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Thinking about a new, lower end CD Player

My current CD player is a basic, older Sony, probably 10-12 years old. Works fine but I could use it in another location with a lower end system. It seems to sound about as good as my Arcam CD92 that lost its DAC a while back.

So now thinking about buying a new CDP and have a couple of questions.

I’d like to keep this in the $300-500 range for units with internal DAC. Not looking for SACD player. Other than a remote, not looking for special features or multi disk players.

I’m guessing that in this price range SQ is probably comparable to other units in that range.

First, is a CDP in this price range going to sound any better than the old Sony?
Second, if not, is there any reason not to just buy a comparable $200 unit?
Third, for units in this price range ($300-500) is there any reason to look for one with balanced output capability and if so, is there any way to know if it is truly balanced.

Thanks all,

George


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glupson
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geoffkait,

I do not blame you for being less-than-informed about SONY portable electronics nomenclature. It was a long time ago that they produced these things. Most of the Discmen were actually not made specifically for a car. Those for the car usually had red CAR letters on them, came with a car kit, and were somewhat bulkier. Not that you could not use any Discman in the car, but these were marketed that way.

uberwaltz,

Is there any way you could find out what model you have or when it was produced? If I remember correctly, they switched from Discman to CD Walkman later in the game, maybe late 1990s? Not that it changes anything but I am as curious about it now as I was when Discman was an almost-unattainable dream for me.
glupson
7,842 posts
 
uberwaltz,

Nevermind,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discman

Sorry geoffkait, my memory serves me well.
glupson
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geoffkait,


Here, a few pictures...

https://www.google.com/search?q=car+discman&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwik0...


As you can see, I have no questions for you. Only some pieces of information you could use next time you want to be an expert on things you are not that good with.
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geoffkait
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glubson - why so goofy? The Discman was for the car and the Walkman was for walking. What a maroon! Go troll someone else for a change, 💩🧠
glupson
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geoffkait,

I really did not mean to reveal your lack of knowledge, wrong impression as you said, but you should be a little more polite. That knowledge is really useless, but, once you insist on claiming something so obviously wrong, I have to say it. You are clueless which is not that bad. Not being able to accept and think of corrections is bad. It makes you a worthless discussion participant.

No, Discman was not inherently for the car. CAR Discman was marketed more for that as a way to attract more buyers who did not have a CD player in the car. In fact, at least early, advertisements did not have cars regularly in the picture. It was skateboards, park benches, many other things, but cars came a little later. I am not even sure if Walkman was ever marketed "for walking", but I will give you a pass on that one, just because of the name.

I still do not know what "troll" here means, but I did pass by The Troll Shop yesterday and the first thing I thought of was....you. I am serious. Isn't it bad when your name becomes so closely associated with the word that you consider as something insulting? Find a PR expert, you need it.
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