I’m burned out on MP3′s, mostly. I’ve been missing the warm, full sound of music from back in the day for some time now so I did something about it. I bought a new stereo, CD player, turntable, and speakers. Yep, I’ve gone back to records and CD’s.

It’s everything I hoped it would be and more. Music sounds absolutely amazing again! It’s as if I’m hearing it for the first time and I love it. My record and CD collection are pretty small at the moment but everything I’ve bought so far sounds head and shoulders above any MP3 version. There’s really no comparison.

I knew from the beginning that I wanted to go back to vinyl but I wasn’t sure if I would want to go back to CD’s as well. I decided what the heck because there’s a pretty large selection of music that was never issued on vinyl. And I can honestly say that even classic CD’s sound wayyy better than modern MP3′s. The word that comes to mind is expansive, it’s as if there’s more sound on a record or CD than an MP3 and in a way that’s true.

I was so happy with how my home setup turned out that I wanted to be able to take that experience with me on my commute so eBay came to the rescue with the little beauty below. It’s a used Sony CD Walkman that I picked up for about $20. It’ll play for more than 30 hours on a single set of rechargeable AA’s and it sounds fantastic paired up with a set of AKG K26P headphones. I mean like really, really good sounding.

It’s totally fun to be checking out record shops again. Who knows, this could be my mid-life crisis but it beats getting a Corvette and it’s less expensive too! Time to go, I gotta get up and change the record.

Sony D-E350 CD Walkman

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