D-375

The D-375 followed the same practical late-Discman formula as its siblings, but added MD Link digital output while keeping ESP buffering and a body built for regular carry. It still worked as an everyday portable CD player first, but now had a clearer place inside Sony's broader personal audio ecosystem than a purely standalone Discman would have had a few years earlier.

By then, portable CD was no longer existing in isolation inside the lineup. The D-375 was part of the period where CD players increasingly had to coexist with MiniDisc and support adjacent listening habits instead of simply stand alone. That gives it a slightly wider role than it first appears to have.