Sony has been making quality CD players since 1982 when they released the first commercially released CD player called the Sony CDP-101. by: Anabelle Weissinger, BestReviews Staff Posted: Jan 13 ...

Sony’s new “SCD-DR1” Super Audio CD/Audio CD player is apparently the pinnacle of high quality audio playback – or at least we hope so with its $11,000 price tag.

I'm guessing you'd have to spend more than $6,000 on a one-box CD player to equal, let alone better it." And audiophiles didn't even need to spend as much as $300 to get a PS1.

On October 1, 1982, Sony released the first ever CD player in Japan. Seven months later, it finally arrived in the U.S., complete with a vast library of 16 available albums.

Sony had debuted CD players in Japan in October 1982 and released them to the United Stated in March 1983, along with 16 CD titles from CBS Records. Initial sales targeted audiophiles willing to ...

We're trying to remember the last time we even listened to a CD, let alone coughed up actual money for one, but if you still swing that way, next month in Japan Sony is releasing the D-NE20 CD ...