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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
pehare
bartokfan
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NAD > Rotel > Cayin15 > Cayin17
The End to my cdp journey.
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jond
6,056 posts
 
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!
fatparrot
1,314 posts
 
Pehare, was that Luskin's in Miami?!!! If so, I just had a major flashback...great memories!
mdhoover
695 posts
 
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.
yonojo
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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!
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