Cheap, non-audiophile, CD player

[jwaggs]

I use a CD player to listen to song I am trying to learn to play on piano. The one I have only works about half the time. It has to be a box with a speaker. Any recommendations for something cheap?

[Ron Thorne]

Good luck on finding any cheap all-in-one unit (w/ built-in speaker) that sounds worth a crap and will hold together more than a few days/weeks. If you have a portable CD player, finding a decent, inexpensive speaker would be a far easier task. Do you have anything now which only has headphone outputs?

[BeBop]

Not CHEAP cheap, but you can pick up a Bose CD player for a couple hundred bucks. Here's a changer for $249:

Bose CD Player

Note: I would NOT be recommending this if you wanted high quality sound!

[jwaggs]

Yea, what I have now is cheap, which is why it broke and doesn't now do what I want it to do. I might have to look at something like the Bise or just something I can plug headphones in.

I have Czerny exercise books with CDs, and I like to listen to what they are supposed to sound like. (I usually make hash out of them!)

[Ron Thorne]

OK, jwaggs, what is your definition of "cheap", at least in this situation?

[jwaggs]

You can find a cheap CD player for around $50. I have one, but it doesn't work now. It will play, but tends to stop in a middle of a track, making it essentially useless.

Mine is like a mini boom box

Sony used to make durable devices -- I don't know if they still have that reputation.

The next step up seems to be the Bose outfits, with go for between $250-500. Cambridge Soundsystems used to make something similar.

After that, I suppose the sky is the limit.

As for cheap, I would say between $50 and $250.

If I can't find a little box, I am thinking the easiest and cheapest thing to do would be to load the CDs to my iPod and plug in a little speaker.

[BeBop]

How 'bout a boombox?

http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/571997/GPX-BC232R-RadioCD-Player-Boombox/?cm_mmc=PLA-_-Google-_-Audio-_-571997-VQ6-42102214076-VQ16c-VQ17-pla-VQ18-online-VQ19-571997-VQ20-78294591236-VQ21- $29

http://www.carid.com/sylvania/portable-cd-radio-boom-box-blue-mpn-srcd243m-blue.html?gclid=CIevrMO15cMCFQGTfgodlX8A4w $30

http://www.overstock.com/Electronics/Mini-Stereo-Systems/58/subcat.html?gclid=CKme3dK15cMCFYdafgodIS4AJQ&featuredproduct=5322434&featuredoption=7275220&cid=202290&kid=9553000357392&track=pspla&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=13129036-000-000&ef_id=UxJ83gAABKWHtgRG:20150216022917:s Deeeeeluxe with MP3 $42

[jwaggs]

Yea, I think that's the route I'm going to take.