Why so many Sony Scd-1 for sale?

Hey Jwmazur...if it was so well designed, why was there any need to have it hot-rodded? :-)

There is no doubt in my mind that there will be many well-designed, solid players to enter the market in the future. As a matter of fact, aren't there several out there now? (from Accuphase, Luxman, Esoteric, etc) This is high-end audio afterall...the promise of bigger, better, and more expensive is guaranteed.

Elizabeth, you're wrong - there is a cabal. People are shorting SCD-1s trying to cause a run on the market whereupon they will turn around and pick them up cheap, leaving the poor suckers who sold theirs trying to buy back at elevated prices when they realize what they did...

Just kidding. :^)

You may see the answer from another question:

Why there are not many SA1 selling in market?

I used to received offer to have Sony SCD-1 add cash to exchange to SA-1.

Phild-The Sony project manager even admitted that they couldn't take this to the level they thought it could go as far as the electronics. The build quality and the transport section are the remarkable things of this unit. Just saw the Luxman-oooooh!

to say 'I dont' think the SCD-1 will ever become badly outdated' is almost silly. In the digital world, advances come at a staggering pace. Just look at the past 10 years and look at the path of the common CD sound to what we have today. Of course it will become badly outdated. It's just a matter of time.

I thought my $4500 Compaq P133 would never become badly outdated. Ha! 5 years later it made it to the local land fill....

I thought my Sony DVD7000 would never become badly outdated. Great build quality. Ha! 4 years later and it's relegated to the playroom by a $200 Panasonic.....

People get in and get out when the market is right. If you want a SCD-1 then by all means buy one. Enjoy it. A few years from now it might make a good boat anchor...