A CD-ROM drive can be used as a stand-alone unit for playing digital audio CDs without interfacing with a computer. The stereo output of CD player available at the audio jack can be amplified using ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Sony Corp., which late last year began selling the first hand-held CD-ROM player, plans to release a second, more powerful device in the United States this fall that will play more ...

On October 1, 1982, Sony ignited a digital audio revolution with the release of the world’s first commercial compact disc player, the CDP-101 (above), in Japan. It signaled the dawn of a new audio ...

Installing a CD-ROM drive to use as a CD player in your car: priceless. Ok, so it’s DIY, but maybe not a DIY you’d really want to do. This little project is certainly a choice, but if you are so ...

This article describes how to set up a virtual CD-ROM jukebox (VCDJ) using Samba and Linux. A VCDJ is a network server that provides access to the contents of a large number of CD-ROM disks, without ...

There are many of you reading this who still have a lot of love for CDs. We certainly do. If you don't find streaming to be sonically satisfying and haven't been swept up by the vinyl revival, then ...

The Eversolo Play is a compact all-in-one music streamer with amplifier. All it needs is a pair of speakers. Audio streaming brand Eversolo recently announced its first all-in-one music streaming ...

I can’t remember the last time I played music on a spinning compact disc. It’s been the better part of 20 years since I spent countless hours ripping CDs into a bloated MP3 collection, trying to call ...

A cable used to send audio CD sound to the computer's sound card. When playing audio CDs, CD-ROM drives output analog sound to both a headphone jack and external connector just like a CD player. This ...

Yesterday`s high-technology is today`s ho-hum. Three years ago, sealed aluminum platters called ”hard disks” for microcomputers were really high tech. With a 10 megabyte hard disk, the equivalent of 4 ...

D-ROM is hot. Stores across the country, including some in Orlando, are struggling to keep up with demand as buyers seek compact disc players for their personal computers. A CD-ROM player can turn any ...

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