At the least, you get to see the label as it spins, for what it's worth. I miss that from the days of LPs and 45s. The label artwork in many cases was iconic - Dolton spinning sub, Universal Rainbow, RCA Victor's Nipper, Columbia's Six Eyes, Parrot. I could go on but it would take days.
With the cover down it might actually have a better sound, as it may reverberate the sound? What did the 'clicks' do in regards to the knobs? CD players without any display - always a poor show; how do you know what track you are on? And, how much time remaining, etc... Doesn't bode well there!
Whenever I listen to audio CDs on my Hi-Fi stereo setup, I would prefer those that play them in real time over those that would buffer. There was a time when I had a portable CD player hooked up to my stereo (my first one was a component unit, which would later be given to my dad, then to my relatives). But when I got my first DVD player, and later, on Optimus CD-8200, they sounded a little better. A few things I think would improve the Vangoa: - Display for Track number and ID3 Tags, as well as for the album cover image. - Make it more like the other 2 CD players you've shown. - "Scratch" sound when Singing Arm is in "off" position. (I thought that would be funny.) 😁
the dac's probably better in the latter. portable players tend to have high efficiency integrated dac and (headphone) amplifier to extend battery life. having a buffer on the feed to the microcontroller or chip running the show doesn't make fundamental differences - all players have a buffer anyway, albeit it can be a small one(even just 2 samples), but due to the way the data is on the disc you need it.
Why are the Chinese infatuated with making EVERYTHING look like a record player? If it were me designing one of these, I don’t think I would even bother with speakers in the device because of the lack of sound quality m, I would primarily just have it transmitting Bluetooth plus having a physical output jack to hard wire it to another amplifier device.
This is basically the same as that AFU "vintage" CD player you reviewed back in February. I bet the internals are identical. They look like they even share the same remote. I think the "vintage" player is the better looking one. They are both cute little novelty players though. I would use one of those "vinyl" CD-Rs them.
I like the record player aesthetic and would work well in my setup. I would rather spend extra $$ and get something more substantial and not in white faux woodgrain. Thanks as always for the great review.
what's this about a read cache/buffer on a drive being less """resolution"""? it's the same bytes if you do it the easy and cheap way. like it doesn't make sense to add a lossy coder and decoder, maybe it did in 1995 on a high end cd walkman.
I like a cd player that looks like an actual cd player. Not a fan of this. And sounds terrible. When hearing the grammar in the instructions, I'm not surprised.
At the least, you get to see the label as it spins, for what it's worth. I miss that from the days of LPs and 45s. The label artwork in many cases was iconic - Dolton spinning sub, Universal Rainbow, RCA Victor's Nipper, Columbia's Six Eyes, Parrot. I could go on but it would take days.
"When your machine fails" ....so funny !!
With the cover down it might actually have a better sound, as it may reverberate the sound? What did the 'clicks' do in regards to the knobs? CD players without any display - always a poor show; how do you know what track you are on? And, how much time remaining, etc... Doesn't bode well there!
Whenever I listen to audio CDs on my Hi-Fi stereo setup, I would prefer those that play them in real time over those that would buffer. There was a time when I had a portable CD player hooked up to my stereo (my first one was a component unit, which would later be given to my dad, then to my relatives). But when I got my first DVD player, and later, on Optimus CD-8200, they sounded a little better.
A few things I think would improve the Vangoa:
- Display for Track number and ID3 Tags, as well as for the album cover image.
- Make it more like the other 2 CD players you've shown.
- "Scratch" sound when Singing Arm is in "off" position. (I thought that would be funny.) 😁
the dac's probably better in the latter. portable players tend to have high efficiency integrated dac and (headphone) amplifier to extend battery life. having a buffer on the feed to the microcontroller or chip running the show doesn't make fundamental differences - all players have a buffer anyway, albeit it can be a small one(even just 2 samples), but due to the way the data is on the disc you need it.
Why are the Chinese infatuated with making EVERYTHING look like a record player? If it were me designing one of these, I don’t think I would even bother with speakers in the device because of the lack of sound quality m, I would primarily just have it transmitting Bluetooth plus having a physical output jack to hard wire it to another amplifier device.
Love your reviews!
Thank you! :)
This is basically the same as that AFU "vintage" CD player you reviewed back in February. I bet the internals are identical. They look like they even share the same remote. I think the "vintage" player is the better looking one. They are both cute little novelty players though. I would use one of those "vinyl" CD-Rs them.
WMA= an Apple ripping Mode, comparable to MP3 in windows, in case you aren’t familiar with it.
Isn't WMA "Windows Media Audio?"
@@Recordologyyeah.. idk what John is talking about.
WMA was Windows audio format. AAC is what Apple used.
I like the record player aesthetic and would work well in my setup. I would rather spend extra $$ and get something more substantial and not in white faux woodgrain. Thanks as always for the great review.
I actually disagree, i think the form factor of a record player is pretty cool. Thanks for the video 🙂
what's this about a read cache/buffer on a drive being less """resolution"""? it's the same bytes if you do it the easy and cheap way.
like it doesn't make sense to add a lossy coder and decoder, maybe it did in 1995 on a high end cd walkman.
I agree but thats the way they do it....
I thought you were a bit tough on that player. It didn't seem to be too bad to me. I admit the sound quality wasn't the best.
Probably cheaper at AliExpress. The no buffer is a good thing.
Interesting
These are made for south korean Girls hahahahahah The mechanism in this looks something from PS1 the first big versions.
Just as I suspected. Bad as can be. Anyways, have a good week, my friend.
Have a good week!
I didn’t peg you as a Weezer fan!
A part of my nostalgic feelings for high school days.
I like a cd player that looks like an actual cd player. Not a fan of this. And sounds terrible. When hearing the grammar in the instructions, I'm not surprised.