The CD player, like the gas-guzzling 4x4 and the battered and bruised chickens served up at KFC, has become an essential and symbolic tool of modern society. To succeed in the 21st century, one has to be mobile, resourceful and almost perpetually busy - the CD player, particularly in its portable form, fits in with this standardised lifestyle, allowing us to play music anywhere and everywhere we go. Although the CD lacks the intimacy and uniqueness of an LP, it complies with the modern function of music as less an occasional memorable experience and more a constant accompaniment.
Indeed, of all the means of playing music currently available, the CD is uniquely suited to our propensity, inculcated through cliched Hollywood soundtracks, to associate each of life's pastimes and feelings with a particular anthem. Thus, despite its connotations of cheesy commercialism, the audio CD player is an essential and immovable cornerstone in all our lives. Gooshing's search of over 350 retailers will get you the best price on your CD player of choice, while our thorough ethical reviews will give you the full lowdown on each major company involved in the manufacture of CD player devices.
The audio CD player, composed as it is of large amounts of plastic, will take a long time to degrade if simply tossed away when it becomes obsolete. Thus the ethical consumer should dispose of their old CD player carefully and properly if and when they buy a new one. The purchase of a CD player does have a major ethical drawback - a percentage of the revenue from each model sold goes in royalties to Philips, the electronics giant which invented and patented the CD player and which also harbours highly questionable policies towards workers' rights and the manufacture of armaments. Despite this obvious ethical pitfall, one can restrict the moral and ecological drawbacks of the CD player by reading Gooshing's thorough reviews of all the major companies involved in the manufacture of this device before buying one. Indeed, Gooshing rates each manufacturing company according to their attitudes to a range of pertinent ethical issues, from pollution to energy efficiency to genetic modification. Please click through to access these reviews and shop with a clear conscience.
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