood effect and styling. Remember get rid of the horrible ear pieces - they sound crap!
Used the unit first time today and either headphones or lead into portable speaker, this thing keeps stopping on it's own. Battery was fully charged this morning and is showing empty after five hours use on normal volume.
It's going back to Amazon.
Stick with the reputable companies.
Can you suggest one good CD player with high volume to buy ?
CD players don't drain batteries like MP3 players do. My Sony Walkman CD player can run on 1 AA battery for weeks with regular use.
Great review. Thank you for sharing.
Promo code is no longer valid
The very first model of Sony Walkman (the cassette walkman) had 2 headphone jacks. I think they discontinued that in the subsequent models but I always liked it.
Even my Audio Technica has scratches on the dust cover. There are many videos on YT that deal with this problem. I have not tried them.
I can’t find where I put my 90s portable disc man so this I’ll consider
Dear Record-ology, can you play the music out loud? like when playing normal music on speakers. does this CD-player come with built-in speakers?
Definitely puts my 2004 Audiovox CE146DPK into average status.
I had a GPX model with 2 headphone jacks, and it was awesome, especially on bus rides when I wanted to let someone else listen too.
Plugged a rechargeable Bluetooth transmitter in the headphone jack and played it through my home system and it sounds great! 👍👍👍
How do you get rid of the background hiss?
Pretty COOL, I LOVE MONODEAL CD PLAYER
I got mine last week. It's my first portable CD player in at least 11 years or more I felt like going old school again and don't feel like carrying a portable DVD player to listen to my CDs so this CD player does the job and looks pretty cool. Battery life is good as well. Overall I'm enjoying it so far
The earbuds look like the AKG which came with my Samsung Galaxy S9.
You mentioned the vintage Sony benchmark player. Which model?
Looks elegant.
Can it change the speed playback?
Searick has the model the only difference its black
googling that model number brings up Monodeal as the brand
I've always wondered that dac use these CD players
me too
If it had toslink
Looks pretty cool! Can it play when the battery is charging?
I just ordered one
I purchase this cd player, but how do i stop the disk? , if i does not have a stop button, You can only pause it.
is the sound quality as good as a sony cd walkman? that’s honestly all i care about because my cd walkman is getting old LOL
this does not seem to be a stable machine as i can see the movemnet of the buttons
Darn it!....Too bad there wasn't a check for a million$$$ underneath that cheap white plastic thing you just had to look under!
One of these days......
Hey I just tried this CD player and couldn't figurre out how to get the door to stay close and I might've broken it when I took the film off as I pulled the door still could have been my fault but I couldn't figure out how to get the door to stay close so I ended up returning it
this item will not hook up to my 2019 ford. truck
there is no input for speaker
in truck can not run. throught radio
8
You mean the AUX port on your truck stereo?
Hi, can I connect this to my amplifier?
Thanks.
This was made in my birthday!
The headphones look just like the akg headphones that came with my note 9
How much did it cost you? Where can it be bought?
Check the link.
Lettore CD portatile o bilancia elettronica ?!?! 😄😆 Bellissimo portatile ultrapiatto ma CD-ROM compatibile con computer tramite cavo USB ?? Magari modificare chip-driver per USB.
Very nice electric stove!