Cheap but decent CD player with headphone amp? (1 Viewer)

[sonofstan]

Ok, situation is this: I'm going to be separated from my record collection for long periods over the coming year and with no access to a turntable. I need something to play music on that's not a MP3 player and my laptop doesn't have a disc drive (and anyway, the soundcard is crap).

I reckon there's enough cheap CDs in charity shops these days to keep me amused for cheap so I just need something to play them on - i imagine whatever portables are still on the market are terrible, but maybe I'm wrong? Failing that, a relatively compact stand alone with built in headphone amp that's not too shoddy would work since it doesn't actually need to be portable, just compact. I have some reasonable phones.

Any recommendations? And don't try and convince me as to the virtues of bigger and better farts- in- jars: aluminium is compromise enough.

 

[ernesto]

you probably wont get one with a headphone amp.
anwyay......
http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/9384617/Trail/searchtext>CD+PLAYER.htm

 

[ann post]

there are fuckloads of second hand dvd players in charity stores these days. many with digital audio outs and the like. remote control and all.

 

[sonofstan]

Good point - certainly a fallback position.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

What about a discman with rechargeable batteries?

 

[Anthony]

My cheap sansui CD separate has a headphone jack on it. You mightn't need an amp.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Looking on Argos I'd be nearly tempted to get an auld tape/cd boombox. I have tonnes of old tapes that I wanna have a listen to before I pitch and my dictaphone hasn't got great sound + can be a bit unwieldy.