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" Music at home has never looked so good. In fact, today&amp;#039;s sound systems are sleek enough to double as decorative elements. Pretty does as pretty is, too\u2014many units outperform their predecessors, often at a fraction of their cost. Here are a few of our favorite players to get your mind (not to mention your CDs) spinning. Philips&amp;#039; PSS010 Personal sound system, $100  Yes, it&amp;#039;s a CD player. And one that&amp;#039;s specifically designed to not clutter up your quarters. With a touch-screen LCD and just three buttons (power, source, and eject), it&amp;#039;s easy to operate and easy on the eyes. A separate subwoofer and dynamic bass boost pump out rich, powerful sound not usually associated with such a small package. Available in May. For info: 800-531-0039, philips.com. Pioneer&amp;#039;s DV-563A Universal DVD-Audio/SACD player, $250  This stereo-system component plays just about any silver disc you drop in its tray, including CDs, DVDs, and brand-new formats such as DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD (SACD). (See &amp;quot;Features to Consider&amp;quot; for an explanation of these terms and others.) And, the price can&amp;#039;t be beat. For info: 800-421-1404, pioneerelectronics.com. Gibson Audio&amp;#039;s Wurlitzer Digital Jukebox, $1,899  When you pop in a CD, this futuristic-looking jukebox automatically saves it and its song list to memory so you&amp;#039;ll never have to insert the disc again. The floor unit\u2014about 54 inches high by 15 inches wide\u2014stores up to 1,000 CDs&amp;#039; worth of music and includes a wireless remote and a pair of Klipsch speakers. (A no-speaker component version and smaller shelf unit are also available.) Plus, you can receive digital radio and download music via satellite. For info: 202-756-4559, gibson.com GE&amp;#039;s 75295 Ultra-Slim Spacemaker, $100  OK. You just want a thin undershelf unit in the kitchen that the kids can smear with peanut butter without putting you in a tizzy. This basic model offers a standard CD player and radio with a digital clock, a magnetic remote that sticks to the fridge, and an easy-to-clean front panel for those wayward pasta projectiles. It even plays CD-Rs. For info: 800-447-1700, home-electronics.net.  Burn your own CD Burning a CD means copying music onto a blank disc. It&amp;#039;s fun, easy, and a great way to put all of your favorite songs in one place. How do you do it? One of the cheapest ways is to use your computer&amp;#039;s CD-R (recordable) disc drive and special software\u2014we like Musicmatch Jukebox 8.2 ($20 at musicmatch.com)\u2014that lets you download tunes from the Internet. Or, you can buy a CD player that has a CD burner. In this case, you would insert the CD you want to copy in one slot and a blank disc in the other. Select the song(s) you want to transfer and hit the record button. Features to Consider  Built-in CD burner Lets you make copies of existing CDs, to keep in your car, for example. CD-R (recordable) and CD-RW (rewritable) compatibility CD-R compatible units play CDs that have been burned. CD-RW compatible devices can play these CDs and re-recordable ones. DVD capability A CD player and DVD player in one. Headphone jack A must if you like to crank tunes while your mate reads the news. MP3 compatibility An MP3-compatible device lets you play MP3 files (compressed audio tracks). Remote controls Almost all units come with remotes these days. Backlit displays are helpful in the dark. Single vs. multidisc systems Some players hold one CD, others more than 400. For casual listeners, we recommend five-CD systems, which are often comparable in price to single-disc units. Super Audio CD (SACD) and DVD-Audio These two new audio formats look like CDs but offer even sharper sound.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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