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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 9:35:33 GMT
When did you buy your 1st CD Player? I was kind of an early starter with CD. My first machine was the mid 80's, the Mission 'DAD 7000' which was based on the Philips 'CD104B'.. I still have this machine that i keep for posterity.. However i never really used it till a good 8 years down the line because with exception to the odd release there was not really any prog CD available till the 90's, by that time i was buying other CD players as Hi-Fi people can't help themselves from doing so  I don't really use a CD player these days except for music i have that is/was not available on Vinyl but i use a Sony machine for listerning. |
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Post by zippy on May 26, 2015 9:45:16 GMT
I had one of the earliest Marantz players. If the marketing was to be believed these were basically Philips players but with some of the circuitry upgraded.
Sounded OK at the time, although I quickly moved on to using external DACs like the Meridian.
There was, I recall, even then numerous arguments about whether CD was better than Vinyl. To me the convenience of CD and total lack of background hiss, rumble, clicks and pops sold me on CD immediately, and I sold my turntable not long after..
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 9:49:52 GMT
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Post by MartinT on May 26, 2015 9:50:07 GMT
Moved from Headphones.
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Post by MartinT on May 26, 2015 9:51:45 GMT
I bought an early Philips CD-104B (this must have been 1985) at a hi-fi show with some freebie CDs thrown in. It was really well built and lasted me a good while, I wish I had kept it for posterity in a way although I doubt it would still be working today.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 10:07:01 GMT
Mine was a silver Sharp DX110 model in 1986, closely followed by one of those "portable" Toshibas (XRJ-9?). Neither were great and I ended up going back to vinyl in 1987.
Next CD Player was when I fell for the Bitstream hype and bought a Philips CD840. It had lashings of distortion and absolutely no drive whatsoever. I sold it after about a month and bought a Denon 1520, adding a DPA PDM1 series 2 a bit later.
After that I lost track of how many players, transports and DACs I've had. Only the original Rega Planet and the various Naim players have really stood out. Best of the rest were DPA PDM2 and Meridian 200/203 DAC7. I still hanker after a Chord DAC64 but right now I want a lower box count. If one crosses my path though.....
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Post by MartinT on May 26, 2015 11:27:31 GMT
I've had a couple of true greats: Pioneer PD-91 was a gorgeous and luxurious hunk with nice Burr Brown DACs.
The Sony SCD-1 was a seriously heavyweight top loading monster with great sound after some Audiocom mods.
I'm pretty sure my current Ayre C-5xe MP will be my last disc spinner, and it certainly is the best sounding player I know.
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Post by pre65 on May 26, 2015 11:34:31 GMT
Can't remember the year, but mine was a Yamaha CDX-810, and I'm still using it today albeit in my office system.
I went to Chew and Osborne in Saffron Walden with the intention of buying a Denon CD player, but they demoed the Yamaha as well and I preferred the sound.
Only thing it's ever needed is a new drawer belt.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 11:39:55 GMT
Philips CD104 in 1985. 30 years ago; eek.
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Post by John on May 26, 2015 12:53:11 GMT
Sometime mid to earlys 80's it was a Philips and kept it for over 10 years
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 13:21:29 GMT
I've had a couple of true greats: Pioneer PD-91 was a gorgeous and luxurious hunk with nice Burr Brown DACs. The Sony SCD-1 was a seriously heavyweight top loading monster with great sound after some Audiocom mods. I'm pretty sure my current Ayre C-5xe MP will be my last disc spinner, and it certainly is the best sounding player I know. I used to fancy a Pd-91 but I latterly assumed it probably wouldn't cut it sonically. would it be competitive today? If so, I might add it back onto my wish list  |
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Post by ChrisB on May 26, 2015 13:23:23 GMT
I didn't own a CD player until 1990 or 91. I bought a new turntable in The Music Room in Glasgow and had a little cash left over. There was a used Mission DAD 7000 there for sale so I took that home with me. I have only had 2 players since then.
The Mission lives on in a friends system!
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 13:28:34 GMT
I bought an early Philips CD104B (this must have been 1985) at a hi-fi show with some freebie CDs thrown in. It was really well built and lasted me a good while, I wish I had kept it for posterity in a way although I doubt it would still be working today. The Laser Mech would deffo still have been working, they are bomb proof. The only issue you may have is the Gripplets which ive drilled out & replaced. Belt cost me £3. Those machines use a Mono version of the TD1541 DAC chip. What ive also done is converted it to a Non over sampling player but by doing this it's now a 14 bit machine. All the same i personally think it sounds better. But i prefer my fixed lazer Sony. |
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Post by MartinT on May 26, 2015 16:36:13 GMT
Oversampling was necessary, as you have found, in order to properly resolve 16 bits using 14-bit DACs. It's a clever technique and the reckoning in those days was that Philips' 14-bit DACs were rather linear compared with, say, the early Sony 16-bit chipset. Certainly my CD-104B sounded better than my friend's Sony CDP-101.
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Post by MikeMusic on May 26, 2015 17:24:06 GMT
Was given a NAD 8420 in about 2005 then I was given an Arcam Alpha They weren't as good as vinyl |
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Post by Mr Whippy on May 26, 2015 18:44:31 GMT
Philips 150.
I was expecting Great Things: - gut- wrenching bass/ leg-buckling dynamic swings/transients pinning me to me chair/so much information, I wouldn't be able to take it in…
And what did I get? What did I get?
Great Disappointment.
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Post by daytona600 on May 26, 2015 18:49:03 GMT
only bought a cd player about 7 yeas ago mainly to play Sacds
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Post by AlanS on May 26, 2015 19:05:52 GMT
I can remember what it was Arcam Alpha 1 but when phew. It got replaced by a 5+ moderately quickly however.
It was decidedly pre millenial
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Post by Barry on May 26, 2015 19:18:37 GMT
I bought an early Philips CD-104B (this must have been 1985) at a hi-fi show with some freebie CDs thrown in. It was really well built and lasted me a good while, I wish I had kept it for posterity in a way although I doubt it would still be working today. My first player was a Philips 104B, bought about the same time as you bought yours Martin. I think I bought mine from Chew & Osbourne in Essex, but I can't really remember as it was about 30 years ago! The Philips 104B was over-engineered and built. It is rumoured that Philips made a loss on every 104B sold. The only failing with the design was the use of stacked PCBs and the limited heatsinking for such a compact unit. With time the solder joints would often fail - they did on my machine, twice! Still it wasn't a bad machine, but was bettered by several others. |
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Post by MartinT on May 26, 2015 19:24:37 GMT
Yes, I heard that about them Barry. I had sold mine off by then, 'upgraded' to a Philips CD-650 which wasn't a huge step up really.
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I don't really use a CD player these days except for music i have that is/was not available on Vinyl but i use a Sony machine for listerning.
