Editing CD player (section)

===Small portable players===
[[File:Discman D121.jpg|thumb|upright|An early portable player, a [[Sony]] [[Discman]] model D-121]]
A [[portable CD player]] is a [[portable audio player]] used to play [[compact disc]]s. Portable CD players are powered by batteries and they have a 1/8" headphone jack into which the user plugs a pair of [[headphone]]s. The first portable CD player released was the [[Discman|D-50]] by [[Sony]].<ref name="aye">{{citation |author=Lungu, R. |url=http://gadgets.softpedia.com/news/History-of-the-Portable-Audio-Player-046-01.html |title=History of the Portable Audio Player  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502104636/http://gadgets.softpedia.com/news/History-of-the-Portable-Audio-Player-046-01.html |archive-date=May 2, 2012 |date=2008-11-27}}</ref> The D-50 was made available on the market in 1984,<ref>{{Cite web| url = http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press_Archive/199907/99-059/ | title = Sony Celebrates Walkman 20th Anniversary | publisher = Sony Press Release | access-date = 2009-05-04}}</ref> and adopted for Sony's entire portable CD player line.

In 1998, portable [[MP3 player]]s began to compete with portable CD players. After [[Apple Computer]] entered the music player market with its [[iPod]] line, within ten years it became the dominant seller of portable [[digital audio]] players, "...while former giant [[Sony]] (maker of the [portable] [[Walkman]] and [CD] [[Discman]] [was] struggling."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dyer |first1=Jeffrey H. |last2=Godfrey |first2=Paul|last3=Jensen |first3= Robert|last4=Bryce |first4= David|date=2005 |title= Strategic Management: Concepts and Cases|publisher=Wiley Global Edition |page= 5}}</ref> This market shift was initiated when the first portable digital audio player, the [[Rio digital music player]], was introduced. The 64 MB Rio MP3 player enabled users to store about 20 songs.<ref name="Fries 2005 112–113">{{cite book |last1=Fries |first1=Bruce |last2=Fries |first2= Marty |date= 2005|title= Digital Audio Essentials|url=https://archive.org/details/digitalaudioesse0000frie|url-access=registration |publisher=O'Reilly Media Inc. |pages=[https://archive.org/details/digitalaudioesse0000frie/page/112 112–113] |isbn=9780596008567 }}</ref> One of the benefits of the Rio over portable CD players was that since the Rio had no moving parts, it offered skip-free playback.<ref name="Fries 2005 112–113"/> Since 1998, the price of portable digital audio players has dropped and the storage capacity has increased significantly. In the 2000s, users can "carry [their] entire music collection in a [digital audio] player the size of a cigarette package."<ref name="Fries 2005 112–113"/> The 4 GB iPod, for example, holds over 1,000 songs.<ref name="Fries 2005 112–113"/> By the early 2010s, MP3 players began to decline in popularity,<ref>Elmore, J. (2024). The Revival of a Bygone Era: Are MP3 Players Still Manufactured? [online] TheTechyLife. Available at: https://thetechylife.com/are-mp3-players-still-manufactured/ [Accessed 23 Jan. 2025].</ref> in favour of [[Music download|downloading music]] on platforms such as [[iTunes]], and later [[Music streaming service|streaming music]] on platforms such as [[Spotify]], [[Apple Music]], and [[YouTube Music]].<ref>Rosenblatt, B. (n.d.). The Short, Unhappy Life Of Music Downloads. [online] Forbes. Available at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/billrosenblatt/2018/05/07/the-short-unhappy-life-of-music-downloads/.</ref><ref>Cross, A. (2023). How much longer will we be able to buy digital downloads of songs? [online] Global News. Available at: https://globalnews.ca/news/9553183/buying-digital-downloads-songs/ [Accessed 23 Jan. 2025].</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://toxigon.com/the-short-unhappy-life-of-music-downloads | title=The Rise and Fall of Music Downloads: A Retrospective }}</ref>