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TowaElectronics Co.,LTD is releasing what it is calling the world’s smallest stationary CD player “NANOCOMPO NANO-CD1″ through its original brand “Olasonic” in late May. The CD player is 3 CD cases big (149×33×149mm).

You can place it either horizontally or verticlly. When you change the direction in which it is set, its LCD display can be shifted.

At the flick of a switch on the back, normal CD audio quality 44.1kHz can be changed to 88.2kHz or 96kHz and you can enjoy an improvement in sound quality.

Their new amp “NANO-UA1″ to be released in late April is also the same compact size.

Price: 63,000 yen (including tax)
Color: Platinum white   
Playable media: CD, CD-R, CD-RW, Hybrid SACD CD
Audio format: CD-DA
Digital output terminal: COAXIAL (RCA), OPTICAL (square)
Size: 149 × 33 × 149mm
Weight: 1,200g

Ok, I admit it, I never have been really fair in the past with Toshiba and I hope you will believe me when I am saying that I have nothing against the brand and actually I even own a REGZA TV and love it, at least until two dead pixel pop-up 9 month after I bought it… Anyway, it seems that in Japan there is a market for old stuff like and today Toshiba outs the TY-CRX70, a gold old CD and FM/AM Radio combo that even comes, brace yourself, with a USB port and the support of MPA/WMA files …

Sony has been big on smartphone integration for car audio lately, having already launched its MirrorLink receivers earlier in the year for the more well-heeled drivers among us. The company is bringing that mobile tie-in down to Earth through a new quartet of in-car CD receivers. The MEX-GS600BT, MEX-BT4100P, MEX-BT3100P and CDX-GS500R all bring in App Remote, which lets the faceplate buttons steer local music or Pandora streaming radio coming from Android, BlackBerry, iOS and Walkman devices paired through a Bluetooth wireless link. The old-fashioned USB connection is still on offer for these and the HD Radio-toting CDX-GT710HD, while the whole collection can graft on the optional SXV200V1 tuner to carry the full Sirius XM satellite radio lineup. Differences across the line aren’t completely clear from Sony’s wording, although both the MEX-GS600BT and CDX-GS500R carry two USB ports as well as 5-volt RCA preamp outputs. You’ll be waiting awhile to slip any of these receivers into a DIN slot, regardless of which one you pick: the GS500R ships in October for $199, and the rest hit the shops in November for between $149 to $249.

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Here you are another CD Mini Component from Onkyo, the X-U1X. Announced at around 35,000 Yen and schedule for a September releases comes with the obvious basic CD Player, FM Tuner, USB (for Mp3 and WMA), but also Bluetooth 2.1+ EDR and A2DP 1.2 that will enable you to stream any audio files coming from a Smartphone, Tablet or PC via Bluetooth. The X-U1X comes with S.BASS and a 15Wx2Ch amplifier.