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I guess if you don't own or know how to use a PC, it might make sense.
I'd probably use abcde on a Linux box and a USB CD drive, rip it to higher-density storage.
https://linux.die.net/man/1/abcde
Its portable so I think that is the point, plus built in DAC
You're better off with a decent portable media player that can hold thousands of ripped CDs in a lossless format. Portable CD players just end up scratching up your CDs.
They shouldn't, its a no contact medium. Poot handling though will ruin them.
cd's are the worst media format. fragile and exposed. imagine if floppy disks didnt have cases and you needed to gingerly hold the disc inside by its edges. that.
the mini-disc was superior but proprietary so it sank.
when ipods and other digital media players were invented I didnt buy a single cd ever again
I get that, Floptical Drives were interestinf, but mp3 players and iPod didn't have great sound with the lossy format, and digital conversion.
I'm the type that hears the difference between lossy and something like WAV format. Lossy ones always sound muddy to me. So CD and DVD audio appeal to some people. And If I'm going to take a DAC with me, then a CD one is pretty neat.