There is an "NOS" Discman no eBay. SONY DT25. I have one, and it is far superior to other modern portables, to my ears. It can drive higher impedance HPs easily. Check it out.
Best Portable CD Player
I would like to replace my ailing Radio Shack CD 3400 portable CD player for those occasional times when I listen with headphones. My dilemma is, I do not know what to replace it with. Some of you may have heard the extraordinary claims made about the Radio Shack CD 3400 five or six years ago when they first came out. My experience with this unit, using Grado SR-80 headphones is that this combo is quite extraordinary. I rarely put any faith in reviews, but this time somebody really called it. One of the strong points of this unit aside from the good sonics was that it could drive the larger headphones due to a seemingly more powerful on-board amp. So, if anyone out there in audioland has any suggestions, I am all ears. Lance
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I should have mentioned the http://www.head-fi.org website. Do an archive search on the head-fi forum for "Sources" and you will find tons of opinions about many different PCDP's. |
I had recently brought all the potential candidates, unfortunately, the ailing CD3400 turns out to be the best sounding, followed by the Panasonic (couple different models have same innards, my sample was 870 - splash proof version of 570). The hypes from Head-fi prompted the inclusion of DT25. I won it on Ebay, and the seller graciously took it back, a lost of $10 shipping. The Sony skips at the slightest move, and the high frequency is rough, very antiquated brick-wall filter. One thing that I haven't tried: those portable DVD player may have better sound than CD player if used on CD only. Try the Panasonic/Sony/Pioneer without the screen. I was shocked how good a Pioneer $199 DVD player the 525 compared to my Philips SACD-1000. |
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