This is a list of compact disc player manufacturers. A

CD player A CD player is an electronic device that plays audio compact discs, which are a digital optical disc data storage format. CD players were first sold to consumers in 1982. CDs typically contain recordings of audio material such as music or audio ...

is an electronic device that plays audio

compact disc The compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was co-developed by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings. In August 1982, the first compact disc was manufactured. It was then released in Oc ...

s. CD players are often a part of home stereo systems, car audio systems, and

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s. They are also manufactured as portable devices. Modern units can play other formats in addition to PCM audio coding used in CDs, such as

MP3 MP3 (formally MPEG-1 Audio Layer III or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III) is a coding format for digital audio developed largely by the Fraunhofer Society in Germany, with support from other digital scientists in the United States and elsewhere. Origin ...

, AAC and WMA. DJs often use players with an adjustable playback speed to alter the pitch and tempo of the music. CD playback functionality is also available on CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive equipped computers as well as on

DVD player A DVD player is a device that plays DVDs produced under both the DVD-Video and DVD-Audio technical standards, two different and incompatible standards. Some DVD players will also play audio CDs. DVD players are connected to a television to ...

s and CD-ROM/DVD-ROM based game consoles.

Compact disc player manufacturers

* A&R Cambridge Ltd * Abbingdon Music Research * Accuphase *

Audiolab Audiolab is a British manufacturer of audio equipment. It specializes in affordable systems and has a range of stereo and surround sound systems. During its ownership under McLaren Group it was named TAGMcLaren Audio. History Audiolab was foun ...

* Bang & Olufsen *

Bose Corporation Bose Corporation () is an American manufacturing company that predominantly sells audio equipment. The company was established by Amar Bose in 1964 and is based in Framingham, Massachusetts. It is best known for its home audio systems and spea ...

* Boulder Amplifiers * Cambridge Audio *

Classé Classé is a Canadian audio brand known for high-performance music and theater components, such as amplifiers, pre-amplifiers and surround sound processors. The company was founded in 1980 in Montréal. Classé became part of the Bowers & Wilkins ...

Creek Audio {{Unreferenced, date=November 2009 Creek Audio is a manufacturer of audio equipment. History Creek Audio production was started in 1982 by Michael Creek. Initially, Creek manufactured integrated amplifiers and tuners from its London base. Sales o ...

* Denon *

Densen Audio Technologies Densen Audio Technologies is a Danish manufacturer of high fidelity equipment based in Esbjerg, a city on the west coast of Jutland, the main peninsula of Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = N ...

Harman Kardon Harman Kardon (stylized as ) is a division of US-based Harman International Industries, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, and manufactures home and car audio equipment. Harman Kardon was originally founded in 1953 by business partners, Sid ...

Hegel Audio AS Hegel Audio AS is a manufacturer of high fidelity audio equipment, based in Oslo, Norway. The company is best known for its audio amplifier An audio power amplifier (or power amp) is an electronic amplifier that amplifies low-power ele ...

Krell Industries Krell Industries Inc., founded by its C.E.O. and chief designer Dan D'Agostino, is one of America's largest manufacturers of high-end audio systems. While most of their acclaim has come from their power amplifiers and CD players (their flagship m ...

Linn Products Linn Products is an engineering company that manufactures hi-fi and audio equipment. Founded by Ivor Tiefenbrun in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1973, the company is best known as the manufacturer of the Linn Sondek LP12 turntable. From 2007 Linn was ...

* Luxman *

Mark Levinson Audio Systems Mark Levinson is an American high-end audio equipment brand established in 1972 by eponymous founder Mark Levinson, and based in Stamford, Connecticut. It is owned by Harman International Industries, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics. Histo ...

* Marantz *

McIntosh Laboratory McIntosh Laboratory is an American manufacturer of handcrafted high-end audio equipment based in Binghamton, New York. The company was founded in 1949 by Frank McIntosh. The company designs and produces audio amplifiers, stereo tuners and other ...

Meridian Audio Meridian Audio is a consumer audio and home theatre equipment manufacturer based in the United Kingdom. Bob Stuart and Allen Boothroyd founded the company in 1977 under the name Boothroyd-Stuart. In 1985 the company released a CD player under ...

* Mordaunt-Short * Musical Fidelity * NAD Electronics *

Naim Audio Naim Audio is a British High fidelity, hi-fi manufacturer based in Wiltshire, United Kingdom. The company was founded in 1973. Following a 2011 merger with French loudspeaker manufacturer Focal-JMLab, Focal, Naim is owned by VerVent Audio Grou ...

Pink Triangle (audio manufacturer) Pink Triangle Products Ltd was a British audio manufacturer specialising in high end turntables. It was founded in London in 1979 by Neal Jackson and Arthur Khoubesserian. Jackson chose the name 'Pink Triangle' after the symbol used to identify h ...

* PS Audio *

Quad Electroacoustics Quad Electroacoustics is a Chinese manufacturer of hi-fi equipment, based in Shenzhen, China. Corporate history The company was founded by Peter J. Walker in 1936 in London, and was initially called ''S.P. Fidelity Sound Systems''. In 1936 ...

* Rega Research *

Roksan Audio Roksan is a British manufacturer of high fidelity audio products for domestic use, based in Rayleigh, Essex, Rayleigh, Essex. It is best known for its influential and innovative design for hi-fi equipment, and in particular its Roksan Xerxes, Xe ...

Rotel Rotel is a family-owned Japanese manufacturer of hi-fi audio and video equipment: home theater, amplifiers, compact disc players, etc. Rotel was started by Tomoki Tachikawa in Tokyo Japan in 1957 as a hi-fi electronics manufacturer. It is curre ...

* Steinway Lyngdorf * T-Series *

TEAC Corporation () is a Japanese electronics manufacturer. TEAC was created by the merger of the Tokyo Television Acoustic Company, founded in 1953, and the Tokyo Electro-Acoustic Company, founded in 1956. Overview TEAC has four divisions: * TASCAM - co ...

Yamaha Corporation is a Japanese multinational corporation and conglomerate with a very wide range of products and services. It is one of the constituents of Nikkei 225 and is the world's largest musical instrument manufacturing company. The former motorcycle divi ...

Yamaha Pro Audio Yamaha Pro Audio, Inc. is a division of the Yamaha Corporation that offers a complete line of beginner professional audio products for the live sound and sound reinforcement markets. It has a long history of introducing significant products for ...

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