Funnily enough, I’ve been buying more CDs recently: video game soundtracks from, guess where, Japan. They are, at best, decoration pieces, so maybe they’d work well with this player.
I suppose I am one of the few people in the world still buying CDs. I like the covers and the accompanying material - often lyrics and production details. I think I'd buy a MUJI wall-mounted player if I was convinced the sound would be great. Stunning and slick design would not be enough for me. But this is a great article to read.
I can actually remember how much I liked the design of this CD player when Muji was my go-to destination for homeware between 1997-1999, a period of time when I was a well-paid industrial designer, furnishing my London flat with things that I carefully chose and were not imposed upon me (having previously rented since I was 18) This article has been useful in 2023 as I have just discovered that I cannot import all my ripped CD's (as MP3's /MP4's) onto my iPod. I was incensed at Apple on making this discovery. One of the things that led to me leaving the industrial design profession was 'design obsolescence' - I could not reconcile that designs I worked on would end up in landfill, and is why I became a Service Designer. Back to the review though, I want to thank you for preventing a nostalgic purchase of a product that was not that great, even in its first iteration for the reasons you give in your review. Off topic but perhaps relevant, I recently accepted my first telephone call (on my Grandmother's BT telephone) a couple of days ago and the heavy handset felt very strange, as it's probably been 30 years since I last held an analogue handset. I think I'm regressing to a bygone era as I have also began playing CD's and compact tapes on my (early 1980's) Technics music system, the sound is STILL outstanding. Live a long life and you too could become this nostalgic! :-)
Guess I'll have to visit the Muji stores in Japan one day and try my luck! Thanks Sam!
Love it!
Funnily enough, I’ve been buying more CDs recently: video game soundtracks from, guess where, Japan. They are, at best, decoration pieces, so maybe they’d work well with this player.
I suppose I am one of the few people in the world still buying CDs. I like the covers and the accompanying material - often lyrics and production details. I think I'd buy a MUJI wall-mounted player if I was convinced the sound would be great. Stunning and slick design would not be enough for me. But this is a great article to read.
Hell yes to this content 👏🫡
Love it. Where can I get this CD player from?
Should still be available at Muji stores in Japan, though it seems out of stock online right now...
https://www.muji.com/jp/ja/store/cmdty/detail/4549738311720
I can actually remember how much I liked the design of this CD player when Muji was my go-to destination for homeware between 1997-1999, a period of time when I was a well-paid industrial designer, furnishing my London flat with things that I carefully chose and were not imposed upon me (having previously rented since I was 18) This article has been useful in 2023 as I have just discovered that I cannot import all my ripped CD's (as MP3's /MP4's) onto my iPod. I was incensed at Apple on making this discovery. One of the things that led to me leaving the industrial design profession was 'design obsolescence' - I could not reconcile that designs I worked on would end up in landfill, and is why I became a Service Designer. Back to the review though, I want to thank you for preventing a nostalgic purchase of a product that was not that great, even in its first iteration for the reasons you give in your review. Off topic but perhaps relevant, I recently accepted my first telephone call (on my Grandmother's BT telephone) a couple of days ago and the heavy handset felt very strange, as it's probably been 30 years since I last held an analogue handset. I think I'm regressing to a bygone era as I have also began playing CD's and compact tapes on my (early 1980's) Technics music system, the sound is STILL outstanding. Live a long life and you too could become this nostalgic! :-)