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His most-watched upload of the week asks what shrinking disc-player choices mean for listeners on a budget.
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Story of Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.
CD Fans! You Need to Know What Sony Just Did
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- 0:00A cheap DVD or Blu-ray player's digital output can turn it into a CD transport.
- 0:44He outlines Sony's disc-product pullbacks, including the UBP-X700, as the starting point for his concerns.
- 6:38He traces the shrinking player market through departures by Oppo, Samsung and LG.
- 8:41He argues that rising Panasonic prices leave budget buyers with fewer affordable new 4K player choices.
- 14:47His advice is to avoid inflated prices for scarce budget players and save toward a higher-end Panasonic instead.
A cheap DVD or Blu-ray player can have a second career in a stereo: use its digital output to play CDs through an external converter. That budget workaround is where cheapaudioman begins "CD Fans! You Need to Know What Sony Just Did", before asking how long affordable disc hardware will remain easy to find.
The video reached roughly 550,000 views, making it the most-watched of his two uploads this week. He describes Sony pulling back from disc products, including the UBP-X700 player, then widens the discussion to manufacturers that have left the market and the cost of the remaining options. His concern is less about finding luxurious equipment than losing the inexpensive route into listening.
The comments bring that distinction home. Viewers discuss keeping their physical collections, choosing discs over streaming and putting older DVD players to work as CD players. Ownership, rather than another round of specifications, is the recurring subject.
Tuesday's "This Doesn't Make any Sense" was the other new upload. Both new videos now draw more daily views than the older "This Cheap Amp Solves the Budget Audiophile Problem", whose description promises an unconventional approach to small-speaker problems.
The channel added about 2,000 subscribers over the week, although daily viewing is currently below its usual pace. Its weekly views were second only to Andrew Bond among the nearby tech channels, while Data Slayer had the larger subscriber gain. For cheapaudioman, the week's defining subject was a familiar budget question with a different emphasis: not just what sounds good for less, but which affordable players will remain available.
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What viewers say
We like to own things. Who knew.
@globusdiabloSee it on YouTubeI never gave up on physical media.
@theadventuresofjimmycrapol8827See it on YouTubeI got a 2005 Sony DVD player for $28 on eBay. Works great, sounds great. Plays SACDs. Has digital outs. Has a nice remote. In this economy, this is the way to go for CDs, IMO.
@VastKrutEmpireSee it on YouTube
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I would always choose a CD/DVD player over streaming.
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The videos drawing views on cheapaudioman right now
- Channel
- cheapaudioman
- Subscribers
- 515,000 ▲ 2,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 1,507,116
- Videos published this week
- 2
- Video published
- November 1, 2026
- Video views so far
- 547,488
- Views on its first day
- 233,020
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