Apparently, hifi manufacturer Onkyo, who had to file for bankruptcy, are back, and they have a new…
CD player!
Which I take as a reason to show you this video of mine again: https://makertube.net/w/fvveVmzB8jeiUMZGqSNMAo
Any CD player is good for you, if it fulfills two conditions: a) digital output must be available and b) it must be in working condition or within the scope of your repair skills.
(The one in the video had needed repair, I managed. I bought it for the coolness. For presenting CDs in a way that actually makes you see the disc spinning.)
Most #DACs in CD players are not good, but Chinese dudes offer converters with remote controls and #LDAC #bluetooth and whatnot for cheap these days. E.g. the FiiO BR13 isn't high-end but better than most DACs out there, it's 60€. I had liked the sound of the expensive Topping DX3 Pro+ better, but it died after a few days, perhaps I was having bad luck.
Of course, you can also just get the new Onkyo CD-30… https://onkyo.com/de/home-audio-2/cd-players/c-30-cd-player
![<div><img alt="" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" height="507" src="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/magnavox_cd-i_450_defective_mattkc_youtube.jpg?w=800" style="margin: 0 auto; margin-bottom: 15px;" width="800" /></div><p>Although not intended to be a game console, the CD-i would see a a couple of games released for it that would cement its position in gaming history as the butt of countless jokes, some of which still make Nintendo upset to this day. That aside, it’s still a fascinating glimpse at the CD-based multimedia future envisioned in the early 90s, starting with its release in 1990. Recently [MattKC] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBSUH1QezjQ" target="_blank">decided to purchase another CD-i</a> in a fit of nostalgic rage, and repair it to show the world what the future could have been like.</p>
<p>Although Sony and Philips <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-i" target="_blank">co-developed</a> the device, Sony would go on to release the PlayStation a few years later, which made the CD-i’s life and expectations for it that much harder, leading to it slowly fading into history. The Magnavox one that [MattKC] got is one of the later models, based on the CD-i 450 that was introduced in 1994 as one of the more gaming-oriented models.</p>
<p>As is typical with older devices that use optical media, it would not read discs. It also would sometimes boot up with a ‘Memory Full’ error. This is a common fau](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/115/999/456/291/724/659/original/5c0766c92e29ce84.jpg)
