Portable CD Player with Digital out

I found some Sony Discmans that have optical outs. I will get one of those and a nice cheap DAC that supports optical digital input and a good headphone amp and some Senn 600's. This should do the trick. I do believe that the outboard DAC is necessary because the internal DACs in those portable units are CRAP. Thanks for the tips everybody.

Yep Sony DEJ721 has a digital out. Check out the posted Take-it-with-you system bellow and everything will clear up to you.

The only portable cd player with a coaxial digital out that I know of was the Radio Shack CD3400, which unfortunately, is no longer made or sold. You may find one used, but I do not believe service is available for them anymore. They do sound good, even as a cd player.
What you may want to explore, if you have a portable cd player with halfway decent sound from its analog output; you could get an Art DI/O dac and use it to convert the analog to digital and then back to analog, upsampling to 24/96k. This would also enable to you to use the "tube warmth" feature of the DI/O. This would be a great toy, however, I am not sure whether the DI/O dac is better than your EAD. Also, my limited experience with a stock DI/O indicates it would not be my first choice for headphone listening due to its soundstage limitations.

I think Marantz makes a hefty portable with digital out. Check out Full Compas catalog.

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any updates/links to portables/compact CD players with digital out? Are portable units with SP/DIF outputs dead because of thw power ( ~ 10mW) draw of this interface versus the desire for 50 hour plus battery life from 2AA batteries ?

PeAK