CD10 Personal & Portable CD Player with 7 Hour Battery Life

If you are looking for a portable CD player, this is the one you need. Let me explain why.I have purchased this product myself, having been asked to review the portable CD player by Oakcastle. I will be perfectly honest with my review and not let their request sway my judgement.I will be perfectly honest, when asked to review this product, a portable CD player, my first thought was why; why has this product been brought out? After all, aren’t we all using streaming services these days? Then I thought of the sheer volume of CD’s I own that will never be found on a streaming service, such as ‘fan club’ CD’s, CD’s by small artists with local appeal, and the like.Firstly, I had limited expectations. After all, it’s £26.95, (at the time of writing), but at the time I purchased it there was a further 25% discount. Cheap and cheerful, or so I thought. First impressions, upon opening the packaging, was how incredibly well packed it was. I have received items costing ten times as much not so well packaged. For the price you get the portable CD player, (obviously!) a set of headphones, a 3.5mm jack lead to plug into a portable speaker, and a remote for the headphones to allow skipping tracks, pausing and so on without having to use the small buttons on the unit itself.Secondly, this device has multiple ways of powering it. You can use two AA batteries, (a set are supplied), you can use the supplied USB lead plugged into a USB adapter in a wall socket, into a power pack, or plugged into the USB port of a laptop or PC. It can also be used as car CD player, most cars have a USB port for power these days, but don’t have a CD player!Moving onto the sound quality; I tried the supplied headphones first. I have to say, I was surprised. It may not be Bang and Olufsen quality, but it is a tiny fraction of the price. The sound was good, and not at all tinny, as I had expected. I was listening to a solo guitarist, (video attached) and the sound was clear and crisp. I added the bass boost, and although I could tell the difference, for this music it really wasn’t required. I then tried the CD player with a set of my own Sennheiser wired headphones, and then this machine came into its own. With a pair of good quality headphones, the sound had a warmth, and richness that belies the price tag.I have tried a wide range of music with the CD player, from rock, rock and roll, singer/songwriter, solo guitar, pop, and even classical. All the different genres sounded excellent; the classical music, when paired to a portable speaker, had a clarity which was completely beyond my expectations.The portable CD player can also be used in a variety of modes, you can play tracks randomly, repeat a track, repeat the CD, and even intro mode, which plays the first ten seconds of each track to help find a particular song you may wish to listen to. I have used it whilst walking round the house and garden; there were no issues at all. A sliding hold button stops the other buttons being caught accidentally whilst the unit is in a bag or a pocket.Oakcastle are a company that clearly take a pride in their products. And so they should; I cannot recommend this highly enough. Anyone looking for a portable CD player for use in a car, caravan, whilst walking etc will not be disappointed. The sound quality is excellent, particularly when paired with a good quality speaker or headphones. It has every feature you will look for, and more besides. If you register the product with Oakcastle they will extend the warranty to three years. Buy it – you can’t go wrong.

I've grown up with quality hi-fi (I'm 78) but needed an inexpensive portable CD player. I read through the reviews on Amazon and finally settled this Oakcastle CD-10 - made in Cambridge, UK. I'm very impressed with the quality. For its size, the sound quality is very good and the volume, which reviewers of other portable CD players - including the expensive ones - complain is very low, cannot be said of this one! The earphones are prefectly adequate and handle both treble and bass acceptably. I'm amazed at the features it offers and the instruction book which accompanies is clear, precises and easy to follow. I have ordered a small leather bag to safely carry it in. The player measures 17cm (allowing for the earphone jack when plugged in) x 17cm x 2.5cm. Courtesy of Amazon PRIME, the player arrived the day after ordering and was very well packed. I'm VERY pleased with this purchase.

If you want a cd player with a low price, but with a upper-mid priced sound, then this will please. Great bass, decent level of volume. Love it.

