In my 20 years of owning CD players, I've only had 6, and three of those were discmen.
1. Until I started driving, I used my dad's hand-me-down 3/4 size simple black Hitachi from mid eighties. He's still got it around somewhere, I think. 1985-1992
2. Portable (I think it was Kenwood), black discman. Stolen from my car. 1990-1992
3. Another discman, same model or updated model of same type, to replace the above stolen player. 1992-1995
4. Yamaha 6 CD changer. Only had this for about a year before giving it to my sister when I moved to Hong Kong. 1994-1995
5. Gorgeous Denon brushed steel F1 series mini comp system. Still use it and love it. I think it must be the most beautiful system ever manufactured. No bevels. No grooves. Just flat steel front with round steel buttons. 1996-present
6. Tiny portable Sony silver discman. Latch broke and I gave it away. Would have replaced it but then I got my first iPod. 2000-2002
I won't count my old VCD player (don't have anymore) or DVD player (don't have anymore either), as I never used them to listen to CDs.
1. Until I started driving, I used my dad's hand-me-down 3/4 size simple black Hitachi from mid eighties. He's still got it around somewhere, I think. 1985-1992
2. Portable (I think it was Kenwood), black discman. Stolen from my car. 1990-1992
3. Another discman, same model or updated model of same type, to replace the above stolen player. 1992-1995
4. Yamaha 6 CD changer. Only had this for about a year before giving it to my sister when I moved to Hong Kong. 1994-1995
5. Gorgeous Denon brushed steel F1 series mini comp system. Still use it and love it. I think it must be the most beautiful system ever manufactured. No bevels. No grooves. Just flat steel front with round steel buttons. 1996-present
6. Tiny portable Sony silver discman. Latch broke and I gave it away. Would have replaced it but then I got my first iPod. 2000-2002
I won't count my old VCD player (don't have anymore) or DVD player (don't have anymore either), as I never used them to listen to CDs.