Personal CD player evolution

1. Unmemorable mass-market junk
2. Rega Planet (original)
3. Timbre TT-1 Dac with Rega as transport
4. Meta Research Laser 1 Transport with Timbre Dac
5. Copland CDA289
6. Krell KPS-30i
7. Cary 303-200
8. Tube Technology Fusion CD64 (still current)

Phwew!! I didn't realize there were so many until that exercise. Thanks for the memories!

Pehare, was that Luskin's in Miami?!!! If so, I just had a major flashback...great memories!

Single disc Sony--->Onkyo Integra 6 disc changer--->Onkyo Integra DPC 8.5 universal player 6 disc changer*, then added the Dodson 217 Mark II D DAC.

*Still debating whether to send the DPC 8.5 to John Hillig for transport and player mod package, to see if he feels the unit is compatible with his modification package--I think he said that he hasn't done a DPC 8.5 before.

1. JVC circa 1985
2. Adcom GCD 500 I believe? It was Adcom's first cd player.
3. Nakamichi MB5 - The music bank was a great idea but not reliable.
4. Pioneer Elite CLD 79 - I know, I know, this was a laser disc player but it had a separate cd tray that worked quite well at the time.
5. Jolida JD100 - I've had this for a few years now and am quite happy with it. I'm just waiting for the upgrade bug to bite again!

These treads bring back nice memories...:). Thanks!
1. Technics, first model of Cd player, 1985, $900.00
NB. As I've arrived in Toronto with around $1000 in my pocket, I've spend all of them in second hand audio gear,
"to fill the empty apartment with something nice...MUSIC!".
2. Tandberg, TCP-3015 A, $1900.00, very good at the time.
3. Phillips LHH 1000, 2 piece, made in Japan (!), $4000.00
Best manufacturing quality that I've met in audio so far, except for the Gryphon, Accuphase, Burmester...
4. Conrad Johnson, DAC with DR2 transport, great $7000.00
I'm sure that after many years, this still is a contender.
5. Audio Aero Capitole, MKI, superb sound, dubious quality construction...but it never breaks down...:) and is one of the most analogue sounding out there, if not...the most.
In the price range...seems that no improvement is possible still!