The Sony CD Walkman D-EJ100, under $40, and as very positively reviewed in Sterophile, is really quite good. I am using it with high quality earphones on airplanes when traveling.
What is the best Discman?
A Sony Discman was the first way I heard the CD format in the 1980s, and the discman I had then was really very bad. After passing through a number of portable formats in the 90s and 21st century, I want to return to the redbook CD as my portable format of choice...so goes the merry go round! Being out of the discman market for so long, I am wondering if any manufacturers have produced an audiophile-level discman in the meantime. If you have any recommendations, please make them here.