I purchased this Portable CD Player to replace a Sony CD Walkman D-NE240 that had finally given up the ghost. I was pleased to note, the product was supplied in a cardboard box, rather than a plastic shell, and that the CD Player itself was housed inside within a sponge moulding to protect it from knocks when in transit. The accessories were contained beside it in a separate cardboard box. My first impressions of the CD player itself were that it appeared to be a little flimsier than the, somewhat chunkier, Sony model but when subsequently considering it in its own light, rather than by comparison, I was satisfied that it was perfectly adequate to the job. The fact that it is manufactured by Majority and comes with a three year warranty (registration required) also inspired confidence. The Oakcastle player is more compact and (in my view) has a more elegant design than the Sony.With regard to functionality, all the controls were responsive and operated as they should. When played through my Sennheiser headphones (I never use the ear buds supplied with portable audio equipment) I found that the unit had more than enough volume and provided a pleasant clear tone, particularly with the base boost on. I have not tried playing it through an external sound system as that is not what I bought it for. The display and control buttons are on the side of the unit, rather than on the top, and are a little small but nevertheless functional. To make things a little easier, however, an in-line control is also supplied for the headset which provides access to the Play/Pause, Stop, Next/FFD, and Previous/RWD functions. The player has a 120 second anti-shock buffer is supplied with two AA batteries, which are stated to provide 7 hours of play time. You can, however, also use rechargeable AA cells if you so wish.Overall, I am very happy with this CD Player. It looks good, sounds good and provides a very satisfactory replacement for my previous model.

Great cd player

I’ve been looking for a good portable CD player for years, and tried a few different options that all seem to have audible background hiss – something that drives me mad. This one doesn't!It's compact enough to fit in my hoodie pocket and the controls along the front of the device are surprisingly resilient to accidental pressing. The anti-shock works really well and there's no skipping of tracks even when you're moving around. I've listened to mulitple albumbs on one set of AA batteries, so it's more power efficient than my old portable player!Highlights:- No “background hiss”- Takes standard AA batteries, none of this non-replaceable lithium ion rubbish- Anti-shock- USB power cableMy only negative point is that it there is no “line out” option, like classic CD players used to have to by-pass the internal amp and allow connection to external devices with better audio quality.We need more CD players like this one - user replacable batteries, no audio hiss, good amplification for even audiophile headphones.

The cd player was okay. I unpacked it and set it up. The wire that controls the headset did not work so I returned the cd player to Amazon and I am awaiting my refund.

My new car does not have an inbuilt CD player so I was looking for a reliable alternative. The Oakcastle CD player had some good reviews so I thought I would give it a go.Really pleased with it. It looks good, compact, easy to use, does not skip, good sound.However after a short time it kept stopping. I had not realised how quickly the batteries run down after only a couple of CD's. I was going to send it back until someone told me that I could run it off the cigarette lighter thus bypassing the batteries. I purchased an extra cable and problem sorted.Maybe it is just me being thick but I think it would be helpful if this were explained on the product details more clearly or the necessary cable be included in the first place.Otherwise a great product. I would thoroughly recommend it but don't forget to think about a power cable or maybe rechargeable batteries.

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Ich habe mir den CD-10 gekauft, um Ersatz zu bekommen für meine beiden Sony Discman, die fast gleichzeitig ihren Geist aufgegeben haben. Ich habe zwar noch einen relativ neuen und kaum gebrauchten Sony Discman, aber der macht schon denselben Unsinn wie die beiden alten: er stellt sich, auch ohne durch irgendwelche Bewegungen belastet zu werden, mitten in der Musikwiedergabe einfach ab. Außerdem gingen mir die Sony Geräte durch ihre Lautstärkebegrenzung auf die Nerven. Die kann man zwar abstellen, aber das bringt kaum einen Zugewinn.Heute nun traf der Oakcastle CD-10 ein. Ich habe ihn natürlich sofort ausprobiert. Ein super Gerät!!! Es ist leicht und intuitiv zu bedienen, auch ohne die Bedienungsanleitung zu Rate zu ziehen. Zwei Batterien oder Akkus kann man leicht an der Rückseite einsetzen. Das kleine Display an der Vorderseite zeigt den Ladestand. Eine Lautstärkebegrenzung gibt es nicht, man wird nicht gegängelt, kann so laut hören wie es einem gefällt. Der Klang ist wirklich gut und wer's braucht, kann extra Bass hinzuschalten. Das Gerät ist aus Plastik, leicht, passt gut in die Hosentasche und produziert auch bei dauernder Bewegung keine Aussetzer. Und das alles gibt es zu einem super Preis, unglaublich günstig. Ganz ehrlich, ich bestelle mir noch einen CD-10. So etwas Gutes zu diesem Preis hatte ich nicht erwartet.

Le doy 5 estrellas porque lo principal, que es la calidad de sonido, la doy por bastante decente para el precio que tiene. La única pega que le veo es que no tiene indicador de pila baja, porque a veces escuchas música y de repente se queda sin pilas jajajaja pero bueno nada que no se solucione con tener un juego cargado, así que ni tan mal. Desde luego que por el precio que tiene lo compraría de nuevo, de hecho quizá compre otro por si este se estropea xDRecomendable desde luego, si quieres volver a recordar viejos tiempos.

Très bien