Audiophile portable CD an oxymoron?

I do a lot of listening on headphones. Although portability is not absolutely essential, is there really such a thing as an audiophile quality portable CD or do they all sound lousy compared to full size transports?

hnx12-22-2000 3:55pm

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sugarbrie Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,854 posts 12-22-2000 at 04:53pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Maybe now. I have a portable Aiwa from over 10 years ago. It actually has an all metal laser assembly. There was no such thing as cheap CD players back then, so they used good parts. It does not knock your socks off, but it sounds much better than anything made today that I have heard.
sugarbrie Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,854 posts 12-22-2000 at 09:25pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I agree that the non-skip technology is just terrible. What you are listening to is a cheap copy of the music in memory, not the actual CD. I heard a friends Sony and I would not even call it music.

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