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Personal CD player evolution

To take a cue from the previous threads 'amp' & 'speaker' personal evolution, I bid you this question...

for me it was a Hitachi small black box circa 1983, bought from a Luskin's discount electronics store (I think I paid around $250), then...

-Yamaha COX-700U (1985 or so, still in use by my father)
-Carver ? model to match a Carver amp I had at the time
-Rega original Planet
-Cary 303/100
-Cary 306/200
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cerrot
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After fighting it off for a few years, I went with a Yamaha in 1986; lasted with poor sound (vinyl does rule) until I went with a Rotel RDV-1080 CD/DVD Audio player.
Then it was a Meridian 588 which I didn't care for, but still the best I owned til then. Musical Fidelity kW SACD was next and now I enjoy the Esoteric X03-SE, which I'm finally very happy with.
merlinus
44 posts
 
Sony C77ES in 1991, and Marantz SA-7S1 about two weeks ago.

The difference is beyond astounding.
nilthepill
842 posts
 
A boom box with CD player
Yamaha Single player. Changer 1990
Yamaha Laser Disc/Cd player 1994
Classe CDP .3 1997 ( still have it- there something about this player...)
Classe CDP .5 2000
Classe CDP 1 2004
Classe CDT-1/DAC-1 2006
Jadis JD3 (still have it Bedroom system) 2006
Metronome Kalista/ C2A signature DAC combo (In current system-2006)
Zanden 2000 Transport/5000 sig DAC ( In current system- 2007)
samhar
1,048 posts
 
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lou_setriodes
681 posts
 

Let me see if I can remember:

 

ONKYO DX530

AMC CD-6

PROCEED PCD-2

AUDIO ALCHEMY DDS3

CAL DX-2

OPPO DV-970

ROTEL RCD-850

CAMBRIDGE AUDIO AZUR 850C

AUDIOLAB 6000CDT / AUDIO-GD NPB-1S DAC

 

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