

Brennan makes a set of speakers that work well with the B2, but they are only worth buying if you don’t already have speakers. Next are the speaker ports, which use banana connections. You can absolutely do that, but do you really want to muck up your computer hard drive with thousands of lossless or MP3 music files? Why not use a dedicated player/storage device instead? The Brennan B2 can store up to 2 terabytes of music-with cover art, titles and other info garnered from the internet. “There’s Apple Music on my Mac computer (or Windows equivalent) and I can rip CDs and play them on my PC. Plus, you can store the CDs in a safe place and never have to drag them out again. However, if you have a large CD collection gathering dust, you can back them up to a hard drive and have your whole collection ready to play whenever you want. And to add insult to injury, LPs now outsell CDs! When I first saw the Brennan B2, a wondered why someone would release a CD player in this age of music streaming? Streaming is just too convenient and music sounds “good enough” for most people. Bluetooth 5.0 (Requires optional Bluetooth dongle).Plus, it will play audio from its built-in CD player, YouTube, any source connected via the AUX port, any available internet radio station, and Bluetooth (with optional Bluetooth 5 dongle). The B2 will also play those stored CDs over wired speakers, Bluetooth, Wifi, or even the SONOS home sound system. The Brennan B2 CD Ripper and Hard disk Jukebox is a compact storage device that can store up to 5,000 CDs in high-resolution/lossless format (or 10,000 in MP3 format depending on the file and hard drive size). They see a need and fill it with a specific product, such as the BB1 I reviewed last year.

Brennan is a small British company that makes interesting audio gear that fits a certain genre.
