Record Picker vs Penta CDX

Your records. More music. Record Picker helps you catalogue vinyl records and CDs, find an album on your shelves and choose what to play from the music you already own. BUILD YOUR COLLECTION Add a record manually, choose a cover photo or enter a Discogs Reference ID. Import a collection or Wantlist CSV with a preview before applying changes. Keep your wishlist separate from the records you own, and move a wish into your collection when you buy it. FIND YOUR NEXT LISTEN Search your catalogue, filter by format, sort your albums and keep your favourites close. Random Pick helps you rediscover your shelves without repeating records during a draw cycle. Open your chosen music in a supported streaming service. LIGHT: THE ESSENTIALS One purchase, no subscription. An unlimited collection and wishlist, all import methods, search, filters, favourites, Random Pick, Today’s Pick, Mood Pick, backup and restore. PRO: EXPLORE FURTHER Listening Journeys, collection graphs, review keywords, batch enrichment and private pressing dossiers add ways to explore and maintain your library. Existing Pro purchases keep their access. RECORD DETAILS THAT RESPECT YOUR COPY Keep the release ID, format, speed, media and sleeve condition, notes and classical or contemporary music credits together. Reviews retain their original language; keyword analysis brings musical concepts together in a shared dictionary. YOUR COLLECTION STAYS YOURS No Record Picker account is required. You can back up and export your collection. Metadata and listening links may use external services; their availability and any required music subscriptions depend on those services. ON IPHONE AND IPAD Photograph a cover or scan a barcode with the camera. Browse your collection wherever you listen, with layouts for iPhone and iPad.

Penta CDX-5 turns your iPhone or iPad into a five-disc CD player — the tactile hi-fi component you grew up with, rebuilt for your Apple Music library. Open the deck, browse your albums, and drag a disc into the spinning carousel. Load up to five at once, then play, skip, seek, shuffle, and repeat from a machined transport bar. Every detail is here: the fluorescent display, the motorized carousel spin, the power-on self-test, and the satisfying clunk of a disc dropping onto the spindle. FEATURES • A real five-disc carousel — load, spin, and swap discs by hand • Plays your Apple Music library in full, with real album art on every disc • Jewel-case browser — tap an album, open the case, drag the disc out to load it • Magazines — save a set of five discs and reload the whole cartridge later • Favorites, whole-library search, and on-demand Apple Music catalog search • A vacuum-fluorescent display with track, time, and format readouts • Customizable display colour, meter style, and spin speed • Favorites and saved magazines sync across your devices via iCloud • Procedurally synthesized sounds — every click, whir, and clunk is generated live PENTA PRO A one-time unlock that adds the full phosphor-colour set, the analog needle and combined VU meters, a gentle readable spin, the minimal readout, and unlimited saved magazines — plus every future Pro upgrade. The free deck plays your whole library with no limits; Pro is just for the collectors. Penta CDX-5 is a labour of love for anyone who misses physical media. Requires an Apple Music subscription for full playback.