From a Sony Stereo CD and Cassette Boombox to a Philips Bluetooth Boombox Speaker, here are the best CD players with speakers under $300.

This is particularly true of CD players. As mentioned here before, Sony, Philips and NEC manufacture the laser and drive mechanisms for more than 50 percent of the CD players on the market.

Philips exits home entertainment business, won't sell TVs, CD players any more The company is selling the division that contains many of its well-known consumer products, such as audio and video ...

The original Philips and Sony machines were in there, along with Hitachi's DA-1000, in which the disc was clamped vertically in the manner of a cassette player, and the drawer-loading Marantz CD-73, ...

If you look on the back of a CD player with a digital output socket, you may find the letters "SPDIF" alongside it. These stand for Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format.