Is THIS the future of CD players? (I think it might be)

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0:00 Disc 1
3:04 Disc 2
8:11 Disc 3
12:25 Ltd. Edition bonus disc

👉 As seen in this video...

Cambridge Audio Evo CD

Cambridge Audio EVO 150

Pro-Ject RS2 T

KEF R3 Meta

👉 Further listening...

The Chemical Brothers - Brotherhood

Tindersticks - II

Pet Shop Boys - Pop Art

James - Laid

Peter Gabriel - 4 / Security

John Cale - Fragments of a Rainy Season

Foals - Total Life Forever

Tricky - Maxinquaye

Clearlake - Amber

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Four of Lisbon's BEST CD & VINYL stores

A vinyl lover's guide to electronic music in Berlin

#cds #hifi #amplifier

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[Turrican]

Does anyone else watch these just for the music recommendations? I can't afford any of the equipment but I can buy the odd CD every month 😂

[JP-xxxe]

Ludicrously overpriced. it’s an off-the-shelf disc mechanism (cost €5 max), stuck inside a case with a PSU and no DAC or display. So maybe €50 tops to make it.

[punking]

But if the Evo 150 dies, or Cambridge Audio decide not to continue with the Evo connection, doesn’t that make your Evo CD player with only that one proprietary connection useless?

[andreaspedersen]

Best reason to buy CDs? To support the artists, since most streaming services hardly gives any revenue to smaller artists.

[joeblankenship]

No. It's not. It's $1200. If you're going to keep CD alive, you've got to appeal to younger demographics. What CD has going for it is that it's cheap. Cheaper than vinyl, (SOUNDS BETTER THAN VINYL), and compatible with stuff we already own.

[VeganSmasher]

1, 200 euros for a headless CD player with one button? I hope this isn't the future.

[kgrant]

So, it goes to the internet to access the track info. In other words it can still monitor what you're looking for...

[lp]

Hi, nice presentation, but what I cannot realize is why in the world should I spend 1200 euro to stream a cd to a dac when I can rip the cd in any pc and put the files ripped in my nas at no cost at all.

[jerry-can]

I love CDs too, but e1200 for a transport that only works with the matching streamer?! Can’t imagine they’ll sell many of these. And if you’ve got the CD case in your hand why do you need the art on the screen?

[jpny]

How can EVO-CD qualify as future-fi if it has just a single connection that may be only fully supported by Cambridge audio systems?

[allanflippin]

For me, the reason to buy CDs is one of control. I pay my money, I get something, it's mine. I can enjoy that music long after all the streaming services have grown tired of it or have remastered it to sound like "the sound of today". If you only stream, what do you do when the company gets bought out by somebody else and doesn't think your music is important any more? What do you do when the company jacks up prices just because it can? Am I missing something here?

[keytrackmusicreviews]

If it does so little work, why the 1200 price tag?

[pedge]

Sorry John, this fails on what I want from a CD player/transport
It needs to be connected to the internet so you’re stuck if it goes down, plus you lose that privacy you mentioned when it downloads the album art and data
Whoopie do it displays the album art on a tiny screen 8ft away when I have that in my hand from when I took the disc from the case to play it
Totally agree with you on the advantages of cd though and how the mix is really the most important part of a music presentation

[stevefromlondon]

Nice! I still buy tons of CDs, mainly from Japan. I think the Japanese do a pretty good job of keeping physical media relevant, as many of their releases include bonuses, like blu-rays/DVDs of concerts, that you can't get otherwise. Plus it's a far better way of supporting the bands/artists than streaming will ever be.

[HandyAndyTechTips]

An expensive transport with a proprietary connection that only works with one type of amp? I sincerely hope this is not the future of CD players.

[RandySmith-izml]

I do not see much point in handing over $1, 200 for a device that is basically only spinning the disc and sending info over a cheap cable.

[brin]

Hang on a minute. If the evo 150 is doing all the heavy lifting, then the evo cd is just a dumb transport with a digital out disguised as a stereo mini jack. I'm waiting to get my mind blown as to why it would be $1200 quid !! This is just pure audiophile f*^kery !!!

[professortrog]

Ill stick to a secondhand pioneer from the 90ties, thanks.

[scyfox.]

I just want a CD player OFFLINE. A thousand bucks for a cd player that needs to log to the internet and also doesn't have any other output lines it's a HARD NOPE!

[SteveBrandon]

Eh, call me old-fashioned but I think I'd rather have a CD player that doesn't require an Internet connection for functionality as a CD player. I don't need a screen showing me the cover art.